A day before the big day

Today is my 3rd day kat HSAH. Masuk ptg Ahad. Mlm tu jugak the gynae wat scan. Tp masa tu dia pun tak sure whether ada placenta percreta or not. In this case kena refer tmpat yg ada urologist, most probably HPP.
Yesterday wat doppler scan & found out it's p. accreta. So, he scheduled the op for tomorrow. But, he did outline the complications expected. I'm so worried but hoping for the best & miracle. Hr ni hr ramai Drs wat procedures & investigations. Amongst them, amik darah. 4x amik br dapat cukup darah. Sakit weh! Smpai lebam tgn I..:-( HO kut yg amik drh tu.. Lps tu kena sign 4 consent forms. Kena jumpa anaest. The op would be done under GA.
I'm lucky to get a single room. 2nd class dah penuh. So, they gave me an isolation ward which is very comfy but sejuk giler.. Tp kat sini Hubby tak leh tunggu la. Mak nak tunggu pun kesian kat dia coz tak de katil or sofa. So, lps op kut br dia tunggu.
Td the princesses dtg melawat. So happy to see them. Adik sibuk bertanya mama wat apa kat sini. Told her mama nak bawak adik baby balik..:-)
To family & friends, please du'a that everything will go well during the op. Td masa gynae wat round, diaorg ada mention that they reserved 6 pints of blood for me tomorrow. Hopefully tak de la excessive bleeding.
To Adik Baby, just know that, no matter what, mama will always love u forever. Harap semua berjalan lancar for both of us & Allah will protect us.
To Kakak, Adik @ Baby , my dearest princesses, u're the greatest gifts that Allah has given me. I love u all with all my heart.

Her first fainting spell & Warded today

 Yesterday we went to Dr Zainol's at 11.30am. Tgk2 dia ada case le pulak. So, terus bawak lysa ke dentist. Her first dental appointment. Initially nak jumpa aunty liza. Tp aunty liza ke KL. Jumpa je lah her locum. Dr locum tu pun baik je. Pandai handle the kids. Tp Alysa rasanya gabra gak coz she didn't say a word. Dr tanya pun cakap pakai bahasa isyarat je..:-) Ada a few caries & lubang. Tp kitaorang suruh cabut 1 je coz gigi sebelah tu dah tumbuh. Takut lak nanti tumbuh tak cantik. Yang kena cabut tu dah longgar pun..
 After seeing the dentist, we went shopping. Tengah belek2 kain, tiba2 Alysa jatuh terjelepuk! I thought dia tersadung apa2. Tapi, dia tk bgn2, & mata pun pejam je. Gabra le jugak I. Lps kejutkan dia dia cakap she was thirsty & dizzy. So, papa kena dukung dia jauh le jugak. Turun tangga pulak tu...Maunya sakit le lutut Papa tu angkat her > 20kg body..:-) I terus pegi beli air. Lepas minum air & makan kat KFC, she was her usual self. Baru tersenyum & mau bercakap. Kalau tak, senyap je. Tanya pun angguk or geleng je..
 Balik rumah she told Cik Jun " Tadi Lysa mati..". Tak tau lagi word pitam kut..:-). I think dia pitam coz takut + hypo kut. But she tried to be brave. Darah pun bukannya byk keluar pun. Dah gigi tu mmg dah longgar.
 Today I'm going to be warded. Pagi tadi masa Hubby called the gynae, terus dia suruh masuk ward ptg ni. Ada kawan who used to work at this hospital & knows this gynae called the gynae last nite to give the intro about my case. So, masa Hubby called tu, she was expecting the call la..
 I supposed the op would be scheduled when the slot is available.

Alysa with 1 missing tooth. But now she has 2 missing teeth..

