Ramadhan kareem to all Muslim readers - not too late to wish 'selamat berpesta ibadah', I hope, especially since we are encouraged to increase it during the last 10 nights...
It's been so long that it feels almost awkward to start blogging again, In the past two months or so, lots of stuff had happened - some good, some not so great. Let's see...
Hubby and I have been to Bandung and Jakarta in June;
I was confirmed to be pregnant in June;
Hubby and I experienced a kenduri (and a reunion with our almost-brother, Faizly) in Labuan in July;
Our bibik quitted in July;
Mak always said that we could not find anyone worse than our previous lazy bibik, but we did.
Akif went 'missing' on day 2 of the replacement bibik, and our neighbour reported that she beat our kids using the broom on day 3 - so we sent her back to the agent that very same night.
Got an almost sister-in-law in the last Sunday of July;
Got a new sister-in-law in the first Sunday of August (yup, my youngest brother was engaged for only a week);
PV spotting started on the day following youngest brother's wedding. The doctor advised me to rest more because baby seemed to be smaller than expected (almost 11 weeks, but baby seemed to be 8 weeks old);
Too stressed out - both at office and at home, so wrote a letter to Numero Uno in the agency, asking for unpaid leave on August 3rd;
PV bleeding started on August 4th. The gynae did a scan. No fetal heart seen. The doctor told me that bleeding with fresh blood an indication of spontaneous abortion about to happen and gave me an appointment on the 16th;
Miscarriage happened at almost 1.00 p.m. at home on August 5th. Incomplete miscarriage. Kit and Fa-ah rushed from the office to get some lunch for me and the boys as well as sent me to the hospital (Thanks a million dear). The sac was left in the uterus. A&E doctor gave me MC for 5 days and asked me to stick to my August 16th appointment with the gynae;
Rested for a few days in Kampung Tunku before Mak and Ayah left for Saudi to perform their umrah during Ramadhan;
My neighbour Kak Ma who is a doctor advised me to go for another scan as quickly as possible and not to wait for my August 16th appointment. Kit supported this notion. So went back to the hospital for another check-up on August 10th (1st Ramadhan night);
Went to the A&E first. Abdominal ultrasound scan was not so good, so was referred to labour room. Gynae did a pelvic ultrasound scan and confirmed that my uterus did not look so great - larger than normal, with an opening of 1cm. The doctor ordered me to be hospitalised right away, to start fasting beginning from midnight as D&C was scheduled for the next day. A more junior doctor came to take some sample blood and a nurse gave me an injection to stop the bleeding so as to make it easier to perform the D&C;
I asked to be discharged on own risk (had to sign a letter and all) and promised to return to the hospital the next day. Was asked to go the OB/Gyn clinic at 9.00 a.m. Started packing my stuff and the kids stuff as soon as I reached home and asked my aunt to help looking after the children while I was away;
Drank lots of Bio-disc energized water and did hours of shining the LED torchlight through the Bio-disc onto my pelvic area while reciting lots of zikr and making lots and lots of doa. It was the first night of Ramadhan and I prayed hard for a miracle to happen;
The best 1st Ramadhan surprise ever - the scheduled D&C was deemed unnecessary after the gynae did yet another pelvic ultrasound scan on me. (A small miracle of sort for me since I'm really, really frightened of going inside the Operation Theatre even for a minor D&C thingy. Alhamdulillah...
