My beauty tips for a busy mum

This March, my lil love turns 5 months old and so far it has been the most rewarding 5 months in my life. I love my new role as a mommy. I love the feeling of giving and loving lil love so much and it always surprises me in so many ways. I love smelling his baby scent, listening to his coo-ing, looking at his smiley eyes, feeling his little tiny hands grabbing my finger, and our daily pillow talk

But most of all, I love his demanding sleeping ritual; cranky and crying if anyone else carries him to sleep but ME. His neediness makes me feel...like a mother. He will just sleep and cuddle himself to me while playing with my hair, clothes or pretty much anything within his grasp before eventually falling asleep.

Being a mommy is awesome.

Apart from being a mom, I am also a marketing ninja by day, professional make-up artist during the weekend and an award- winning beauty blogger, and yeah...I guess I am one busy mommy. 

Despite, my tight schedule and the various roles I have to juggle, staying beautiful is still on my priority list...even though I might not have as much time to get ready as before! :D So,I came out with few beauty tips for busy moms like me!  

1. Choose the right skincare

 Just like a good canvas to start a painting, having healthy and smooth skin is a good way to cut down your make-up time. As you know, SK-II is my preferred skincare brand, and thank goodness because of this...I don't need to pile up concealer and foundation on my face :)

2. Get professional help

For me, eyelashes are important, that is why I have mine artificially extended.

And if you have problems drawing your eyebrows, go get an eyebrow embroidery done to save make-up time. 
I got both from Prestige eyebrow and all I need to do to create the look below is just a line of MUFE eyeliner, a dash MUFE pressed powder, Starlash, Estee Lauder blush and Jane Iredale lip plumper.

3. Get the engine revving 

I don't know about you, but for me I need a cup of good-quality coffee in the morning to keep my mind alert and get a boost good mood.

and I also have a good wholesome breakfast to start a day :)
Breakfast is the most important meal of the day. It gives you energy for the day ahead and keeps your alert. And we know that part of being beautiful is being vibrant and energetic instead of looking dull and tired. So never skip breakfast!

4. Be Happy

Spend time with your loved one :) A happy mind equals a happy face.

and do things that makes you and your family happy.

5. Get good sleep

No matter how busy I am as a mom, I always find my way to sneak out and have a restful sleep.
I know that as a new mom, to have a good 8 hours sleep seems like a dream come true!

 But, hey! You deserve it! I deserve it!

Do ask your husband/maid/mom/mom-in-law to take care of your baby for a little while so you can catch up with your beauty sleep.

Believe me, this is one of the beauty secrets that everyone knows but ignores.

That's all my tips to stay beautiful as a busy mom and remember...
Beauty is a state of mind, so start believing that you are beautiful in your own way.

Love yourself.

KUU Konjac sponge untuk Lil love ku :)

Makasih yaaaa KUU Konjac Indonesia!

Ethan dah dikirimin natural fibre sponge buat mandi :)

Ini sebentar lagi dijual di Indonesia dengan harga IDR 120.000 satu spon nya, he eh..emang agak mahal..tapi beneran deh..kalo buat baby..gw rela! ~ aku relaaaa...* dangdutan*

Daku seneng loh pas terima ini..datengnya bareng2 sama sponge Konjac yang untuk aku, tapi rasanya seneng aja kalo ada gift dateng untuk lil Ethan :)

Konjac ini tuh sebenernya Jelly traditional dari Jepang yang dibikin dari calcium hydroxide, sejenis kentang yang disebut Konnyaku.

KUU Konjac sponge ini alus banget teksturnya..agak agak mirip kue kukus gitu..kalo biasa sponge nya kan bolong bolong kasar yah..nah yang ini tuh engga sama sekali.

Trus yah, ini kalo dicemplungin ke air..keliatan banget air nya masuk dan bikin sponge nya makin moist abis. Dan setetes sabun Ethan ditarok di sponge ini bisa jadi banyak banget busanya en cukup buat satu badan. :) *irit*

 Trus yah, saking lembutnya sponge ini bisa buat kulit sensitive, bahkan untuk kulit yang ada eczema loh. Jadi aman lah untuk kulit baby, apalagi kulitnya Ethan tuh super alus banget en sensitive..jadi gw bener bener pilih segala sesuatu yang gw kenain ke badan dia.

