Its 22nd November 2016. I woke up at 10am and found that my pants was wet and I had water trickling down my legs. It was definitely my waterbag this time. I woke abahjaan up and he was surprisingly calm. We called Dr Heng for advice on what we should do and he told us to go to his clinic. So we took our time. I even put on some make up because I told abahjaan that if I were going to give birth, I wanted to look good doing so.
Dr Heng confirmed that it was my waterbag and told me that I would give birth that night. He gave us an option to either go home first and wait for the pain to kick in or go to the hospital straight. We decided to go with the second option but not before we filled our tummies. We headed to Velu's at Eunos Community Centre where I had batura and abahjaan had rice. We prepared ourselves for a long day ahead. Abahjaan even ordered coffee masala (like who on earth orders such a drink) and it sucked so bad but he finished it anyway haha. By about 1PM, we were at Parkway East Hospital. We were sent to the labour ward. We were still all smiles, no pain for me yet.
2:30PM
I started feeling contraction pain. Abahjaan said the reading on that contraction machine were pretty near. I was confident I would give birth to you by about 6PM so when the nurses offered me gas, I refused. I thought I could go through labour naturally without any help/pain killers.
6PM
The pain got so unbearable I was crying. Abahjaan played surah maryam in the background and before that we had read the ratib together. I cannot remember the pain but I can remember that it was so very painful and describing it would do it injustice. The nurse checked on me and told me that I was still far from the supposed 10cm dilation. I cried even more knowing that I have not made much progress. One of the nurses set up the gas machine and sort of forced me to take it. She said that by fighting the pain, I was also preventing further dilation. So took the gas I did and high I was but not for long. It helped me get high and happy for a while but it did not help with the pain.
9PM
Dr Heng came in to check on me. (I always magically feel a lot better when I see him. There's a certain kind of calmness in him that makes me feel comforted every single time). He said I would only give birth past midnight. I could not wait any further. The pain was too much for me and I was getting exhausted from fighting it the whole day, PLUS I really wanted you to be out on 22/11 because it was a nice date! haha.. Dr Heng suggested that I took patadine, another form of pain killer which is injected into my thighs. I took it and even though it did not help with the pain, it helped with the dilation.
10:42PM
After the 3rd push, you came out like a blob. People told me usually the head comes out first and then the shoulders but for you, you came out at one go, just like that. What happened after that, I have very little recollection of because I was just too exhausted. I remember commenting "eh eh rambut dia curly" the moment they put you on my tummy. I remember seeing abahjaan azan in your ears and reading some doa to you. I remember you under that yellow light and abahjaan sitting right in front of you taking a million pics of his new son.
11:30PM
They put you beside me and we were pushed out of the delivery suite. All of our family members were outside, eager to greet us. Both your grandparents were there and so were Didi and Ami Muhd. Chacha was still in HK. You had to be sent into the nursery so they all quickly carried and passed you around and gushed over how cute you were. You were very very cute. You had your eyes wide opened and gosh Hasan, you're so precious.
Umi and abahjaan cannot be more proud of you and we want you to always remember that. You will always be our no, 1.
Wednesday, 11 January 2017
Saturday, 7 January 2017
The Birth Story (Part 1)
Dear Hasan,
You were born on 22nd November 2016 at 10:42PM but your birth story started one week before that.
