Ms. Alma and I

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Alma and I went for our first outing when she celebrated her first month. It was the first time she left the house other than going for check ups and vaccines at the doc's. We went to PIM for lunch at Sushi Tei with my friend Gita and her mom, and then to the studio!:)

Alma got into a watermelon suit (which was so adorable), and later wore her cute yellow dress, then sported a beanie. She then posed shirtless with me and then in her favorite pink overall when she got sleepy.

She makes me go goo goo ga ga!!!!! Hahaha... I really, really enjoyed that day:)

Her first month-versary fell on a weekday, so Hamid didn't join us in these studio pics, but we still had a ball nonetheless.

Alma Inside!

These pics were taken at a studio just 3 days before I gave birth. At that time, I was already on maternity leave and hung out malls during the day while waiting for contraction to happen. We happened to pass by the studio and I decided this will a great sort of pic to show my child when she grows up. :)

Although I had planned to do a normal birthing, lil miss Alma was delivered safely via caesarean the following Saturday morning, 27 Sept 08 9.00 am at Pondok Indah Hospital by obgyn dr. Azen Salim assisted by anesthetist dr. Laurentius. I was entering my 40th week of pregnancy.

My c-section experience was overall very good. I recommend these two docs to anyone and the service given by the nurses at Pondok Indah was quite commendable.

As a bonus, I was able to see the whole operation procedure albeit unplanned, as it was mirrored through the silver frame lights above the operating room. Yup, I can see them cutting me, etc down to the last detail. That was an experience, I can tell ya. But when I heard Alma cry for the first time and they brought Alma to me... i just bawled.. and all the stuff I suffered throughout my pregnancy was all worth it.

To my relief, the after ops pains weren't as bad as people had described. It was actually quite bearable, with the worst being the second and third day. After a week, I still felt a little bit uncomfortable but after ten days it was all a dim memory.

Viva Alma Sophia!

Pic taken at:
Hocus Focus
@ Senayan City & PIM 2

Alma's 2 Week Journey

My Daughter: Alma Sophia Basyaib

Born 27 September 2008
9.00 am

Pic taken when she was one day old.

Macau July 08

Had a business trip to HK last July and decided to use the one free day to go to Macau to see the sites. I was 7 months pregnant and felt tired really quickly all the time... I think this is my last biz trip before my upcoming delivery:)

Pregnancy Update: 28 weeks and counting!

Towards the end of my second trimester and starting the third trimester journey, I feel good (apart from the carpal tunnel syndrome, achy backs, painful leg muscle cramps, getting heavier by the day, constipation, swelling feet, interrupted sleep, vivid dreams, fatigue) and I also keep alternating between thinking “Geez, I’ve been preggers forever!” and “Omigosh, I can’t believe I’ll be a mom soon!”

 

Though I no longer can see my feet when I'm standing up,  I still work full time, drive myself everyday, go on my business trips (short ones only), have my weekly violin class, go out for dinners with my girlfriends, have my massages, go shopping, etc. In fact, during the course of the day I sometimes forget I'm pregnant and then of course, the little bugger kicks and quickly reminds me.

 

According to www.childbirthconnection.com:

 

"By your 28th week of pregnancy, your baby is about 16 inches long and weighs 3-1/2 to 4 pounds. The skin is wrinkled but will become less so as more subcutaneous fat, the layer of fat just under the skin, is laid down in the next few weeks. Fine downy hair, called lanugo, and a waxy white protective substance covering the skin, called vernix, are present on the baby's body. The baby's eyes are open. The eyebrows and eyelashes were formed in the fourth month. The baby sucks its thumb and its taste buds have developed. The baby kicks, stretches, and moves frequently in the uterus. These movements, which are readily observable to others, are often keenly felt by the mother. The fundus, the top of the uterus, is now about one-third of the distance between the umbilicus (bellybutton) and the xiphoid cartilage. The baby's organs and systems are quite well developed by the 28th week of pregnancy..."

 

Hamid and I are now looking at baby gear, nursery stuff, newborn clothes, etc. Oh its so much fun! Only 12 weeks to go... yipeee!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internal view picture taken from: http://www.childbirthconnection.org/article.asp?ck=10241&ClickedLink=343&area=27

I'm Gonna Be a Yummy Mommy!

 

I am pleased to announce that I am gonna be a yummy mommy! We started planning to get pregnant sometime late last year and we’re both pleased and surprised that we didn’t have to wait very long for a pregnancy.

