Ya Allah, jauhkan la anakku dari perkara2 yg x diingini...

Nijad had his first check up with Dr Jazilah (pediatric nefrologist specialist) in Hospital Selayang) today.. we were briefed of the possible conditions that he might have.. in layman's terms, this is how it sounds (and the sketch is from what i can recall during her explanation just now)..

well, our kidney is supposed to filter and clean our blood before it returns back the blood to our body.. the waste are called urine and is supposed to be passed to the bladder.. 3 normal kidney problems are; non-functional, obstruction and reflux.. till now, nijad has gone through 2 ultrasounds and a DTPA scan.. the results shows that both his kidneys are doing its jobs, but some of the urine somehow is retained in the left kidney.. causing urine dilation and the size is graded as L (it should only be at a size of 4cm) so, doctor suspects that there is an obstruction along the path.. but there are also a possibilities of reflux (which we are afraid of) where the valve to the bladder is open and allows the urine to return back to the kidney.. this will cause infection (can cause sawan, demam and etc).. only an MCU test can proof if there is no reflux..

We really hope that no surgery is necessary.. hoping tt the valve is in place and good, hoping for the obstruction to lose by itself as he grows.. hoping that he will not get sick, hoping that Allah will spare an eye on him..

Well, after Nijad's check up was my post natal check up.. i thought that Dr Seri was just gonna check the wound.. instead, she also asked about our plans for the next baby (advance & effective as usual).. we were of course not prepared for the question and have not discussed our contraception plans.. anyway.. Dr Seri briefed us of the options that we had... (guide for other mommies out there as well)

1. Combined pills (21 days/7 days off, effect breastfeeding, 98% success)
2. IUD (98% success, breastfeeding ok, cheap, painless)
3. Injection (3 monthly, breastfeeding ok)
4. condoms/diaphragm/ vaginal caps (no guarantee, 75% only kalau nak rate pun)
5. rod implant (3 yearly, breastfeeding ok, 98% success)
6. Progestion pills (31 days, breastfeeding ok, 98% success)
7. Natural methods

Well.. without wasting any time, we had decided to go for IUD, and to my surprise it was really painless and considered cheap (37 hingget jer).. some more, no need to watch for the time to take pills or anything.. can just take the IUD out when we plan for the next pregnancy..

p/s: should i, or should i not, share this.. well, i dont see any harm sharing..)