Kan sayang banget yah, kalo kulit cantil lembut gini ga kita kasih yang terbaik..termasuk sepon untuk mandi :) - Iklan banget yah gw?

Tapi cobain deh pake sponge ini buat mandi-in lil one kita.

You will know what I am talking about :)

Lil Ethan is almost 5 months old

Dah lama gw ga update soal baby Ethan sama daily life yah? kemaren kemaren ini gw baca baca-in lagi soal blog blog gw yang dulu..yang super ngalor ngidul tapi banyak kenangan :) ..dan itu ngebikin gw pengen nge-blog lagi soal life and family.

Walo blog gw ini pelan pelan jadi ngarahnya ke beauty..gw masi suka terima email yang bilang kangen banget bacain cerita cerita gw kayak dulu, duh gw jadi terharu pisan..dan akhirnya - gw tekad mo nulis soal personal thingy lagi -

Pertama, soal baby Ethan..sekarang uda ampir 5 bulan!

Cepet yaaaa? uda lucu, uda bisa interaksi, uda enak di unyel unyel.

Tapi semuanya masuk ke mulut dong!

Dari kaen, tangan, toys, sampe ujung sarung bantal..semuanya Hap.

Nanti kalo uda mulai merangkak semua yang di lantai masuk ke mulut juga kali yah?

Trus Ethan uda tau kalo namanya Ethan gitu, kalo kita manggil " Ethan.." dia pasti nengok sambil angkat alis gitu :D dan langsung senyum senyum ga jelas.

Totally cute!

Trus sekarang hobinya maen kaen en ditutup ke mukanya ato ga ditarok di kepala kayak gini.

Gw yang selalu serem banget kalo dia pegang kaen, takut kebekep mukanya nanti ga bisa napas :)

- wajar ga sih parno-an gini? -

Soal perkembangan Ethan, di umur yang ampir ke 5 bulan ini..dia uda bisa tengkurepan sendiri..trus pantatnya mulai nungging nungging en kaki nya uda kayak mo ngesot..tapi tangannya belon ngerti gimana narik badannya gitu. :P

Trus Ethan uda mulai ketawa tawa ngakak..yang kadang kadang sampe keselek gitu.

Trus gw bingung, kok uda mulai ileran pol..teething gitu, maunya gigit gigit yang dingin dingin dan pernah satu ahri dia ngamuk pol pas teether nya gw cabut dr mulut dia. - sigh -

Lalu, Ethan ini anak yang narsis bo! saban liat henpon or kamera langsung dia menatap ke kamera dan entah lah ngapa2in berpose ato senyum ato pasang ekspresi muka ga jelas. lol.

It feels amazing banget yah to have a child.

Kadang gw kalo lagi gendong dia trus dia yang kayak try to talk to me in his baby language..gw bisa sampe terharu sendiri loh. Thinking that my baby boy will grow up soon..hur hur hur..

Lebay ga sih berasa gini?

Goodbye 2013!

If i have to summarize my 2013 in one word it will be " Family " year for us. I found out i was pregnant early this year and throughout the whole year, the topic in my life was about family, pregnancy, baby and that fucking gestational diabetic! 

But i feel extremely grateful on how God's work in my life, my marriage life and our little family. I am so amazed on God's work that is beautiful in His perfect time, and i can't thank Him enough for trusting me and Mr. with our cute little Ethan. He is such a precious gift to our little family, and amazingly - we got every single thing that we prayed for Ethan. So, mommy to be - bring your request to God for whatever you want your son to be. 

Other thing that i think will be a highlight on my 2013 is the struggle i have with breastfeeding.

 Too be honest, i did not enjoy my very first 8 weeks with lil love. I love him and often miss him when i am out of house, but i didn't enjoy my new role as mommy.

I am not happy, i am constantly worried about my breast milk supply, feeling guilty for giving lil love supplement, keep getting sick, and scared that lil love might not love me back. How silly is that? But if any of you currently in the same shoes with me, let's break through that thought and make peace with ourselves first.

First of all, and it seems to be the hot topic between new mom ; breast milk!
No doubt, breast is best! But don't ever say it to newly mom that have problem in giving their precious the breast milk.