 

I found out sometime in mid January. I was at SOS Medika for my dental appointment. SOS gives out discounted dental cleaning package for their patients once a year as a birthday present, so I’ve come to take advantage. While I was waiting for my dentist, I decided to check out the tiny drugstore for a pregnancy test pack as I was about a week late. Here’s how my conversation with the druggist went:

“Do you sell pregnancy test packs?”

“Yes we do.”

“I’d like to have one please. Do you take credit cards?”

“Credit cards purchase are for a minimum fifty thousand rupiah. I have a bundled test pack special offer, its two sets for fifty thousand, cheaper than if you buy separately. Would you like that?”

I remembered thinking: well ok that sounds like a good deal. But shucks, if it comes out positive I’m stuck with an extra test pack that I dont need. Oh well, life has risks. (Dasar orang Padang ogah rugi! Haha.).

I said: “Sure, that’s fine.”

 

So took the test packs, swiped my card and went to the clinic’s bathrooom and it came out positive!!! Yippee kay yay!! I read the instructions again to make sure that 2 pink lines actually means positive and to check what the accuracy rate was. 99.9%!

 

After cleaning my pearly whites, I went straight to the obgyn at Brawijaya Women’s and Children and had an ultrasound. Yup, I had a little nut in there. And the doctor reconfirmed the test pack that I’m positively preggers!

 

I’ve now just passed the first three months and in the second trimester, sporting a protruding tummy and wearing maternity clothes already. I am eating a LOT of food and have been a good girl in taking my daily prenatal vitamins. The first three months of pregnancy I felt really fatigued. I wanted to take a nap every afternoon at 3 pm and was a goner again by around 10 pm. Although, I have no specific food cravings and no morning sickness, combined with not smoking, I eat a bomb!J

 

Here’s what my typical daily intake looks like:

 

Breakfast @ home:

Ø     A bowl of blueberry almond crunch cereal with skim milk or wheat bread with butter and cheese spread

Ø     And a tall glass of fresh juice (sometimes banana, sometimes apple, manggo or orange, and sometimes mixed, whatever is in the fridge)

Ø     And Milo or Low Fat Chocolate Ultra Milk drink packet for in the car.

Ø     And my prenatal vitamins

 

Lunch:

Ø     Padang Food (ayam pop, kikil, paru, cabe merah, and sayur singkong. Sigh, enak banget. )

Ø     Atau Warung Jawa (bakwan jagung, sayur of the day, kerecek, telor bulet and tempe)

Ø     Atau Lesehan Sunda (ayam goreng, sayur mayur, bakwan udang, tahu and the gang atau nasi timbel atau nasi tutug oncom)

Ø     Atau Soto2an

Ø     Atau Gado2

Ø     Atau Makanan di Rumah Mama

 

Sore2 Snacking @ office minta beliin obi wan kenobi:

Ø     Rujak

Ø     Atau Jajan pasar

Ø     Atau Gorengan (hahaha, ga sering2 amat kok)

Ø     Atau Yoghurt bawa dari rumah

 

 

Dinner:

Kalo lagi jajan sukanya:

Ø      Nasi Uduk di warung tenda Babe Saman cabang Tanah Abang di Ampera, pake ati ampela, tempe, ayam paha, sambal kacang dan emping

Ø      Bacang Ketan Spesial pake jamur dan telor asin dari Pand’or.

Ø      Sop Kaki Kambing (yay!) cabang Roxy di Kemang Raya.

 

Kalo lagi makan di restoran:

Ø     Jap food  - Shabu-shabu or anything in Boci-Boci

Ø     Chinese food – menu wajib Udang Telur Asin, Kepiting Soka Goreng Gandum, Kapri pake garlic, saus XO, chilli oil dan Sapo Tahu Seafood.

Ø     Italian Resto – Pizza, pasta, antipasti appetizer,  the works.

Ø     Korean food. Meat, meat, meat and korean pancake. Slurp!

Ø     Sandwiches and Panninis at Gourmet Garage yum yum.

 

 

Kalo lagi di rumah:

Ø     Makan makanan rumahan yang ada aja...J semur, oseng, sop, sayur, dll...

