{ FASTING & BREASTFEEDING }

This info found in extdk forum board. thanks 4 the useful info...!!!

Challenges for nursing moms
#Hunger pangs!
#Dizziness and Fatigue
#Low milk supply

Tips for nursing moms

#Do not skip sahur!

#Focus on quality NOT quantity. Its all about taking the right food to get the required nutrients

#Drink sufficient fluids. Avoid caffeine,soft drinks, tea. Caffeine will drain you off valuable minerals needed to sustain the fasting body during the day. It will also make baby irritable and wakeful

#Eat enough carbohydrate foods-especially those rich in fibre.These foods provide the body with energy. They are rich in B vitamins, and are an excellent source of fibre. Hi-fibre foods also fill you up more than low-fibre counterparts. Foods high in fibre include brown rice, wholegrains, fresh fruit and raw veggies

#Remember your fruits and vegetables: Fruit and vegetables add colour and variety to the menu. They are "protective" foods as they help the body fight off sickness and disease. They are also rich sources of a variety of vitamins, minerals, and fibre, and are low in calories.

#Take supplements if need be

#Maintain daily pumping session

#Feed or Pump more at night-Pump at night before going to bed or while feeding your baby-Pump in the morning before sahur (while your milk is in abundance). If baby is feeding from you then FEED and PUMP at the same time-Best to drink fluids before a pumping session

#Apply relaxation techniques as much as possible during a feeding or pumping session
- If you’re stuck in a traffic jam, make sure you have a bottle of water and some food (eg. dates) to break your fast with
-Try to stock up more now in preparation for ramadhan
-Take milk boosters

And finally, pray and make doa that Allah will help you through….InsyaAllah you will prevail! Good luck and all the best!With the good nutritional practices advocated here, we hope you will maintain a healthy mind and body throughout this puasa season.

Source : 'How to fast healthily during Ramadan'

{ Ketabahan Papa, Kesetiaan Mama Sumbu Perjuangan }

a touching email I received this morning...


YB Nurul Izzah Anwar Mon Aug 25, 08 11:33:40 am MYT

RAMAI mungkin tidak menyangka bahawa saya hampir-hampir tidak sampai ke Permatang Pauh untuk penamaan calon papa di kawasan parlimen penuh lagenda itu.
Tetapi, itulah hakikat ? hati saya tersepit untuk memilih sama ada ke Pulau Pinang atau memilih untuk hadir bersama pimpinan Persatuan Kakitangan Akademik Universiti Malaya (PKAUM) dalam sebuah forum perbincangan pindaan Akta Universiti dan Kolej Universiti (AUKU) Sabtu lalu.

Saya sentiasa setia bersama papa. Tidak pernah walau sesaat kasih saya terpisah darinya. Andai diturut kata hati, ingin saya peluk papa erat-erat, lindungi beliau daripada sengsara dan bahaya politik gila yang makin berleluasa.

Ingin saya paut lengan papa setiap masa, setiap hari, selagi saya masih bernadi.
Namun, saya punya tanggungjawab yang lain; sebagai ahli parlimen, sebagai wakil anak muda, dan walaupun beban terasa kadangkala, saya cuba untuk menjadi seperti Papa.
Papa satu dalam sejuta. Tidak sesiapa biarpun kami anak-anaknya, yang bisa jadi seperti dirinya. Papa tidak rapuh, Papa adalah jaguh!

Minggu ini untuk mahasiswa. Saya persiapkan hujah bangkangan AUKU yang kebanyakannya sudah diolah oleh PKAUM sendiri, dan yang selebihnya saya ambil dari Gerakan Mahasiswa Mansuhkan AUKU ? gabungan yang dicuri 'mayat'nya oleh pihak polis pagi tempohari di luar parlimen!

Tambahan pula, saya juga serba salah mahu melihat wajah papa. Siapa yang dapat menduga hiba di hatinya ? dirampas pangkat dan hak selaku wakil di Permatang Pauh.
Ditangkap seperti penjenayah besar negara di kediaman sendiri, di hadapan ayah, arwah ibu, isteri, anak-anak, serta penyokong.

