Uri Overdue (Calcification)

salam semua,

terima kasih pada kawan-kawan yang banyak mengambil berat pasal kesihatan kandungan aku 2-3 hari ni. Pantang online YM, dekat 20 orang dok bertanya dah bersalin ke belum.

Actually, ni nak cerita ni. Wah, belum bersalin dah start cerita. Alkisahnya begini:

[1] ISNIN 15/12/2008

- pergi weekly check up macam biasa. Due 20hb ni, dah dekat dah. Doktor tanya tentang pergerakan baby, aku cakap start semalam dah kurang gerak, which mean dalam jam 2.45 ptg baru cukup 10 gerakan. (carta pergerakan baby dari 9 pg - 3 ptg selama 10 gerakan, kalau dekat2 nak kul 3 ptg baru cukup, dah tak lamalah tu)

- so doktor gerak-gerakkan baby, ada 1 gerakan balas. Biasanya ada dalam 2-3 gerakan. Then doktor tak puashati. She's going to scanning. Tiba-tiba ada putih-putih di uri yang nama saintifiknya Calcification iaitu pemendakan kalsium. Doktor lagi tak puashati. Dia suruh refer to the hospital secepat mungkin.

- balik rumah dulu, makan tengahari, salin baju pakai kain batik semua (tipikal manners yg aku buat b4 admit), ambil beg baby dan vrooommm ke GH. Sampai GH, misi ambil statement. No contraction, no sign but CALCIFICATION*! ok, duduk dulu. Tunggu, tunggu... masuk pintu kedua. Misi panggil masuk CTG Room (untuk cek jantung baby). Alhamdulillah, Dr Stella Anak Tekhee yang rawat aku. Doktor pompuan. Ramai gak doktor kuar masuk kat GH ni, ada dekat 10 orang. Adalah 2-3 orang doktor lelaki. Lepas buat CTG, cek bukaan pulak. Yang ni aku malasss sket. Tapi sebab nak tau jalan dah buka ke belum, redha jelah. She said, "belum buka lagilah puan"... aiyarkkk... dah sejam sengah kat sini. Apa khabarlah abang and the kids kat waiting area tu. Dahlah lupa nak bawak hp.

- then, duduk menunggu lagi sementara Dr Stella discuss dengan the senior doctor. Tak lama pastu, nama aku kena panggil untuk masuk ke Examination Room (nak scan lagi) oleh doktor senior, Dr Roland sambil Dr. Stella temankan aku. Canggih scanner dia, siap nampak baby kelip-kelip mata lagi. Lama gak kena scan. Pastu Dr tu cakap calcification aku di tahap minima. Tak perlu risau sangat tapi kena pantau by 4 days. Kalau takde tanda dalam masa 4 hari tu, by Jumaat (esok) kena keluarkan baby jugak. *Maybe kena induce and drip (dalam ati aku). So boleh balik rumah dulu.

- mmm... false labour... sian abang and the kids, kena tunggu lama. Abang pun EL hari tu. Sampai rumah jam 3, tak solat lagi ni. Perghh... dugaan-dugaan.

*CALCIFICATION - What is placenta calcification?

• The placenta is the part of a woman’s body that attaches the baby to the inside of the uterine wall. Blood vessels in the placenta make up the umbilical cord, which attaches to the baby at the belly button. The placenta, which resembles a cauliflower in shape, allows the baby and mother to exchange oxygen, nutrients, and waste products. The placenta is delivered after a baby is delivered, and is often referred to as the afterbirth.


• Placenta calcification refers to calcium deposits that appear on the placenta. These calcium deposits indicate an “aging” of the placenta that occurs near the end of pregnancy. These deposits of calcium can cause certain small parts of the placenta to die. The calcium deposits may also cause some parts of the placenta to be replaced with fibrous tissue. The calcium deposits can also obstruct parts of the placenta with clots of maternal blood. They can also harden or block the maternal blood vessels. In most cases, placental calcification does not affect the functioning of the placenta, and the fetus is generally not harmed.


• When calcification is found early on in the pregnancy, it can be an indication that the placenta is aging faster than it should. If this occurs, your health care provider will likely wish to monitor your baby at regular intervals to make sure that your baby is receiving the nutritional content that he needs, and that his nutritional intake is not obstructed by the calcium deposits. Your health care provider will, specifically, be measuring the growth of your baby.
  
• Some studies suggest that placental calcification can be caused by cigarette smoking. Other studies suggest that using antioxidants in the diet can help to neutralize the effect.


• When a placenta has calcium deposits on it, they may appear as white patches on the placenta after birth.
  

[2] SELASA 16/12/2008

- semalam lepas balik dari hospital, terus register the kids kat NURI the nursery, depan umah je ni. Memang dah lama dok ushar, tapi baru semalam rasa desperate nak hantar the kids. Bincang punya bincang, diorang boleh terima kalau emergency calling tengah-tengah malam cuma kena bayar OT sejam RM3lah.

- so hari ni first day hantar A&N ke nurseri. Wah, excited Aidi nak pergi sekolah, nak main slide dia cakap. Aku pulak yang sedih sebab selama ni tak pernah tinggal mana-mana. Sejam sekali aku call cikgu dia. Cikgu dia cakap, dia seronoklah, Najlaa pulak nak ummi je tapi tak lama sebab ramai kawankan. Balik tengahari kul 1 abang amik. Punyalah Aidi bercerita bagai nak rak. Seronok sangatlah tu. Tapi bila cakap esok kena pergi lagi, dia tak nak pulak. Ah, sudah.

- Pagi tu memang boringlah, A&N takde, abang pun takde. Sunyi sangat. Aku call mak. Mak cakap, malam tadi tiba-tiba ternampak muka aku kat kampung. Bukan mimpi tapi macam real mak cakap. Rupanya aku masuk hospital tapi tak branak lagi. hehheh

[3] RABU 17/12/2008

- Masih menanti tanda-tanda bersalin tapi hampa. Baby still moving dan aktif. Aku yang pressure menunggu tanda. Abang lagilah, Jumaat nak exam.

- Abang hantar A&N ke nurseri kul 7 pg. Aidi meronta-ronta taknak pegi. Bersungguh-sungguh dia tak moo pergi. Dia cakap tak best sebab takde jamban cangkung, cikgu suruh duduk pulak. Heheh, kes dah biasa berak cangkung kat rumah nilah. Lepas tu noisy, ini memang dia tak sukalah.

[4] KHAMIS 18/12/2008

- Masih tunggu tanda tapi takde lagi. Esok pagi kalau takde tanda gak, memang kena gi gaklah. Kul 7 pagi antar A&N ke nurseri, then abang antar aku ke hospital and then abang pergi exam. Dahlah dia exam dari kul 9 -12 tghari. Harap-harap sempatlah abang temankan aku kat labour room nanti.

Harap-harap dipermudahkan Allah SWT.