I was studying for my exam which was going to happen that night. It was 16 November 16. When I stood up from the dining chair to get some water, I noticed the seat was wet. I took a picture of it and sent it to abahjaan, nani and dadi to get their opinion if it was my waterbag. All 3 agreed it was so I called Dr Roger Heng (my awesome powsome gynae) to ask if I could still sit for the exam. Truth be told, I was semi hoping you would just come out on that day so I wouldn't feel so bad for not going for an exam I wasn't really prepared for haha so anyway, Dr Heng told me to go to the hospital to be observed. I waited for abahjaan to come back from work and we headed down to Parkway East Hospital. When we reached, Dadi, Dada and Nani just reached too. Everyone were excited at the possibility of you coming out on that day. Cut the story short, it wasn't time yet and I could still make it for my exam. Abahjaan was a little concerned about me still sitting for the exam because the possibility of my waterbag breaking/ me going into labour in the exam hall was pretty high but alhamdulilah even though you were kicking almost non stop during the exam and I was in some degree of pain, we managed to sit through the 3 hour paper in 2 hours and alhamdulilah, I have recieved my results, we passed the Marriage Counselling module, Hasan! haha
On the 21st of November 2016, I went to Dr Heng because I was in pain but after putting me on the contraction machine, he told me that I will only give birth in 2 weeks time. The nurse however told me that my contractions were quite near and if I wanted to give birth soon, I should walk a lot. Abahjaan and I didn't know where to head to after so we decided to go into JB and top up petrol + get the car washed and probably get ourselves a nice meal because abahjaan had just received the Outstanding Contribution Award (this is an awesome award for an awesome teacher like him) so we wanted to celebrate. When we were in JB though, I told abahjaan that I didn't think we should have our lunch there as it was too risky. I could give birth to you anytime (maternal instincts) so we just got the tank filled and the car washed. We left JB and headed to Far East Flora so abahjaan could get his plants and I could walk as much as possible as adviced by the nurse at Dr Heng's clinic. So walk I did, like a lot a lot and bought the plants we did, like a lot a lot and happy we were, we headed home. I then met Aunty Kamilah for a nice dinner at Seoul Garden where we ate till our tummies got so bloated I felt I could pop. And pop I did, 24hours later :)
You were born on 22nd November 2016 at 10:42PM but your birth story started one week before that.
I was studying for my exam which was going to happen that night. It was 16 November 16. When I stood up from the dining chair to get some water, I noticed the seat was wet. I took a picture of it and sent it to abahjaan, nani and dadi to get their opinion if it was my waterbag. All 3 agreed it was so I called Dr Roger Heng (my awesome powsome gynae) to ask if I could still sit for the exam. Truth be told, I was semi hoping you would just come out on that day so I wouldn't feel so bad for not going for an exam I wasn't really prepared for haha so anyway, Dr Heng told me to go to the hospital to be observed. I waited for abahjaan to come back from work and we headed down to Parkway East Hospital. When we reached, Dadi, Dada and Nani just reached too. Everyone were excited at the possibility of you coming out on that day. Cut the story short, it wasn't time yet and I could still make it for my exam. Abahjaan was a little concerned about me still sitting for the exam because the possibility of my waterbag breaking/ me going into labour in the exam hall was pretty high but alhamdulilah even though you were kicking almost non stop during the exam and I was in some degree of pain, we managed to sit through the 3 hour paper in 2 hours and alhamdulilah, I have recieved my results, we passed the Marriage Counselling module, Hasan! haha
On the 21st of November 2016, I went to Dr Heng because I was in pain but after putting me on the contraction machine, he told me that I will only give birth in 2 weeks time. The nurse however told me that my contractions were quite near and if I wanted to give birth soon, I should walk a lot. Abahjaan and I didn't know where to head to after so we decided to go into JB and top up petrol + get the car washed and probably get ourselves a nice meal because abahjaan had just received the Outstanding Contribution Award (this is an awesome award for an awesome teacher like him) so we wanted to celebrate. When we were in JB though, I told abahjaan that I didn't think we should have our lunch there as it was too risky. I could give birth to you anytime (maternal instincts) so we just got the tank filled and the car washed. We left JB and headed to Far East Flora so abahjaan could get his plants and I could walk as much as possible as adviced by the nurse at Dr Heng's clinic. So walk I did, like a lot a lot and bought the plants we did, like a lot a lot and happy we were, we headed home. I then met Aunty Kamilah for a nice dinner at Seoul Garden where we ate till our tummies got so bloated I felt I could pop. And pop I did, 24hours later :)
Friday, 6 January 2017
The First.
Dear Hasan,
Umi & Abahjaan have decided to set up this blog so we can document your milestones. You're too precious and we do not want to forget significant details of your growing years. You have been nothing but a blessing to the both of us. Your presence is the best present god has given us. May you always be the best version of you. We loved you even before we met you, we love you more since we met you and we will always love you, dear son.
Love,
Umi & Abahjaan
Umi & Abahjaan have decided to set up this blog so we can document your milestones. You're too precious and we do not want to forget significant details of your growing years. You have been nothing but a blessing to the both of us. Your presence is the best present god has given us. May you always be the best version of you. We loved you even before we met you, we love you more since we met you and we will always love you, dear son.
Love,
Umi & Abahjaan
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