Sudah ditahan, dipukul pula oleh Ketua Polis Negara, sambil dibalut mata dan digari tangannya.

Gadis mana yang mahu memperkenalkan jejaka pilihan kepada papanya ? di penjara.

Gadis mana yang tidak sebak menyaksikan papanya hanya kembali buat seketika; di hari bahagianya. Saya tahu, kekuatan Papa mengatasi kesedihannya.

Ketabahan Papa dan kesetiaan Mama menjadi sumbu perjuangan saya.

Selesai hukuman penjara oleh mahkamah yang dipengerusikan hakim-hakim zalim, Papa sibuk hari demi hari, berkempen menjelang Pilihanraya Umum (PRU), menuntut kesabaran kami sekeluarga demi membina masa depan baru untuk Malaysia.

Mama sering bicara, Papa bukan milik kami semata-mata. Papa milik semua rakyat Malaysia. Cinta Papa kepada negara melebihi cintanya kepada keluarga. Kalam saya, Papa adalah wira.
Tiba di Permatang Pauh, bagai sireh pulang ke gagang, cuba mengutip sejarah pulangnya papa ke kampung halaman. Bagaimana saya sanggup menatap wajah papa pada hari tersebut ? hari yang memperlihatkan kepada kita semua, manusia kerdil yang hanya mengharapkan kepada kuasa Allah SWT yang membolehkan segala-galanya berlaku: pembebasan papa dan kembalinya papa ke persada politik tanah air, setelah diperlakukan kezaliman manusia.

Kala ini, saya menatap kembali sajak Rajawali karangan Rendra. Ya, seperti Rajawali, Papa akan membela langit dengan penuh setia!

Ayuh anak muda, lakukan perubahan, bermula di Permatang Pauh dengan mengundi Pakatan Rakyat, bukan kerana dia papa saya, tetapi dia adalah simbol reformasi dalam negara. Reformasi!

{ MENYAMPAHHHH....!!! }

{ NOT IN A GOOD MOOD }

Hmmphh..dah jadi mcm tmpt melepaskan rasa marah plaks aku punya blog nie.. tapi what to do, kan? I dun really have a place to let go what I feel inside...anyway...

....the only good thing about today is I can now fit in my black trousers I am longing to wear for ages...seluar nie aku beli back in 2002, pastuh bila balik Mesia 2004 dah tak muat..until aku try last week...dah muat balik so today aku pun pakailah gi kerja ngn blouse merah mak aku jahit...

...went to office this morning, I skipped the Sunrise meeting again... arghkhsss... I don't give the damn to that meeting anymore, too much work to be done and to much things been pending on my organiser... supposed to call my boss at 8.15 but suddenly test area call in ckp FF tokleh guna in certain PC...my oh my...!!!

...maka terpaksalah aku dok berkampung kat sana, while others berkumpul kat SI meraikan our 650,000th machine... aku tatau apa-apapun sampai waktu light snacks only I went to SI Production Office to grab some meehun, kuih dan teh o. pastu.. back to work....

...called my boss, hope for his guidance on some thing I dunno but......kinda upsetting gakla...malas nak citer lelebih, pasrah jerlah menerimanya... tapi... aku tatau mcmana nak buat...!!! whi should I refer to... if I failed to complete... I dont care, nak kata apa pun katalah..that is what the best I have done... then CP called pasal nak manual print label...pastu lepak kat tempat dia..sambil mengumpat-ngumpat sket... har har har.. part nie mmg seronoklah..heheh...

...tapi..kesimpulannya..up to 1.40PM nie... my mood is sooooooooooo bad... nak taknak aku diam ajerlah... takut gak kang aku luah lelebih kang..kot2 ada yg terbaca dan terasa hati...

...esok exam SPA...mintak2 OKlah..takdelah mengharap sangat... and to be honest, aku dah suka ngan kerja aku skang walaupun gajinya sungguh tak berpatutan.. tgklah nnt..see how.. aku tatau nak decide... The Almighty is always there to guide me...

......dahla... kerja banyak.. nak sambung... walaupun otak aku cramp..tokleh nak berfikir....

TTTTTTTTTOOOOOOLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGG...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

{ I AM SO PISSED OFF...!!! }

Secara tetiba..di bawah lembayung kedinginan aircond kat opis nie.. sewaktu aku tengah khusyuk dan membuat kerja-kerja aku... tiba-tiba lagu Spongebob berbunyi...argh..another call..bila aku jwb jek... "Hello Nora, ni *****. Tadi print label untuk unit terakhir hari nie tak keluar lah..."..."Apa error message keluar kat screen?" ..."Entahlah..saya tak tahu. Saya baru nak pergi tgk nie, tadi **** yg call saya ckp print label tak keluar"... "Aiseh..berapa kali saya nak cakap,kalau ada error..tlg catit apa msg keluar kat skrin..kang penat-penat saya turun bwh tgk2 menda takde apapun...erm, takperlah..saya check sekejap"...

Maka terbantutlah kerja aku tadi..menuju ke planet lain pasal nak tgk, serius sgt ker masalahnya..aku rasa mcm nothing biggies jek.. jam dah pukul 4.45..kerja aku banyak lagik..argkhs..!!!!

Sampai kat Assy1... "So apa cer? Td saper tuh call ckp ada prob..apa probnyer?" ..Aku tanya trainer yg tgh dok kuis-kuis pintu machine tuh.. "Hah..?? problem? takder apapun..!!" ...Hati aku dah mula membara, walaupun dalam kesejukan suhu yg rasanya dlm 10degree jek.. "Tadi call kata ada error.. nie takde plaks..apa nie...!! Nie semua buang masa saya, lain kali jgn call kalau blum sure yg menda tu totally error.."..."tadi si **** yg call, ckp label tak keluar.." Sampuk trainer..."Tu tadi, mmg label lum print pun..ni saya dah settlekan.."... "... Dahlah..lain kali kalau ada masalah apa-apa, call and bagi full details.. dept kitorg limited resources,kerja saya pun tak tersettle-settle lagik.. menda-menda mcm nie.. really2 wasting my time...!!!!"

.......yes, hell.. I was so pissed off.. and in fact..still feel like hell.. berapa kali aku nak kena remind benda yg sama..?? Tak faham ker..?? Tak reti bahasa ker...?? Tolonglah!! This might be the effect of spoon-feeding..!!

AND THAT IS WHY I HATE ANSWERING CALLS FROM 0x5x7x6x8....!!!!

{ MY DOUBLE ANNIVERSARY }

I have been quite busy for many days... fully occupied with a whole lots of workloads... feel like dying already... I am so tired... doing extra hours and when I went back home, I need to continue with a whole lots of house chores... arhhh... this is insane...!!!

This gonna be a very quick update. Today, 15-Aug-2008 is a double anniversary for me and my husband... we have been together for 10 years & married for 6 years... 10 years of dozens of ups and downs... and we're still together... to tell the truth, my life has never been easier... but all those things helped me to grow and be the Norafesa today... a strong personality (although I tend to get explode sometimes... but hell yeah.. I am a normal person anyway...)...

Growing to be a Norafesa today is one of the most difficult tasks I have been done and survived...!!! It was much more difficult than you guys would ever imagined... but forget it.. today is 'THE DAY'... blessed with two wonderful and notty kiddos (no no. 3 please..!!!) they are my strength... and to my husband, tqvm for making me a better and stronger person... ( me..?? better..??? )

....what I can wish for is... to be a better, much much better person... better wife... better mum... better daughter... better worker... and better in every single thing than before.... and hoping for a better life as well....

I guessed this is what I can write for today because I need to continue my work now... :)

{ STORY OF LIFE... STORY OF LOVE... think about it seriously...!!! }

...I received this via e-mail from one of my old friend. It really caught my attention and almost make me cry...this is for you to read...and to think about it...for my mom, although we never click as a very closed 'mak & anak', I want you to know that I Love You & Care For You...and I missed you dearly...

Daughter-In-Law:"When I cooked food which are blend, you will grumble that they are tasteless. Now that I have cooked saltier, you complained that you can't swallow this at all! What exactly do you want?"

When the son came back, the mother immediately ate the food without a word. She stared at him. The son took a taste on his mother's food and spitted out immediately.