I was blessed with a generous supply of breastmilk on my first 3 weeks after giving birth. It was a lot and i have a lot of milk supply in my freezer..and i was like any other lucky mommy, i'm gonna exclusively giving my lil love the breast milk. But not for long, i was down with a very high fever up to 39.99c - 3 fevers a week, and i lost my breastmilk supply over night. I keep thinking that the milk will come back, but after a week in a very low supply i am hoping that this is just temporary. But after 1 month, i realized..i'm no longer that lucky mommy. I was down and still is - but I finally make peace with myself that formula milk is not a poison and it's ok to supplement him on top of my breast milk.

I keep thinking how to meet his needs, but i forgot that i need to take care of mine first before his. This is selfish and i learned it in a hard way. 

Take it this way..if i take care of myself well, I will be still having my supply and i don't have to bear this guilt. The other funny fact about Ethan is he cannot latch on my boobs for milk. We went to lactation consultant and they don't know what to do with it, so i ended up feeding him with bottle and now he doesn't seems like my boobs. haha!

Ethan ever latch few times on me and i was so happy to see him feeding directly on me and i feel envy to those moms who can breastfeed directly to their baby. *next baby - i will forced him/her no matter what*

Anyway, if you happened to read my blog and currently experience the same..i want to tell you, it's ok..relax, take a deep breath, i feel you. And I need to let you know that i feel so much happier after i make peace with myself, and seeing little Ethan is happy and health. Our baby will love us back not JUST because we breastfeed them, but it's way more than that. It's our happy love and care to them.

Call this an excuse to my guilt, it works.

So, i will close my 2013 with full of grateful heart, lots of love from my lovely Mr, Arief Nuradi and my cute lil love, Ethan Arelson Nuradi, tons of hope for a brighter and hopeful 2014.

Bring it ON!

Baby Ethan is 2.5 months old

Lil love is 2.5 months old and now that my hormone and every pain from the pregnancy has gone, I am start to enjoy taking care of the lil love.

I enjoy snapping photo of him and showing it off in my instagram, and he got more likes than i do @_@

I seriously love his cute innocent face and sometimes even after he burped or farted darn loud, he can just showing us the " I didn't do anything " kind of face.

Mukanya tuh bener bener bisa yang " umm umm..aku ga ngapa2in barusan kok " dan biasanya gw ma Arip langsung ngakak pas liat gitu. 

So far in 2.5 months i noticed that my lil love are:

1. Allergic to mossy bites

When we were in Jakarta, my mum in law has to put him under this thingy to avoid the mossy bites.

- Nyamuk Jakarta ganas ganas ya cui, balik dari Jakarta, Ethan bentol bentol ga keruan. -

2. Cranky lil love

Whenever he is sleepy or too tired, he will start his crying on and on until he fall asleep.

ini ya bo, ampun deh gw..bisa lebay banget dia nya kalo lagi ngantuk..nangis udah kayak abis putus cinta bener, bisa sampe berderai derai aer mata..padahal cuman ngantuk. >.<'

3. Love bathing session

..and angry when you pull him out of the water.

4. Daddy's boy

Lil love is a kind of baby boy that stick to Daddy more than mummy..whenever I can't comfort him when he is feeling uneasy, I just pass it to Mr. and he somehow can calm him down.

5. Camera baby!

He is aware of camera and whenever i tried to take his photo, it's just so easy because he can somehow pose and look at the camera.

Nurun sopo ini bakat?

6. Blondie

He has light brown hair and I hope this colour will be his permanent hair colour.

Rada rada bule minggir dikit yah rambutnya Ethan ini, dan ternyata pas diusut usut..dan pas gw liat photo baby Arip..serupa tapi tak sama dengan si Ethan ini, putih lobak dan rambut pirang gajebo gini.

 7. He loves cuddling

Kalo kata orang indo, bau tangan..yang sebenernya terbukti terbukti engga sih, karena cuman orang indo aja yang ada istilah bau tangan..dan malah kalo disini susternya bilang, it's normal when baby wants to be hug.

Dan gw berprinsip, baby Ethan kecilnya ga lama..kalo emang dia mo nemplok sama gw, I will let him be.

Tapi biar kata gw menganut prinsip yok mari digendong, Baby Ethan bisa kok ditarok di swing, ditarok di ranjang buat diajak ngobrol ngobrol sampe ketiduran pas siang, dan pas malem..ditarok di baby cot nya matiin lampu..dia juga bablas aja bobo sampe tiba waktunya susu lagi.

