My Reading Materials

Assalam ladies. ^_^

Masa I mula-mula tahu yang I pregnant, I was completely clueless on what to eat and what not, and on what I can and can't do. Ye lah kan. Before preggy, I rasa macam I tahu semua benda tu without having people untuk bagitahu I semua benda. Hihihi. But then bila dah confirmed preggy, I jadi excited to understand what's going on inside my body. Why I feel this and that. From internet, masa tu kan mula-mula lagi...so I was eager to understand what's going on inside masa first four weeks. Sebab yang ni susah nak cari info. (Kan I cakap I'm a meticulous person. I have must know what happened each and every week. Haha) So I dengan hubby pergi ke kedai buku paling dekat dengan rumah kami, which is Popular Bookstore kat Selayang Mall. 

Memula nak beli apa buku yang "Expecting something something" tu? I can't remember. Tapi bila I tengok contents I ended up dengan buku ni...

Title: New Pregnancy and Birth: A practical guide for all parents to be.

Price: RM 74.95

Edition: 2007

Author: Dr. Miriam Stoppard

Where to find: Popular Bookstore, Kinokuniya

Why we chose this book? Sebab it contains complete guidelines from week by week fetal development, mommy's development, food to eat, common complaints, pregnancy exercise, labour and birth, and many more. Pendek kata lengkap lah. If let's say I rasa sakit kat sini, and sini, I just flip over and tengok the symptom and how to treat it. =D Plus the book dah published over banyak kali. Kat Kinokuniya pun it's among the bestseller (my friend told me). Hehe. Tapi mine is an old version. The newer version is slightly tebal. But I think the content is all the same. ^_^ Other than that, I refer to Baby Center webbie. ^_^ Senang. ^_^

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Okay now I'm approaching my third trimester. Concern dari 'what's going on inside' dah bertukar kepada 'how to handle a newborn' (-_-") Baru je bali buku ni few weeks ago. Tapi masih rasa malas nak baca. Hehehe. Memula macam confident yang I reti jaga baby since I am the first from 6 siblings. Adik-adik I yang macam kembar dua orang tu pun I jaga. Tapi since dah, like, 12 years dah...I macam ingat-ingat lupa. Plus mana sama jaga adik dengan jaga anak sendiri ye tak? ;D Hehehe. So we bought another reading material. Don't worry, resit beli buku semua ni boleh kumpul untuk claim dalam LHDN. Hehe. So please by any means, buy and read. ^_^ So here's the book yang I belum berkesempatan nak baca. Hehehe. 

Title: Baby & Childcare: The pure and natural way

Price: RM 29.90

Edition: 2010

Author: Kim Davies

Where to Find: MPH

There's another book yang title dia lebih kurang sama jugak. But mahal sikit. Around RM40 if tak silap. Bila selak-selak, macam lebih kurang sama je. So I buy the cheaper one. Hihi :D So basically the book is all about macamana nak jaga baby. From new born sampai la preschoolers. =D It teaches how to bath your newborn, how to breastfeed, etc etc. Banyak gambar untuk memudahkan kita faham :D So I bought this one. InsyaAllah nak baca dalam masa terdekat. ^_^

Selalunya I baca before bed. Tapi takde la hari-hari. hehehe. Ikut mood dan tahap kepenatan. Tetiba rasa nak tahu terus grab buku yang memang standby kat bedside table, and terus baca. Hehehe. I think every expecting moms kena ada buku as reference. Sebab nya boleh buka on the spot bila tetiba terasa cramp itu dan ini. =D Hehe. At least that's what I do. ^_^ 

So that's it. I know some of you yang baru-baru pregnant ni eager nak tambah pengetahuan pasal pregnancy kan. Ye lah, it's something new. And yes, we can read all the books in the world. But not a single one tells you exactly about your own kids. ^_^ I hope I bantu la sikit-sikit mereka yang masih tercari-cari nak beli and baca buku apa tu. Hihihi. =D Until next time darlings. ^_^ Tata!

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