My June 2008 Chronicle

I hope I am not going to stick to this habit of making only one post per month. While daily blog-hopping is still a must with a few “wajib” blogs including that of chedet’s, I haven’t got the chance to post in my own blog, for whatever reason (read: insufficient time???). I have been going home at 5 pm sharp most days now and with my notebook being kidnapped by hubby who is now stationed in Kelantan, I think my excuse is acceptable.
June 2008 is quite eventful – I am now well into my 32 weeks of gestation. Alhamdulillah, so far I have not faced any problem, apart from the usual thing – blood sugar production. I went for my first HUKM O&G visit for my antenatal check up on 30th May 2008, as referred by my family doctor. I am quite concerned as the HUKM specialist is more concerned (and excited) about my BSP rather than my Hb count (with my retained placenta history, which I am more concerned). As expected, I had to repeat my 4 a day BSP readings. But the bad thing about HUKM is that they want everything to be done by them, their way. During my second pregnancy, Klang GH allowed me to have my BSP readings at any clinic, at my own convenience and they never question the “accuracy” of the clinic’s glucometer. And since I am a seasoned GDM sufferer, I have been on diet control since I learnt about this pregnancy. And what makes the matter worse, when I came for my BSP review, the MO did not know what are the tolerable readings and without checking with the specialist, who referred me for BSP readings, immediately asked her nurse to bring in the ward admission form. I asked her to consult the specialist first and the MO was quite “unsatisfied” when the person at the other end of the phone line said, my readings are within tolerant. So, she asked me to have repeat BSP readings within a week’s time. I agreed but went down to change the appointment to 2 week’s interval.
The next day, 20th June 2008, I went for my regular check-up at my usual clinic. Baby is doing well, growing well and has chubby cheeks. Her weight gain is also normal, approx. 1.6kg. My weight is maintained signaling proper diet control. My BP is fine 110/70. But baby has turned back to footing breech position. She was in cephalic position last 2 weeks. I am praying that she will get to the right position soon.
My next blood collections day is Monday 30th June and the review is on 3rd July. I hope all is well. My next antenatal checkup is 4th July 2008. My TCA appointment with HUKM is 24th July 2008, essentially to determine my delivery date. My original EDD is 16th August but since the baby’s growth is consistently two weeks off (just like her sister), the HUKM specialist advised a Revised EDD of 27th August but agreed that I may have to deliver in my 38th week anyway, making it around 16th still.
Enough about my check ups experience.
My novelist friend had his new book soft launch ceremony @BK, KLCC last Sunday 13th June. I had to give it a miss but I wish him all the best with the new book. I have reserved a copy, of course and plan to read it while waiting for labour, in August.
Hubby continues with his work in Kelantan and comes back every early Friday morning to KL to run errands and go back to Kelantan on Saturday afternoons. But for the past two weeks he had to go back on Friday nights instead. I had tried arranging all check-ups on Fridays but when it cannot be avoided, other days’ visits would mean taxi rides to/from HUKM, which is okay so long as it does not involve night visits (for my pre-bed 10pm blood collection for BSP reading).
Haakem, my aunt and I keep praying that hubby will land a proper job in Klang Valley soon before the baby is born. It would be nice to have everyone in the same household most days of the week and with the baby due in less than 2 months time, I cannot stop praying for not having to go on emergency trip to any O&G ward!!
As far as work is concerned, I only had one overnight outstation trip to, where else, Lumut It was an uneventful trip. My colleague and I pushed off from KL at 8.30pm and arrived at the hotel lobby in Lumut at exactly 12 midnight. We had the meeting from 9.30am to 1.30pm, after lunch, we went back to the hotel, freshened up and pushed off to KL around 5.00pm, stopping for some dried seafood supplies. Stopping at Sg Buluh R&R for Maghrib & Isya’ prayers, arriving in KL (my house) sometimes after 9.00pm.Other than that, work is fine…. Meetings, drafting of documents, mundane jobs of reviewing documents, which I have been doing while waiting for my check-ups…… I shall prepare my hand-over notes in early August. I hope by then I will not have to many unfinished assignments.