 

Malem-malem sambil nemenin suami nonton teve atau baca buku, doyannya:

Ø     Fresh fruit

Ø     Kettle chips rasa honey dijon

Ø     Yoghurt drink

Ø     Toblerone

Ø     Seaweed strips

 

Kalo weekend:

Ø     Makanan Manado di Beautika yang pedas pedas jo (juara dot com)

Ø     Bubur ayam

Ø     Nasi pulen pake telor ceplok, abon, kecap manis, bawang goreng dan kerupuk.

 

 

I go for routine check ups and ultrasounds at my obgyn here in Brawijaya but while I was at a business trip in Singapore several weeks ago, I went to Mount E, did a check up there and for the first time saw my baby’s heartbeat in my 11th week pregnancy. Awwwwww!

 

Being pregnant is totally an eye opening experience for me. I feel my body changing daily. My belly growing, my sense of smell becoming keener, my emotions going yoyo and my appetite jumping up the roof.

 

I don’t go out very often now as I feel tired very quickly. For someone like me who has very high energy and lots of activities, this really affects me. All I want to do now is have a massage and curl up in bed after a day in the office. There goes my squash game and biking.  But I do plan to do some yoga and swimming when my energy level is up again.

 

I’m not planning for our next vacation as I dont know when that will be and I really dont feel like going anywhere far or adventurous at the moment. And the books I’m reading in bed these days are related to pregnancies and babies rather than the usual hodgepodge of novels, and travel and history books.

 

I’m now interested in vaccines for babies, schools, healthcare, the whole basket... Will my life be different from now on? I guess so. But I’m sure it’s for the better!

 

 

 

And so I've got an extra test pack for next time. Ain’t being pregnant grand?

 

Here are some of my favorite pregnancy websites:

 

http://pregnancy.about.com/od/pregnancycalendar/

 

http://www.babycenter.com/pregnancy?intcmp=Nav_Global_Preg

 

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pregnancy.html

 

http://www.3dpregnancy.com

 

My favorite pregnancy book: What to Expect When You’re Expecting by Helen Murkoff

 

My favorite baby and childcare book: Dr. Spock’s Essential Parenting, by Benjamin Spock MD, revised and updated by Robert Needlman MD.

 

  

Picture downloaded from:

http://www.spiritofmotherhood.com/images/pregnancy_portrait.jpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

Seminyak and Environs Oct 07

Hamid and I went off to Bali for 10 Days during the lebaran holidays.. The first part of the trip we stayed in Seminyak area, at a real nice private villa called Uma Sapna, check out: http://www.coconuthomes.com/uma_overview.html


All we did was hang out, swam in the pool, went to Kudeta for sundowners, hook up with friends and go our for dinners and just generally hang ten.

After a couple days here, we went to Ubud to do some more serious relaxing... pics coming up!

Balikpapan Nov 07

Cuma nginep semalem. Tiba jam 10 pagi, langsung meeting, terus lunch di Open House. Tempatnya cantik banget, makanannya lumayan enak. Terus meeting lagi, dan kemudian check in tuk nginep di Novotel, hotel paling baru di B'papan. Keren juga dan kamarnya bagus. Meeting lagi terus malemnya dinner at Ocean. Tempatnya rame, makannya nendang, pas di pinggir pantai. Besok paginya, morning flight pulang ke Jakarta.... Hujan deres banget, hampir aku cancel dan ambil flight berikut, tapi akhirnya gak jadi..

Halal Bihalal at the Basyaibs with JS'ers, RB'ers and KW'ers.. Oct 07

Yang datang: Henry Santoso, Capt GP, Lidia Tanod, Bu Eileen Rachman, Ito Tiur, Andi Mursalim, Kang Andrew, Budi Jajanpasar, Yohan, Mas Dieter, Ses Indra, Mas Tatyo, Dadi Krismantono, Mbak Yolanda dan tentunya Hamid Basyaib dan Fathia Syarif dong. :)

Pics of food courtesy of Lidia...
Makanannya potluck dan seperti biasa, juara dot com ...:)

Nod and Andre's Wedding at Puro Nov 07

Nadia or Nod yang juga nulis di Kolom Kolom Kawin http://fathiasyarif.multiply.com/journal/item/45
mengakhiri masa lajangnya bulan November kemarin di Puro dengan pujaan hatinya, Andre:)

Group CCP tentunya jadi bridesmaid dan kita rame2 nyanyiin lagu You've Got a Friend for the beautiful bride. Khusus gue, gue juga kasih pidato yang lumayan bikin hiks. Hehe.

It was a beautiful wedding and i want to congratulate Nod and Andre again for their marriage. Muah!