Jadi bener ga ya ada istilah bau tangan?

HO HO HO! Preg massage is having a festive package :)

Olla mommies and mommy to be! I wanna share something worth the share on this festive season..

It's the festive package from Preg massage :)

If you have followed my blog, you must have read my experience with Preg massage after my delivery, yes?

No? Read it HERE and HERE.

I personally feel better after the whole session and i keep encouraging people to at least give it a try on the trial session that preg massage has to offer. I think it's really beyond customer service that preg massage give a trial session without any obligation, they understand that to invest on this amount you should at least comfortable with their service. But, let me share with you on how comfortable the massage session is:

The session started with stretching to relax the muscle, and the therapist start the massage process from toe to head in a very constant and organize pressure point to relax the muscle tension. For me, the therapist would put extra pressure and longer time on my shoulder. Oh my goodness, it was good and oh man..i miss those moment. >.<'

After the whole body massage, the regime continues to head massage that helps to ease the giddiness due to lacking of sleep (new mommy, any nods for this?) and also to helps any wind trap. 

 Once it is done on the back, I was told to lay on my back and the therapist start working on the front side, same goes like the back massage, it started with stretching the goes from toe and moving upward.

My therapist put this shit looking herbal on my forehead. It feels weird and warm in the same time.
She said this is to get the wind out of my head.
Interesting.

The highlight on the front side massage is the breast massage, yes you might feel awkward at first, but who cares about bobbies when you already let the whole labour room nurses see what's between the legs *grin* hehehe. ehem, anyway.. If you are breast feeding, or having a slow breast milk circulation like i do, this breast massage is a savior act. The massage technique helps to unblock the milk duct, promotes healthy milk circulation to avoid engorgement.

Another highlight is the tummy massage!

The massage on my tummy started with hot stone as a start to relax my tummy muscle and keep the wind away, and also breaks fat tissue. Another interesting function on this tummy massage is to promotes the intestine circulation, to ease constipation and help the womb to shrink faster.

You must have heard about how good ginger for a lady after giving birth, right?
Before my therapist ends my tummy session, she applied ginger cream to keep our tummy warm.
I love it.

Then the final steps of every session is the wrapping time :)

Believe me, it works to keep your flabby tummy in place for a good 6-8 hours.
The support on my back while i was wrapped is amazing, i often feel back pain whenever I am carrying the lil love, and this wrapping helps me a lot.

So yeah, that is the whole regime of every session of the post natal detox massage I experienced from preg massage. Do stay tuned with me for more preg massage experience :)

Oh, Lil love is going to get his very first massage with preg massage as well!

I'll keep you guys updated.

You can read more testimonial on all satisfied mommies in

Preg Massage facebook

Baby Ethan one month story

OMFG!

..ini kata pembukaannya penuh attitude ya bo?

Hehehehe..intinya lil love ku sudah 1 month old lewat (ya eyaaalah..judulnya aja geto), dan sebulan ini bener bener sebulan tercepet di idup gw..dan juga sebulan tercampur aduk perasaan di dada ini,
*lebay banget ga seh?

About me

Sebulan ini juga sebulan untuk banyak hal yang pertama kali gw " do something new " di idup gw, kayak:

- ngelahirin, 

- pumping nenen - yg gw masi takjub..kok bisa kuar susu yah? jadi berasa kayak moo moo, 

-gendong newborn, 

- mandiin, gantiin popok, 

- tidur less than 4 hours a day - yang gw takjub juga..ternyata gw bisa bo..secara biasa 8 jam tidur molo aja bangun bangun berasa kurang, apalagi kalo lagi mimpiin Daniel Henney ke interupt.

- cek in jaitan dibawah dan apa bentuknya masi "normal" *halah*

- dan juga GW MALES ngaca! karena mabok ngeliatin kapan badan gw dan segala kedekilannya bakal luntur dan kembali putih bersih?!

Awal awal gw balik dr hospital, hormone lagi drop kan..aer mata gw ngalain cinderlela deh..ga ada angin ga ada ujan bisa tes tes mengalir sendiri..entah kenapa, dan kalo malem..huaaah..jangan ditanya, gw masi parno sama proses lahiran gw, jadinya saban merem gw kebayang labour room dan dong gw nangis seram, padahal semuanya udah lewat.

