Sunday, August 12, 2012

36 - 37 weeks pregnant and still ill!

My flu bug was sooo bad.. it lasted for 2 weeks, i wasn't eating well and haven't had a good night sleep. I saw a GP that gave me flu meds, 1 drowsy for the night and 1 day time. It didn't work. after finishing it for 5 days, the flu didn't stop, instead i had a really bad sore throat, drank lots of honey and didn't help until someone told me, i'm supposed to eat a spoonful of honey (best to eat manuka), i did that, only twice i took in that day, and it miraculously disappeared!

BUT, it wasn't over.. the next day, i started coughing.. and then.. the next day i started having toothaches! It was so painful i woke up at 5am, and did not bother going back to sleep, went to a 24hr GP to get some meds for my cough, he gave me pain killers and something for the swell. Once it was 930am, we went searching for a dentist that is open on Sunday, Prestine SS3 website says they are open on Sunday 930am. But we waited in front and the gate was locked, i called the clinic and nobody pick up, oh did i mentioned it was raining heavily? sighs.

We went to Uptown, SS2, Old town almost the whole TOWN. and can't find any dentist that is open, and the ones that were open, does not accept walked-ins. Oh, i called a dentist in kota damansara, he asked me to come back the next Sunday, even though i said i was having a very bad toothache! His clinic is so full and famous, i had to come back NEXT SUNDAY!!

Finally we gave up, i went home eating the pain killers and the swelling meds, and finally managed to sleep.

I can tell you it was my worst toothache in my entire life!! my cheeks were swollen!

So Monday came, i went to my regular Dr Mak in SS2. And he couldn't find anything wrong with my tooth, and said its just my immune system down and the bacteria are attacking.. so he just did scaling and polishing.. RM75 ( i think the price has increased since my last visit last year) i felt better.. but i still needed pain killers and my swelling pills to control the ache.

During my 36th week check up, baby was 2.2kg, and my 37th week, baby was only 2.3kg.. so it wasn't a good sign.. mother sick, and baby not getting any proper nutrition.. Dr ravi gave me 3 day antibiotics and 3 days cough syrup. the best meds in the whole 2 weeks, managed to make me sleep like a baby, and my cough was 50% cured in the next 24 hours!

Such a long post just on my 2 weeks cough and cold.. :( but it was my most torturous in my whole 40 weeks.. well.. have not experience labour pain yet.. maybe most torturous in my whole 39 weeks.