November ‘16

If you haven’t known by now, I love stars. And their exotic yet meaningful names. That’s why I named my first born ‘Aldebaran’. When I got pregnant for the second time and it’s a boy again, I was happy cause then I will be able to name him with another favorite star of mine, ‘Altair’. Having two…

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Muadz Altairanefa Lubis : The Birth Story

08.11.16 I went for my weekly check up on that day. Waited almost a whole day for the sake of 10 mins of meeting Dr.Citra. She was super busy that day. And she went for a delivery in the middle of lunch time. My appointment was scheduled at 11 am, and there were already a…

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Week 31

Heartburn is coming back – like an old friend who shows up uninvited. And it’s so annoying like hell. I found myself often gagging for unknown reasons. And bleargh, so disturbing. Nesting instinct has started kicking in – and to be honest I kinda like it. We need to move house again (ugh) next year so…

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“Papa, papa!”

Reached home. Rang the bell. *ding dong* Zal opened the door. Zal: “Mama!” Me: “Halo, sayang!” Zal: *looked behind my back* Zal: “Where is Papa?” Me: “Papa is not home yet.” Zal: “Papa is away!” * Played on bed before bed time. Zal: “Where is Papa?” Me: “Papa is still outside.” Me: *opened room door* Zal: “Papa! Time to sleep!!” * Played at…

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First OB-GYN Visit

I told myself that if I ever got pregnant again after Zal, I would love to have Dr. Citra again as my gynae. She was the gynae who helped me delivering Zal two years ago. And alhamdulillah, it happened. It wasn’t easy to get an appointment with her. When I called NUH last month after I…

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Hello Baby!

We had been planning to have another child since Zal turned 21 months old. We figured the age gap is just nice and I was just about to finish his right of having breastmilk for full 2 years, alhamdulillah. I fully know that the right to give us another child is His only, but as…

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