Showing posts with label Miscarriage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Miscarriage. Show all posts

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Things to know after miscarriage

When I had my 1 month confinement treatment that time, I actually got to know a lot of things that is prohibited.

Things like no bath during the 1st 12 days, no hair wash and so on.

For those that had miscarriage, are even got to know certain rules too. Cantonese believe for the 1st bath that you have labour after the 12th day, you ought to bath with lots of lemon grass and gingers. For Hokkiens believe in bathing certain herbs. Why all these, because the elderly believes these will help to expel the wind in our body after labour. Hokkiens believe after bath should apply lots of hard liquor like Brandy on to our skin, this is to prevent the woman get caught by those ‘winds’.

But, how many of us know for those that miscarriage are not prohibited to have those shower? I honestly never believe in all these, but anything that could prevent, I guess am listening.

Lots of elderly advises should not go thru such shower, cuz, those showers are meant for confinement women that had delivered. For those unfortunate, it’s advisable not to do it, cuz, according to them it’s something that you wouldn’t want to recur again after this sad happenings.

According to the elderly, they said those bath are meant for happy occasion like delivering a baby. They said having those baths again it’s like having another baby. But you have miscarriage, you wouldn’t want to have such bath and have another miscarriage, right? Thus, they said it’s advisable for not taking such bath. A hot shower will be better.

Though, I know there’s no proof that proven this belief is absolutely right. But, I know people that went thru certain ‘tragic’ they will choose to believe in such beliefs. And, I am one of them.

Friday, June 6, 2008

A reminder of the pain

While I was trying hard to forget March 21, 2008, Friday happenings.
Somebody had reminded me how I looked like when I was expecting my first child. Commented that I was over restricting myself for not taking certain food that causes my face looked pale. Added to that, ‘that’s why from the scan, your baby looks ok, but a lot of people said that you do not look good’.

Was it my fault for losing my baby?
Why would this people reminded me of my scar?

Wasn’t it a mother’s instinct to protect the unborn child by not eating certain food that may potentially harm the foetus?
Does it mean by doing so, it doesn’t proven the baby after born will be stronger and healthier but could be weaker?

I thought I had buried the pain safely down deep in my heart. With that reminder, I was actually sobbing down here at my working desk. Till I can’t control it further, I walked to the washroom and locked myself and cried.

Nobody could understand the pain that constraint in me… and, nobody could understand the pain that we went thru.

This is the only corner that I can cry out loud.
I don’t need any sympathy… but need not to remind me of that scar.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Encouragement

I miss my baby so much right now.
Just now went for out for lunch and I saw this shop full of babies’ dress, and shirts.
Suddenly I have the feeling of missing my baby so much. I dare not touch those dresses and shirts, and I dare not walk in there and take a look. Because I am so scared of remembering what I went thru.

I know Little Inbox knows what am I talking about.

We thanked this blogsphere that brought us here and established this virtual friendship. We went thru the down side of life and we encouraged each other during that time.

Now we encourage each other to stand up and face our life again without looking back.

We ought to face it ourselves and stand up. No other people could help us but ourselves.

Are you ready now, Little Inbox?

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Fruit Basket


The above picture is the thought of my management team has shown to me on my admission in the hospital the other day.

Nothing could elaborate more on the sweet thought of them. As well as the following friends –

1. WMW
2. Little Inbox
3. BB Community
4. 24hr Mom
5. Sembang & Talk
6. Jason – Ipoh Mali Talak Sombong
7. Joe – Lots of Craving
8. vKeong
9. Babe_KL
10. Big Boys Oven
11. Penang Tua Pui
12. Sweet Jasmine - Rainbow
13. Daphne
14. Lingzie
15. CK Lam
16. Coketai
17. Sugar Bean
18. TummyThoz
19. Ling239
20. The Gastronomic Diary

The warmth wishes and care is indeed appreciated from my husband and me. Thank you very much!!!

Saturday, April 19, 2008

The 4th Week Grief

I’ve been working for a week already, seeing lots of colleagues and friends, and also seeing lots of pregnant women in the office too.

I was even giving a pregnant woman a helping hand when she didn’t realize it was drizzling on Friday on her way out to the car park. She told me she’s now 37 weeks of pregnancy, and taking half day off to visit her gynaecologist. I was telling myself, another more week to go she could deliver her baby if she ops for C-section.

My Finance Analyst had gone for her maternity leave, another colleague is 8 weeks expecting, some had actually entering their 2nd trimester period.

No one would believe it if I say am ok, am fine. Like what Little Inbox said, when you’re alone, you will think of the baby, you will think of the incident that happened that day, and you will even admire those that are pregnant now.

And, this is what am facing right now.