About baby Ethan

So far Baby Ethan being such a lovely baby, asal gassy nya dia ga muncul aja..kalo pas muncul, yaoloooo tangisan anak tiri kuar membahana dah! gw rasa kalo orang denger bisa bisa kirain gw lagi apain anak gw kale. Dan segala lagu lagu dari baby song sampe indonesia raya bisa kuar buat nenangin si baby. hahahaa..kadang berasa konyol sendiri.

So far dia belon terlalu gimana banget sih ke kita..selaen jadwal bobonya yang sesuka ati, dan kadang bikin Arip " Errggh " karena dia pulang kantor ngarep ketemu anak happy lalala ternyata ketemunya Ethan yang lagi cranky karena ngantuk, dan gw baru baca di blog nya Dina - Cerita Bendi ternyata baby bisa diatur cara tidur, yok maree Ethan kita boot camp!

Trus di 1 month old ini, Ethan baru mulai mulai 1 x 2 x senyum karena reaksi kita, bukan senyuman baby dengan Angel yang jaga dia yah. Oh oh, pernah loh sekali itu..pas malem malem gw gendong ethan abis susu, gw jalan keliling2 di ruang tamu gw yang cuman sepetak ini, trus ethan buka mata, liat ke belakang gw en senyum kayak lagi senyum sama Angel gitu. Gw dong, serem! gw bawa masuk ke kamar lagi akhirnya..hahahahhaa..

Dan oh, Sabtu kemaren itu 1 mth celebrationnya Ethan, kita rayain sambil undang2 temen temen yang drop by pas lahiran Ethan di Rumah sakit sama temen temen yang shower Ethan with gifts. Ni anak dapet kado buanyak ajeee..sampe gw bilang ke yang baru mo kasih kado untuk ga usah repot repot..kasih voucher aje mendingan. hahaha..*mak oportunis*

Trus kita pesen kue 1 bulan Ethan yang ada gambar baby bobo, dan karena tema nya jungle..jadinya ada binatang2 di sekeliling kue nya.

Untuk thank you gift nya kita pesen cookies yang personalised nama Ethan juga buat dibawa pulang sama tamu tamu :)

Sekarang enjoy the cuteness, eke mudik dulu ke jakarta :)
Yok mareee kopdar!

See yaa later aligwator!

Ethan Arelson Nuradi is in Da House!

Bilingual

So, it was Monday 7 October 2013 when we and Dr. Cheng decided to induced me 1 week earlier from the original due date (12 October 2013). At 11 am, me and Mr. went to Dr. Henry Cheng clinic to start the induction with something call the pill to thinning the cervix. I feel nothing but a slight cramp. Me and Mr. even went for Dim sum lunch as our " last " - just the two of us - date before the lil love arrived.

I am totally feeling anxious to know that, that day will be the last day for me and Mr. having our life together as couple and embark the new journey as little family in less than 24 hour. I am excited to meet the lil love but worried in the same time of what is waiting for me in labour ward.

I have packed my hospital luggage and all I can think of is to bring my lip balm and mouth spray. -_-'

Thank goodness for the check list I got from the Mt. Alvernia ante natal class.

~ Jadilah gw ma bang Arip mutusin untuk induce the baby 1 minggu lebih cepet dari waktu yg seharusnya..secara kata dokter baby nya uda mulai gedean and kalo makin lama di perut..bakal lebih gede lagi. Hasrat gw kan pengen lahiran normal yo, bukan sok jago..tapi karena mengingat kalo gw harus c-sect sembuhnya lebih lama..sapa yg ngurusin rumah, baby dan diri gw kalo gw ga bisa pulih cepet.

Hari itu 7 October 2013, petantang petenteng gw jalan ke tempat gyane gw untuk di insert pill yang untuk tipisin cervix..trus disuruh ke rumah sakit 6 jam kemudian.

Koper dah eke siapin, dan gw beneran bingung loh mesti bawa apa..karena yg gw kepikiran cuman bawa lip balm sama mouth spray. Sampah banget ye, kenapa yang gw kepikiran cuman ini?