Worrisome final check- up

 Today I had a final check- up before my supposedly scheduled ceaser on 2nd Dec this Thursday . Tup2, I got a disturbing news from my gynae, Dr Zainol. He had to refer me to a hospital due to placenta previae stage 2-3. The concern is uri tu tak bergerak langsung unlike my previous pregnancies. Yg lain tu masa nak dekat due date, uri naik. This time stay je kat situ. Dr takut uri tu melekat kat scars since I had 3 previous LSCS. In that case Dr had to cross match my blood.The problem is kat this maternity centre tak de blood bank. So, in case of complications like loss of excessive blood, susah nak dpt blood supply which would take at least 2 hrs upon request. Tu pun dpt 1 pint je. Another thing is they might have to make vertical incision rather than the usual LSCS..arrggh..
 Now I dah start risau. Dah biasa dgn the same gynae during 4 pregnancies, ni last min nak kena tukar gynae mmg le seriau je. Nak plk dgn govt hospital..Tgh survey for a suitable place to do the ceaser. Dr Zainol mmg suggested govt hospital as the 1st choice.So, tgh cari yg sesuai. Got to decide by tomorrow.
 Kalau I buat antenatal check-up kat govt, week 36 dah kena warded. Tp since check kat private, dah 38 wks still dok merewang merata. Siap bwk the princesses ke Dinotrek lg yesterday kat Jusco. Lps tu singgah lak kat Popular di Megamall. Stock up on my books nak baca masa berpantang. Bila balik last night tummy rasa keras semacam je coz banyak berjalan kut.
Hopefully, everything will be ok. Semoga Allah mempermudahkan the op without any complications. Amin..

Cubaan Mencuri & Rice Casserole

 On Friday morning ( Raya ke3 ) I received a call from K.Liza, my neighbour. Tanya ada org tak kat rumah coz the front sliding door was opened. Risau gak. I suruh la dia p investigate coz masa tu I still kat kg. Tgk dia tak phone tu kira okla coz ptg tu kitaorang cadang nak balik. Pagi tu dok mengemas rumah mak tak habis2 lagi. Berkemas since raya ke2. Barang yg kitaorang buang ada le 1 lori. Mostly baju2 lama & computers. Tu pun separuh baju2 dah dibakar. Furnitures yang dah rosak pun kena bakar. Mmg lapang la kat atas rumah mak. Friday morning tu kitaorang process lak living room esp tv cabinet. Hubby sempat mengecat lagi living room tu. TV cabinet tu pun kena bakar.. but we bought mak a new 1. Kalau tak, confirm dia tak bg bakar yg lama..:-)
 Back to our house, sampai je tgk2 tingkap tepi pun 3-3 terbuka & the back gate was opened too. Masuk je living room, bau hancing. Ada kucing pegi mark its territory kat our living room! huwaa..Sliding door K.Liza dah tutupkan. Tgk kat dlm semua still intact. Alhamdulillah. Lampu porch & lampu kat TV area mmg kitaorang pasang. Tp lampu sensor kat blkang kitaorang off masa nak balik kg tu coz gelong sikit lampu tu. Mlm br blh reset plk. Tp since we all blk kg ptg, tu yg off terus tu. May be pencuri tu terkejut kat sesapa kut, terus lari. K.Jun lak park keta dia kat rumah we all coz dia ke KL. Td dia blk tgk2 pintu keta mcm renggang & duit syiling dlm keta pun kena sapu..
 For lunch today, I made rice casserole. Tak larat nak telan daging dah. Yesterday buat korban kat sini diorang ada buat kenduri utk org yg gotong royong. Malas nak pegi. Hubby bwk blk lauk.