He ranted at his wife," Didn't I told you that my mother cannot take too salty food?!"The wife shouted,"OK! She's your mum! You cook for her in future!"After saying that, she stormed into their room angrily.

Feeling helpless, the son told the mother,"Mum, don't eat this anymore.I will cook you a bowl of noodles."

The mother said,"Son, you have something to tell me? Don't keep everythingto yourself."
Son:"Mum, I am going to get promoted soon and my upcoming working schedule will be very, very tight...and as for my wife...ummm...she said she will be going out to work...."

The mother understood what he meant and said in a begging manner,"Son, please don't send me to the Old Folks' Home.."

The son remained silent and tried to think of a good reason to persuade her mother. Then he said," There is nothing wrong with the OldFolks' Home. Once my wife had went out to work, no one will serve you as well as the Home which provides you meals and care. It would definitely much better than being at home."

The son went for a bath after that and went into the Study Room.He looked out from the windows and thought back and hesitated a while....

His mother has been remaining as a widow since she was young with him, and brought him up painstakingly, solely. She tried all means to earn as much as she could, in order to support him in studying overseas. Yet she expected nothing nor used her past painful experience to threaten his sonto be filial. While now, his wife is threatening him with the stake of their marriage.

"Should I send my Mum to the Home?" He asked himself."The only person who will accompany you till the end of your life would be your wife.." said a friend before.
"Your mother is in old age now, and if she's lucky, she might be able to live for a few more years longer. Why not be filial to her for this period of time? reminded by some relatives.
He was stuck in a dilemma. He did not want to think anymore, in order not to affect his decision. The son found a Home with high standards,built on a beautiful and tranquil mountain top. He told himself that he would feel much better when the more he spent. When the son helped his mother into the lobby of the Home, the 42" TV was turned on. The programme shown on screen was a comedy. But no one was laughing. A few old folks,dressed similarly in clothing, were sitting there, in a daze.

There was one who was sitting improperly on a sofa, there was one who was bending down to pick up a piece of biscuit from the floor,there was one who was talking to himself... The son knew that his mother likes sunlight, so he chose a room with ample sun rays shining into the room.
By viewing out from the room, was a big piece of greenery scene. Few nurses were wheeling some old folks out for some fresh air. It was so pathetic of silence in the background. The sun would still need to set down.

Soon it was dusk. The son told the mother,"Mum, I am leaving." The mother waved to him to say goodbye, opening her toothless mouth.. He turned back to look at his mother. She was full of grey hair and wrinkled skinwith deep set eyes... He found that she was really old. He remembered when he was six, due to some circumstances, his mother cannot bring him along with her thus temporarily placed him at a relative's home for few days.
He recalled hugging his mother's thigh and begged her not to leave him alone.
In the end, his mother never leave him alone and decide to stay with him.

He stopped thinking and left.
When he returned home, his wife and his mother-in-law were busy discarding things from his mother's room, happily. One of the discarded item was his tall trophy which he won as First Prize when he was young. He wrote an essay on "MY MOTHER".
The second item discarded was a dictionary. That was the first gift from his mother, who scrimped and saved for a month in order to buy for him.

He shouted,"Enough! Stop discarding anymore!"
His mother-in-law cried," There were so much rubbish. If don't discard, there would not be any place for my stuff.."
His wife continued,"Yeah! Need to dump away that old, stinky bed of your mum too. We will buy a new bed for my mum later,"
He saw some pictures from the stack..they were taken at a zoo and amusement park when his mother brought him there. "These are precious belongings of my Mum! You can't discard them!"
"What sort of attitude is this? I demand you to apologise to my Mum NOW!"ranted the wife.
The husband said," When I got married with you, that showed that I will love your Mum too. But why can't you do the same too?"
He went back to the Home and saw his mother weeping in between her frail. She was missing the moments when her son would apply ointment for her every night... The son kneeled before her and said,"Mum, here I come.
I brought the ointment too."
The mother said," I will apply it myself, Son! You still need to work tomorrow. Go home, Son!"
Son said,"Mum, please forgive me! Let's go home!"

