Tuesday 18 June 2013

Another unexpected mishap along the way.....

Hi friends,

I am so sorry friends. I have been missing for some time. It was solely due to all the vomiting and nausea. I am feeling very tired and sickly every day. That was the reason for my long silence. Before I get to my story, I would like to apologize as I realize some of your comments have been deleted. I am not so sure why it was removed. I was having this spam comments from some individual and I am not sure if that was the reason. 

My story. Initially, I was supposed to go in for a checkup on Friday. But instead of Friday, I went in Wednesday as my Utrogestan supply was finishing. The nurse said I can't skip it even for a day and I will not be able to get it at pharmacies. Since it was a sudden change, my husband could not join me. The first appointment he missed. My parents brought me to the clinic. My travelling time was 1 and half hour. I was so nauseated along the way. We reached there 1 hour earlier. I thought we could see the doctor earlier and leave. I was wrong. Dr was not in. We waited more than 1 hour. Then Dr came in. I was called. Dr invited my mother to come in as well. We had a small chat and went for the scan. I knew I needed to do the vaginal test again, so I removed my pants. Dr scanned my tummy. She still could not see the heart beat. So she did a vaginal scan. I saw the heart beat. I was so nervous of the count. I did not concentrate on the beat this time. I was just waiting for the count. Dr seemed happier than the previous scan. She said listening to the heart beat, it looks good. She then measured the heart beat. It was 133 bpm. The baby measured 0.83cm. She was happy and so was I. Dr congratulated me. She did a vaginal test again. When she removed the speculum, I saw a tinge of blood on the end of the speculum. I was not worried about that since Dr did not say anything. I thought it was normal. She was excited with the baby's heart beat.

She gave me a prescription to get from the pharmacy downstairs. It was Veloxin to reduce my vomiting. I was not charged for consultation nor scan this time. I was charged only on the test and medicines. We paid and got the Veloxin from the pharmacy as well. We then had chicken rice and left. I was so surprised as I had no nausea after eating rice. Usually I will vomit else nausea full time. I felt perfectly fine only the back pain due to the travel. We reached home at 4pm. I felt something wet down there. I quickly went to the washroom. I was so shocked, stunned and blur. I saw my liner was full of dark brown discharge. I stared at it for some time. I was thinking why my happiness does not prolong as long as I want it to be. I then came back to reality. Quickly grabbed my hp and called the clinic. The nurse advised me to go to the big hospital nearby to get a Proluton jap. I asked her why am I getting this out of nowhere. She said it was due to the vaginal test that was done earlier. I felt so bad as my parents just changed and sat down to have tea. I slowly hesitated and told them. My mother panicked. They quickly changed again and we had to travel another 40 minutes. We went to Columbia Asia Seremban. There was one gynae available. I went and saw him. He checked the baby and she was fine. I was relieved. I was given the jap and we left. I reached home and then only I informed my husband. 

I had the discharge for a few days and it was gone. I received few calls from the clinic if I was ok. Yesterday they called me to get the Zinnat antibiotic for my infection. Looks like I am still having the infection. Although I am feeling very tired and down due to the vomiting, I really do not mind it as long my baby is fine. My next appointment is this Friday. I hope my baby is fine and can give me a more prolonged happiness. 


Total cost at KLFGC  - RM 325

Duphaston 10mg - Tablet      - RM   60
Utrogestan Box                     - RM 210
High Vaginal Swab                - RM   55

Total cost at Kuala Lumpur Sports Medicine Centre - RM 8

Veloxin Tab 25/50mg       - RM 8

Total cost at Columbia Asia Seremban - RM 124

Consultation                      - RM 60
Medicines/ Service Fee     - RM 64

Total cost at Rantau Pharmacy – RM 55
Zinnat antibiotic 250 mg – RM55

Monday 10 June 2013

The most beautiful voice ever...

Hi friends,

How are all of you guys? I'm so sorry I kept u guys waiting. Thanks for your concern and emails. I really appreciate it. Although I do not know you guys personally, thanks a lot for keeping me in your prayers. My husband and I are really touched. Thanks a lot.

How I felt for the 2ww before the heart beat checkup? I was perfectly fine. No pregnancy symptoms what so ever. I was having more pimples. I was gaining weight since my mother was feeding me nonstop. I felt a bit gaggy for certain smell. Last week, I had bad backache which really concerned me. I read that it could be due to the uterus expansion, ectopic pregnancy or cyst. I really had nightmare thinking of ectopic since I wake up in the middle of the night with so much of pain. It was only on my left side. That really freaked me out. I did not miss all my tablets. I meditate that my baby or babies would be fine every day.

My husband came on Thursday. I really appreciate him for all the days he had to miss work because of the travelling we had to do. Our appointment was at 10.15 am on Friday. We left at 7.45 am. We reached the clinic around 9.20 am. It was such a bad decision to reach early. I was so nervous waiting. Dr came in around 9.50 am. We went in around 10am. I was nervous going in. Dr asked how was my condition and if I had nausea and all. I told her just gaggy a bit and back pain. She looked concerned. That was not what I was looking for. She immediately wanted to scan me. That concerned me. I lay on the bed. I had drank sufficient water hoping that Dr could see from my tummy scan.

She scanned and I could see a sac. I was thinking why she was so silent. Is it that she could not see the heart beat? Whenever Dr Helena is quiet, that would be a bad news at the end. After a while, she said let's do a vaginal scan. My heart would have skipped a beat. All my previous nightmare started crawling back. She then scanned vaginally. I could see the same sac. I started to feel very nervous since she was quiet for some time. After a while, she said there is only one sac. I could see it much earlier already. I knew it was not twins from the beginning of the scan. Again the silent moment continued for some time. She zoomed and looked at it so long. My hubby and I were more nervous. At last she said can you see? I was so nervous. I could not see anything. Hubby was quiet. He also could not see anything. I tilt my head and stared at the monitor. I could see something flickering. I asked her if that was the heart beat. And yes it was. I was excited. She then increased the speaker volume and I could hear my baby. The most amazing and beautiful voice ever heard inside of me. I could hear the baby's heart beat at last. It was very cute. As I was floating away, Dr Helena measured the baby's heart beat. She said it was 94 bpm and she would be happier it was higher. I immediately came back to reality. No more floating. Half of the excitement flew away.

She then requested us to come back next Friday to recheck our baby's heart beat again. She then asked me what medication I was in. She asked me to stop Progynova and Centrum Multivitamin. She introduced additional 3 more medications. It was Calcium tablets, Pharmaton and Duphaston. Besides that, I had to continue my infection medication and my baby aspirin as well.  She asked us not to worry as usually the heart beat will increase by next week. I was 6 weeks 2 days on Friday. We were given the baby's ultrasound photo. The baby is just 0.47 cm. So tiny eh?

We waited our turn to make the payment. The finance officer also asked us not to worry as usually the baby will pick up very fast. I hope so too. We made the payment and left. I felt hungry the whole day. From Saturday onwards, I started vomiting. That was the reason for my delayed blog update. I have an appointment on Friday, 14/7/2013. I hope my baby is more active by Friday.

Total cost at KLFGC   - RM 355

Pharmaton Matruelle 30's - RM 56
Caltrate - Bottle               - RM 34
Canestan - Pessary          - RM 25
Duphaston 10mg - Tablet - RM 60
Consultation                     - RM 80
Scanning/Ultrasound         - RM 100

Total cost at Kuala Lumpur Sports Medicine Centre - RM 8.40

Cardiprin Tab 100mg  - RM 8.40