Dan akhirnya, gw buka buka buku pas kelas ante-natal dari Mt. Alvernia. ~

By around 4.30-ish pm, we have reached Mt. Alvernia hospital and pass the nurse my admission letter. She looked confuse though, she was looking at me and start asking question like " is it for you madam? " D'oh!

I know i might not walk and having the urgent contraction kind but yes, I am on 39 weeks preggie and ready to deliver.

I was admitted to the labour ward for CTG and contraction monitoring.

Nothing fun about labour ward >.<' , in fact it's a bit scary for me. When I was getting ready, I heard the lady next to my ward was screaming in agony! literally like someone is torturing her in the next door. 

OMFG, the moment I heard that, I started to cry..not that I feel her, but more to scared - a new level that I ever experienced in my life. It beats my fear of dark ocean.

Nyampe ke Mt. Alvernia sekitar jam 4.30pm, gw datang dengan hand bag dan surat admission untuk labour dari dokter gw en tanya ke susternya, " ruang labour dimana ya? " hahaha, suster nya liat gw dari atas ke bawah trus ke perut gw en bilang " Is it for you? " Ya eyalaaaah sus, masa buat bang Arip?

Masuk ke ruang bersalin, gw langsung parnoan tahap tinggi..disuruh ganti baju sama suster nya en di pump dr belakang untuk clean bowel movementnya. Pas gw di toilet, labour ward sebelah ada orang tereak tereak kayak abis kena potong gitu..langsung dong ga pake lama, aer mata gw ngalir dengan sempurna. 

Damn damn! Gw takut luar biasa dan gw sambil nangis aer mata rintik rintik..gw cuman berdoa " semoga ini semua come to an end soon " - dah kayak mo disalib. hahahaha..*lebay mampus*

I was on natural delivery with epidural (ended up - assisted natural delivery with epidural )

The epidural doc came and start injecting my spine to insert the epidural, it was not as painful as I thought it would be..but it's definitely a super weird feeling and a bit stinging on your spine when Doc inserted the needle and i arched back in reflex, and the doc was like " u gotta help me by stay curving in "

I know lah doc, but can't help it.

Rencana awal sih mo nya natural delivery pake epidural, ternyata ya bo..ga ada yang bilangin ke gw kalo suntik tu epidural rada2 nyengit dikit gitu di tulang punggung, gw sampe yang " anjeng! " dalem ati pas tu jarum masuk, dan tak ingin aku mengulangnya lagi. Huhuhuhu.

Some weird thing about epidural reacting in my body.

I didn't feel any contraction at all, but am in extreme pain when the Doc do the internal cervix check.

>.<"

..and  apparently they need to maximise the dose for me, and see how it goes from there..or else, I need to do the emergency c-sect.

Oh, ini something yg baru gw tau soal epidural lagi..ternyata bisa numb-in bagian tubuh sebagian2 ya?

Kaki, perut sama pinggang gw sama sekali ga berasa sakit pas kontraksi dateng..tapi cervix gw ga numb dong, waktu diubek ubek sama dokter gw sampe kesakitan sendiri..Huhuhu..agak2 traumatic deh pengalaman di ruang bersalin gw ini. Dan akhirnya, dokternya bilang " kita panggil dokter epiduralnya en tanya what can be done, kl ga bisa..lu harus emergency c-sect "

I am not against c-sect methode of delivery, but I prefer natural birth with epidural due to the healing process, so when I heard about emergency c-sect, I kinda feel mixed up but on the other hand..I want that moment to be over and I am looking forward to deliver safely and meet my lil love soon.

By 11 pm, the Doc did another internal cervix check and i was only 1 cm dilated. Super wtf, it's been 12 hours since the first induction they did on me and i was only 1 cm dilated?? 

Doc Cheng said that they are expecting my lil love to arrived by the next day afternoon. 

Geez!

For the first time in my life, I prayed non stop. Haha!

I prayed that let the miracle help me to dilated fast and I will meet my lil love before morning..I was praying for the natural birth, the safe delivery, the pain, the baby, myself and everything I could think of.

Again, God is so good to us, it was pretty amazing from 11 pm to 2 am..I was dilated from 1 cm to 7 cm, and on that very moment, I know that whatever I asked in His name, I shall received.