Rice Casserole

Bahan-Bahan:

2 mangkuk nasi
3 ketul ayam, potong kecil
5 ekor udang
1 telur
1 ulas bawang putih; hiris
1 ulas bawang merah, hiris
1/2 kiub pati ayam
garam & gula secukup rasa ( Boleh tambah serbuk lada hitam jika suka )
1 carrot , potong kiub
1 tangkai daun sup

White sauce:
1 sb margerine
1 sb tepung gandum
2 cwn susu
garam
cheese

Cara:
1. Tumis bawang putih & merah dlm seddikit minyak. Masukkan ayam & udang. Masukkan sedikit air. Kacau hingga ayam & udang masak.
2. Masukkan carrot dikuti pati ayam,  garam & gula. Pecahkan telur & gaul sebati. Masukkan nasi & kacau rata. Taburkan daun sup. Masukkan nasi goreng ke dalam kaserol.
3. White sauce: Cairkan marjerin. Masukkan tepung & kacau sebati. Tuang susu & kacau hingga pekat, masukkan garam & cheese.
4. Tuang white sauce ke atas nasi tadi & taburkan cheese. Bakar pada suhu 180C selama 20 min.

Raya Haji & Carrot Cake

 Raya Haji as usual tak le semeriah Raya Puasa. Tapi juadah raya mesti ada. I malas nak buat kuih raya. Just made Carrot Cake & Kek Kukus Coklat utk bwk blk kg. Carrot cake tu malam raya dah selesai. Dihabiskan oleh anak2 sedara. Resipi CMG . Thanx Cik Mat. Kek Coklat tu sempat simpan utk raya. Tapi lupa amik gambar.
 Mak  sediakan ketupat palas, masak anga, kari daging  & daging masak wira. Juadah wajib dihari raya. Raya kali ni Ila rajin nak sediakan bihun soto utk tetamu. Habis anak2 sedara kena kerah tenaga tolong prepare bahan2. Tapi hasilnya mmg marvelous. By petang raya, habis soto seperiuk besar. Bergedil tak sempat pun jamu kat tetamu. Resepi Indon mari..

 Kitaorang beraya ketempat biasa. Dijamu juadah2 berat. Alysa simpan perut sampai we all ke rumah Kak Dah aka tokey bihun sup. Sampai menghirup pinggan dia pulun..:-). By this time kitaorang dah kekenyangan dgn ketupat, soto, laksa, & mee kari. Tapi Alysa tak jamah sume tu. Nak tunggu bihun sup agaknya..The final house dapat makan tapai pulut. Mmg sedap!

Alysa menghabiskan bihun sup till the last drop!

Beraya

With chef soto & anak2 sedara

Adalia & Afif 

Carrot Pound Cake

BAHAN-BAHANNYA :

125 g mentega
1/2 cawan gula halus
1/4 cawan gula perang (brown sugar)
1 1/2 cawan tepung naik sendiri (self-raising flour)
2 biji telur gred A
1/2 cawan whipping cream (kalau tak de boleh ganti dgn susu cair)
1 camca teh esen vanilla
3/4 cawan parutan lobak merah
1 genggam isi kacang pistachio, cincang kasar (jika suka)

CARA MEMBUATNYA :

1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 175C. Lenser loaf tin berukuran (9 x 4 x 3.5) inci dengan mentega, alas dasar tin dengan kertas minyak, lenser kertas minyak tadi. Ambil 2 camca besar tepung dalam resipi tadi dan gaul dengan lobak parut hingga rata. Ketepikan.
2. Putar mentega bersama gula halus dan gula perang hingga putih, masukkan telur satu persatu dan terus memutar hingga kembang dan gebu. Pada kelajuan sederhana, masukkan esen vanilla diikuti terpung berselang seli dengan whipping cream (atau susu cair), hingga habis, kacau rata.
3. Tambah lobak merah dan cincangan kacang pistachio. Gaul sebati. Tuang dalam tin tadi dan bakar 1 jam atau hingga masak.