I know my eyes are looking at the TV at night and at the same time my mind is floating else where. When I see pregnant woman walk pass, I feel awkward and the feeling is like where is my tummy now.

Friday dawn was the time when my husband rushed me to the hospital. Whenever we drove pass the route, and specifically on Friday morning, I just can’t stop myself of thinking about it.

I even have friends asked me don’t write any more sad post in your blog, write something positive, tell you readers how looking forward yourself that you wanted to conceive the 2nd time. She even said that I should be counting the days when to conceive instead of counting the days when I lost my baby.

At one minute, I’ll ask myself am I a born loser? How come I don’t know how to save my baby?? On the other minute, I’ll ask again is this what God wants to take him back with him?

This is what am going thru right now…

Friday, April 11, 2008

The 3rd Week

Today mark the 3rd week of that incident.

I salute those people that went thru such incidents and could get up again. I wonder how they walk out from the pain.

If you know who Dicky Cheung (張衛健) is, you would be surprised his wife (張茜) whom is supposed to deliver a baby in March, was miscarried in her 8 months pregnancy. She managed to walk out from the pain and willing to try again.

No one could answer all the mom-to-be why would this thing happen. Was it due to the food that we take? Was it hormone imbalance, incompatible? Was it due to uterus’ infection? Was it due to placenta previa? Or it was due to uterine fibroid?

Chinese believe it may due to the womb is too weak… the cervix is weak… or something bad luck.

I know I have to walk out from this pain and build back my body strength. I know, I know, I know… but it’s hard to do that…. Real hard…

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What am I?

Today is my first day of stepping out from the room after so many weeks of hiding myself in a small comfort hut of mine. Reason for this is because the only day my husband is available to drive me out to seek another gynaecologist’s advice and also for an eye check.

Basically I didn’t sleep the whole night (not only that night, but many nights), guess hubby also notice that. I was toss and turn the whole night thru, if not, I was talking in the sleep. Yet, I know my mind was wild awake though I was talking in my sleep.

He thought of getting me up early for a registration in the hospital. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to get up due to such sleeping disorder.

Anyway, I was very blue and depressed when he drove me to the hospital this morning, and on the other minute, I was absolutely fine when I was in the hospital. When the gynaecologist is ready to see me, I thought I was ready to talk it out.

But, I was absolutely wrong about myself. I wasn’t that strong, nor did I walk out from the pain. When I talked it out, my tears were uncontrollable. The gynaecologist was sorry to hear about my story though they heard a lot of these unfortunately incidents, but, he still handed me a tissue to wipe my tears.

He scanned my abdomen and also explained to me in details what could be the possibility of this miscarriage. There is no other specific measurement to prevent such unfortunate incident. What he could advise is to have another blood test on me to find out is this a natural blood clot in me after my cycle of menses.

Before I could say some more, he asked me was I worried this will recur in my next pregnancy. I nodded and I cried. I would have to say that many gynaecologists are very careful with their words, he told me that there is no medical ways to proof that this will not recur however, we would have to take other alternative ways to prevent it. But, to his experience this will not recur, but it will only recur only if there is any infection.

After the visit, hubby took me for an eye check, cuz, lately I realize my eye sight has gone way a bit blur. Am not sure is it because I cried too much during this ‘confinement’ treatment or it’s because of hormone disturbance.

My optometrist was surprised to see both of us visiting her today in her shop, normally she will only get to see me over the weekends. She knew something is not right with me, but she doesn’t know what went wrong. While she was checking my eye sight, I did ask her a question if I cried a lot, will that affect the eye sight. She was puzzled, yet she answered me it should not be. And that has led to the conversation of my miscarriage.

Again, I thought I could talk it out, but I was wrong. I wasn’t ready to talk about it. I told her I was scared to see people and I really do not know what to talk and how to react. She’s worried about me and wanted me to visit a doctor soonest possible, cuz, she doesn’t want me to keep silent about it if I diagnosed with postpartum blues. Though, this is only I suspected it… but she encouraged me to talk it out.

It was so sweet of her that gave me a warm hug. Cuz, that was never ever expected that from her.

From these 2 conversations I realized, I missed grandma so much so that I knew she will call me and gave me all ways of comforts, or helps or even advices that I need. Cuz, I know I didn’t turn to anyone for help, not even my husband nor my parents. I don’t know why, but I kept silent about it and I don’t feel like talking about it.

Cuz, I know I am not brave enough to talk over it… even though I know many friends out there was trying to reach me. I also sounded calm when one of my colleague called me yesterday, I know down deep in my heart, I have yet to know how to face them.

This incident hits me really hard… damn hard.
Or, am rather a sentimental person?
If not… What am I then??