Hope this is inspirational and touching to you.Without our parents, we won't be here.No parents will resort to harm their own children.They only want the benefits for them.

For Daughters & Sons: Please remember to return gratitude to your dads and mums.

For Daughter-In-Laws & Sons-In-Laws: Please love your in laws as you did to your parents, coz without them, you will not find your partners...They are parents too..

{ DOA SEORANG ISTERI }

....I copied this from Yanie's blog, which I think was very good... dedicated to a man called my husband...

Ya Allah Ya Rahman Ya Rahim
Kau ampunilah dosa ku yg telah ku perbuat
Kau limpahkanlah aku dengan kesabaran yg tiada terbatas
Kau berikanlah aku kekuatan mental dan fizikal
Kau kurniakanlah aku dengan sifat keredhaan
Kau peliharalah lidahku dari kata-kata nista
Kau kuatkanlah semangatku menempuhi segala cabaranMu
Kau berikanlah aku sifat kasih sesama insan

Ya Allah
Sekiranya suami ku ini adalah pilihan Mu diArash
Berilah aku kekuatan dan keyakinan untuk terus bersamanya
Sekiranya suami ku ini adalah suami yg akan membimbing tangankudititianMu
Kurniakanlah aku sifat kasih dan redha atas segala perbuatannya
Sekiranya suami ku ini adalah bidadara untuk ku di Jannah Mu
Limpahkanlah aku dengan sifat tunduk dan tawaduk akan segala perintahnya
Sekiranya suami ku ini adalah yang terbaik untukku di DuniaMu
Peliharalah tingkah laku serta kata-kataku dari menyakiti perasaannya
Sekiranya suami ku ini jodoh yang dirahmati olehMu
Berilah aku kesabaran untuk menghadapi segala kerenah dan ragamnya

Tetapi Ya Allah
Sekiranya suami ku ini ditakdirkan bukan untuk diriku seorang
Kau tunjukkanlan aku jalan yg terbaik untuk aku harungi segala dugaanMu
Sekiranya suami ku tergoda dengan keindahan dunia Mu
Limpahkanlah aku kesabaran untuk terus membimbingnya
Sekiranya suami ku tunduk terhadap nafsu yang melalaikan
Kurniakanlah aku kekuatanMu untuk aku memperbetulkan keadaanya
Sekiranya suami ku menyintai kesesatan
Kau pandulah aku untuk menarik dirinya keluar dari terus terlena

Ya Allah
Kau yang Maha Megetahui apa yang terbaik untukku
Kau juga yang Maha Mengampuni segala kesilapan dan ketelanjuranku
Sekiranya aku tersilap berbuat keputusan
Bimbinglah aku ke jalan yang Engkau redhai
Sekiranya aku lalai dalam tanggungjawabku sebagai isteri
Kau hukumlah aku didunia tetapi bukan diakhiratMu
Sekiranya aku engkar dan derhaka
Berikanlah aku petunjuk kearah rahmatMu

Ya Allah sesungguhnya
Aku lemah tanpa petunjukMu
Aku buta tanpa bimbinganMu
Aku cacat tanpa hidayahMu
Aku hina tanpa RahmatMu

Ya Allah
Kuatkan hati dan semangatku
Tabahkan aku menghadapi segala cubaanMu
Jadikanlah aku isteri yang disenangi suami
Bukakanlah hatiku untuk menghayati agamaMu
Bimbinglah aku menjadi isteri Soleha
Hanya padaMu Ya Allah ku pohon segala harapan
Kerana aku pasrah dengan dugaanMu
Kerana aku sedar hinanya aku
Kerana aku insan lemah yg kerap keliru
Kerana aku leka dengan keindahan duniamu
Kerana kurang kesabaran ku menghadapi cabaranMu
Kerana pendek akal ku mengharungi ujianMu

Ya Allah Ya Tuhanku...
Aku hanya ingin menjadi isteri yang dirahmati
Isteri yang dikasihi
Isteri yang soleha
Isteri yang sentiasa dihati nya
Amin, amin Ya Rabbal Allamin...

p/s: Ya Allah ..kabulkanlah permintaan hambaMu ini....