The Cheeky One & Choosing the name

 Baby has this habit of seating with me in the car. Tp seatbelt tetap pakai ok.. But, sometimes ada gak dia nak dok kat belakang dgn her sisters. Tp halfway thru the journey, if she was not asleep she'd crawl to the front seat.." nak dok mama..".
 Yesterday, while on the way ke Jusco nak bwk diorang ke Dinotrek, she was in 1 of her moods nak duduk dgn I. Tp time2 camni mmg le perut I akan mengeras once in a while. ( Masa contraction..). Masa ni mmg le sakit kalau Baby menyandar kat i. So, I bebel le kat dia. Then, dia pusing ke I then started singing " Ibu..ibu..engkauyah atu ati ku..Bila..". Boleh tersengih lagi tu..:D. Terus le cair mama dia..Pandai le pulak bodek mama dia. Tp mmg now she's in her singing phase. Habis sume buku nursery rhymes dia khatam. Kalau suruh mama dia nyanyi ok lg, tp kalau suruh papa... hancuss!
 Last nite Hubby & I finally decided on a name for Adik Baby. ( The one yg tak keluar lg ni..hehe..Dah tak tau nak panggil apa..) Selalunya mmg kitaorang dah pilih nama before each of them dilahirkan. Cuma. I think this one lambat le sikit decide dr yang lain. Tp tak finalised lagi ni. We are still hoping for a miracle, kut2 tiba2 keluar boy..:-). Tp girl pun tak pe. Sume geng mama..

Baby bersantai with Kak Ngah

To all muslims, Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha. Maaf zahir batin. This raya, kitaorang balik Jitra. Then, will have qurban kat Penang on Saturday.

Ayra's 4th Birthday

 Yesterday was Adik's 4th birthday. We made a very small celebration. Only invited a few friends & neighbours with kids her age. Tak larat I nak buat besar2an. This time she initially requested a Mickey Mouse's cake, then Tweety. Tp since I tak jumpa gambar tweety, so buat jelah Mickey & Minnie mouse cake. First time tried my hands at cake decoration. Mmg le tersangatlah comotnya cake tu..:-) Dah tangan pun keras je. Tak berseni langsung! Hubby helped out with the decoration too..hehe.. Put the side icing. Anyway, yang penting Adik suka kek tu. But, tastewise, terkeras le sikit cake tu coz the nite before masa cake tgh masak, we went grocery shopping. So, bila balik cake terbiar about 2 hours dlm warm oven. Rasa mcm nak buat cake lain tp dah mls coz dah tgh malam dah!
 For menu, I prepared bihun soto, nuggets & custard jelly ( tgk kat dapur ain @ sweetthots ). Ila made puding trifle. K.Jun bawak seafood kueteow goreng ( mmg marvelous ) & betik. Lain2 as usual la for kid's party ada tit bits, jajan & goody bags. All food ngam2 je.

To Adik, Happy 4th Birthday.

Every year, on your birthday,

We think about how glad we are

that you were born,

how thankful we are

to have you in our lives.

Every year is another year

filled with the special joys you bring

just by being yourself.

Every year, when you open your birthday gifts,

realize what a gift you are

to everyone who knows you,

especially us.

Happy Birthday! 

 
The birthday girl
 

My Sweet Princesses

 
Cutting the cake
 

 
The birthday cake
 

The Lost Tooth & Scones

 Gigi Alysa mmg byk dah rosak. May be bcos she likes sweet stuff & dia suka gonggong botol susu. Nak habiskan sebotol punya le lama sampai kena ugut nak tuang susu dalam cawan baru dia habiskan susu. The bottom tooth mmg dah longgar for quite a while. So, If she had to bite on chewy food, she'd use her left teeth.
 Last nite masa nak tido, she pulled out her bottom tooth. Siap boasting cakap tak sakit pun! Yelah..dah gigi tu mmg nak tercabut. Cepat betul gigi dia tercabut. Baru 5 y.o. Meanwhile, gigi adik mmg cantik je. Kalau gosok gigi pun mmg betul2. Susu pn minum cepat je. I think gigi susu dia may be bertahan sampai sekolah. Baby lak mungkin senasib dgn Alysa..:-) Diet sepesen je..
 Bebaru ni I wat Cheese Scones. Alysa loved 'em so much. I think she polished off 10pcs. Siap angkut balang bwk balik Jitra. Tapi bukan dia bagi kat tok dia, dia yang habiskan. 1 of the reasons she loved the scones was may be bcos she helped me put the cheese topping. Another bcos she loves anything cheesy.
 Then, last nite I wat Raisin Scones, dia tak pandang pun! Tak kena le tu dgn tekak dia.

