Yes, I know :) I have made a promise to myself that I would routinely write in this blog. However, something came up at the end of last year which really affected my productivity.
I'm expecting a baby, inshaaAllah!
How did I found out?
We were planning for an August 2016 baby. So when I was already 1 week late into next my period (around early December 2015), I purchased test packs to find out. As expected, I'm pregnant!
During the first week of the late period, I experienced severe skin hives all over my body. My body was itching whenever I started to feel hot and sweaty. I couldn't sleep at all. I almost cried everyday having my sleep disturbed and having to scratch my body constantly. I purchased almost all itch medication that I could find in the chemist, but nothing really works. Fortunately, it went away by itself after a week. I did look it up online and found that it's common in pregnancy. Perhaps bub was trying to tell me, "Hey mum, I'm here!" :)
How has it been?
This is my first pregnancy and it has been overwhelming (who says it's not?). I didn't have severe nausea but it was obvious that the energy level I had dramatically decreased. I was just feeling extremely tired everyday (I'm quite an active woman, so I can really tell the difference) and hungry every 1-2 hours. I did, however, whinge a lot to my mum about how no one told me how hard it would be at first (especially the change in the energy level).
And as other pregnancies, I have had my fair share of weird pregnant lady behaviours:
I can't keep plain water down my throat and I hated the smell of our new fridge. Thankfully I don't have any specific cravings, like when my mum had me and my siblings. When she was carrying me, she made my dad run after the ice cream man because she was craving for es dong dong. Bub loves cold and sweet fruits and beverages - just like me. That's pretty much the only thing that will settle him/her down in my tummy.
How about work?
It's been quite a struggle to stay focus at work, especially when I had to endure the fatigue. I was constantly 'telling' bub to cooperate. I was very fortunate that almost everyone in my team are women and most of them are mothers, so they were very understanding. I did ask my manager if I'm allowed to work from home once a week, because I couldn't really cope with the fatigue at the office almost everyday. But so far during my 15 weeks of pregnancy, I've only been working from home once. Alhamdulillah Allah gave me the strength and made my nausea not as bad, and bub was especially cooperative.
I had to change my lunch bag to a bigger one as well as I had to bring a picnic-load of food to the office. Like I said, I'm constantly hungry every 1-2 hours and I couldn't keep plain water down my throat (even until now), so what I usually pack in my lunch bag are 2 portions of meal (lunch/early lunch and afternoon), a couple serves of fruits, snacks, and flavoured drink (juice, fruit tea, or cordial).
Credits to my husband
This pregnancy has proved tough not only for me, but also my husband. I wanted to thank my husband for all the support he has given me. Because since I lost most of my energy, my husband had to do all the house chores. He took over my gardening, mopping, vacuuming, and ironing duty. I'm very thankful for a really helpful husband. Otherwise, I don't know how I would go through this pregnancy, office work, and housework at the same time.
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