Sebenernya gw ga anti c-sect sama sekali, cuman mengingat nasib gw di SG kan sebagai wanita bekerja, embak di rumah yang semua-mua nya gw urus sendiri, rasanya kl c-sect agak2 rempong yah! Dan waktu dokter bilang gw mungkin harus emergency c-sect..gw yang langsung drop gw deh, cuman ya apa mo dikata yah? gw agak agak pasrah tapi tak rela gitu deh..hahaha..tapi karena mengingat gw pengen banget moment gw di ruang bersalin itu cepetan kelar dan pengen ketemu the lil love, gw bilang ke Arip..ya sudahlah..rela lah gw kl harus c- sect.

Jam 11 malem, pembukaan gw di cek lg sama dokter, dan dong sodara sodar..cuman bukaan 1 cm doang.

Heloooo, ngapain aja itu pill en drip induksi dari pagi sampe malem 12 jam gini baru bukaan 1? Dokter cheng, akhirnya bilang " kalo gini yah kira2 besok siang lah baby lu baru kuar "

Yaoloooo, lama bener en eke laper cui.

Trus, di ruang bersalin itu..gw baru pertama kali doa tiada henti..lebay banget emang* 

Gw doa sampe ketiduran trus bangun lagi en doa lagi supaya semua dilancarin sama Tuhan..supaya gw tetep bisa lahirnya natural, gw baby semua sehat en sampe lebay gw berdoa minta ampun kali kali gw lewat on the spot, gw pengen masuk sorga. Huahahhaha..

Eh tapi Tuhan baek, dari jam 11pm sampe jam 2am..pembukaan gw tiba tiba dr bukan 1 langsung ke bukaan 7. Horeee!

By around 4.30 am, the nurse starts to on the light and asking me to start pushing because the baby's head is still way too high..it was a painful moment for me, and which is why I am not sure as well - to know that I am still on epidural..but I feel the pain. Soon after a few push, Doc Cheng was in and ready to help me with the delivery..He brought in some forceps for the baby head and start asking me to push.

Sekitar jam 4.30 pagi..ada midwife nya mulai dateng en mulai suruh gw push dulu soalnya kepala baby nya masih tinggi banget. Dan aneh banget, walo gw pake epidural..tapi gw berasa suakit pol loh! Ga berapa lama setelah beberapa kali push, dokter Cheng dateng dan siap eksekusi :P

A freaking big 9 pushes with the help of 2 nurses pushing my belly down, our son;

Ethan Arelson Nuradi greet the world.

He was placed on my chest the moment he was out and all I could think of is " am I still in this world? "

I was so much in pain and the Doc (and actually myself too) thought I could not made it, but hell yeah!

I MADE IT!

9x bo gw coba nge push dan juga dibantu 2 suster yang ngedorong perut gw kayak ngedorong mobil mogok, dan akhirnya..Tadaaaa..

Ethan Arelson Nuradi hadir!

( yang ikutan kuis nama-karena ga ada yang nebak bener, jadi yang nebak nama ethan akan diundi yooo)

Pas Ethan kuar, dia ditarok di dada gw..dan gw nya masi berasa dunia berputar..puyeng jek, nge-push 9 x geto..tapi yah, puji Tuhan..eke berhasil lahirin normal juga. :)

 3.49kg - 52 cm

Hello my little love..welcome to our little family :)

We've been waiting for you, and thank you for being the answer of our pray.

Daddy's boy

 And yeah, now that I officially a mommy..please welcome me to the Zombie night and the many joyful moments to come.

And oh, if you read my blog before..I am under Dr. Henry Cheng as my gynae, I am thankful for him and his clinic's team..especially Ms. Sharon - and one amazing thing about Dr. Henry Cheng is his stitching technique  down below, I don't know how he do it..but I can walk in the same day that I gave birth. Some people said it takes them several days to walk because the stitching is too painful and whatsoever. As for me, it is painful la..but manageable :)

I really think he is a very very good gynae, patience and I think he is one caring Doc especially in the labour room. His charges is reasonable and every bill in his clinic is transparent. 

If I am still around in Singapore and go for the second one, I definitely going back to him.

Dr. Henry Cheng

Women's Specialist Centre 

Bishan add : Blk502, St. 11, #01-356 

Tel : 6552 7377

Say hi to my lil love :)

 Now, stay tuned for my journey with Preg massage for my post natal healing :)