Cheese Scones

Ingredients:

3 cups self raising flour
1/2 tsp salt
45g butter
80gm grated cheese
1 1/4 cups milk
1/2 cup softened butter for topping

Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 180C.
2. Sift flour & salt into bowl. Rub in butter and stir in cheese.
3. Pour in milk and mix to form a soft dough. Place on floured surface and pat into 2 cm thickness.
4. Cut with round floured cutter.
5. Arrange on a greased baking tray. Spread softened butter on top of the scones and sprinkle with extra grated cheese.
6. Bake for 20 - 30 min or until golden.
7. Serve warm with jam or fresh cream.

Raisin Scones
Source : here

 

Rearranging the furniture again & visiting flooded areas

 Everytime nak sambut orang baru, we had to buy some new furnitures & rearrange the old ones. Siap mengecat feature walls lagi! Saje nak kelainan. Nak sambut raya pun tak macam tu coz we all tak raya kat rumah :-)
 Last week, we have been busy tidying up the house. Bought a new bedroom set for the princesses with 8' x 8' wardrobe. Ha! Boleh sumbat macam2 dlm wardrobe tu including mama's expanding clothes.. Hikhik.Yang tak nak guna boleh bg kat org lain yg nak guna. Once in a while time mood rajin I spring cleaned our clothes to be given away. Tak le menyemak our wardrobes & made other people happy too. Sesetengah baju tu esp hubby's ada yang pakai skali je. Dia dah tak nak pakai. So, mmg baru le lagi.
After dah 2-3 mlm mengemas rumah tu, then Hubby wat projek mengecat feature wall kat living room lak. This time we chose creme colour to change the old dark green one. Bagi nampak cerah sikit. So, living room nampak lapang le sikit. Mossies pun sure tak suka..:-)
 Then, on Sunday bila dengar berita kat Jitra banjir dah surut, we decided to go & have a look. Banjir this time memang teruk. Kat rumah mak tak banjir tapi mata air yang masuk. Jenuh gak mengelap air tu. We stopped by in Kepala Batas to visit some relatives' houses. Rumah mak chaq as usual was the worst. Air naik sampai bumbung. Masa we all pegi tu, my cousins tgh cuci lumpur2 & selut kat lantai. Hubby pun tolong gak mencuci. Kat rumah Pak Kechik & Pak Su dah dibersihkan cuma nak susun barang2 je. Masing2 sakit pinggang & keletihan. Rumah tok lang pun tengah cuci lantai but the low water presure made it slow to clean up.
 Masa ronda pekan Jitra, byk kedai tgh melelong barang2 yang kena air, mostly pakaian. Some were given free. Baju kurung sepasang RM10. Tudung2 RM0.50. Kasut2 sekolah RM1. Blankets were sold at RM3-5. Ramai yg ambik kesempatan cari brg lelong. Rasanya those yg rumah tak banjir kut. We all lalu je tak turun kereta pun.
 Tapi kedai2 runcit yg kesian. Brg2 byk rosak. Beras2 semua bloated boleh wat tepung. Beras kat BERNAS pun diaorang bagi free je utk sape2 nak bagi makan ayam etc. Kena air gak. Such losses.. Now kat Alor Star lak banjir tak clear lagi. Raya haji ni mmg ramai le orang Kedah & Perlis tak raya. Masing2 sibuk kemas rumah.

Banjir di Jitra