Ahlan wa sahlan MUHAMMAD AMMAR RAYYAN

Chronology of a successful and joyful moments....

22 June 2007

0945 hours

it was a fine friday morning, and as usual me, hubby and a very close colleague of ours went out friday morning big-big breakfast at nasi kandar Rahim (opposite the Tabung Haji Bayan Lepas, and i strongly recommend the gerai.. :) ). I ate a lot, curry fish with lady's finger, salted egg, and scrumptious amount of gravy.

1015 hours

and as usual, we were chatting some usual topics inside our T* van back from the breakfast .. laju jugak, as we all need to continue our piles of unfinished tasks. And suddenly i felt a rush of liquid coming down from u know where. In thoughts of i might accidentally passed urine (which i have always experienced during these periods of prenancy), i did not tell anything to hubby. Within a few minutes, another discharge flows down. At this particular time, i had a slight thought of labor sign.

1030 hours

arrived at the office, and i did not rush to the toilet just yet. I need to go to the office for some urgent calls.

Until, i feel a need to answer the nature's call, then i march to the toilet, and found out that i am wet (hehe.. i did not notice that before..). Luckily, i did bring along my handphone. Called hubby, and he's at his office upstairs. He had his panic attack again and called his mother before he can even disconnect the line with me.

1130 hours

after a few calls to the company's medical insurance agent for GL and all, and calls to the OB who then request us to consult her first to determine my condition, and calls hubby made to her mother on my condition, we waited in the office. half an hour to get my GL ready.

1230 hours

me and hubby were in the Pantai Mutiara Hospital, being examined by the OB. Its a labor sign, my cervix's opening was at 2 cm, but i did not feel any contraction yet. So, i still smile that today is the day. Dr Teh request me to be warded, so there i was, in the labor room, with complete hospital dress ready for the labor.

1430 hours

still no labor pain. Dr Teh has suggested to wait for the labor to come naturally instead of inducing it. agreed on that, due to my painful experience with masyitah last year. She insisted that i am having mild contraction on which i might not feel yet, based on her examination and ultrasound i guess. And again, i took another huge meal, the hospital lunch of fish and vegetables ! yummy..

1600 hours

no labor pain yet. But i am getting restless. I walk around the room and even outside the room, (tu pun Dr teh suruh..). Dr Teh came by and examine me, 4 cm cervix opening. Good, at least the walk resulted in something.

1900 hours

I felt hungry. But the nurses said, there will be no dinner for me. i will be served with biscuits and light meals only, as i am getting ready for the push and all. Ok then, i took the biscuits and milo. Feel a slight contraction, and this time i know i need to get ready..

2100 hours

well, it is painful now. But lasted only for around 1 minute and will occur again in another 7-10 minutes. I still can smile. Mak has already arrived at the hospital. I always feel relieve with her company.

2200 hours

ok, right now, i am all wet with sweat. It was very painful as expected. I told myself to resist any kind of painkillers, let the pain be felt, hopefully it urges me and help me focus on pushing the baby out.



oh and yes, this time around i remembered to remind hubby to record the baby's birth moment. (he did that successfully ! kudos)


2330 hours

doc came in, as we're only waiting for the right time to start pushing. After 30 minutes of sweat and push, (with hubby not holding my hand, busy with the digicam recording me) here comes Muhammad Ammar Rayyan..

Honestly, i enjoy every moments of the delivery. I thank Allah for the bless He's given us and for the strength that enable me to help our bundle of joy come out from the womb.

"Sujud syukur ku padaMu ya Allah, dengan cahaya baru yg telah engkau kurniakan dalam hidup kami.. Semoga engkau rahmati anak ini dan semoga anak ini menjadi hambaMu yang soleh.. Ameen"

Ahlan wa sahlan MUHAMMAD AMMAR RAYYAN BIN SHAHRUNIZAR.

(pic later !)

always a First Timer

cartoon from cartoon stock : http://www.cartoonstock.com/newscartoons/cartoonists/rni/lowres/rnin527l.jpg

I've had a contraction last night. It was a continous pain for about 15 minutes, and repeats from 6:45 pm up to 8:45 pm. But after that I am all good, and even can clean all the dirty dishes hubby and BIL left.

Hubby was relieved upon hearing my statement of : " i think this is a fake contraction, i am ok now", to the extend that he take a "short" nap from 8:45pm till morning. He's been busy unpacking and packing my hospital bag (which i have already prepared beforehand), from one bag to the other. And worst, he's been calling around. Called his mother to ask about my pain, called his auntie to request for help in case of anything since she's the only relative living here in Penang, and even request me to call my mom.


MIL called a few times, asking me to leave the babies at the baby sitter last night and straight go to the hospital. I am tempted with that suggestion, but one second after the call terminates, my mom called (she has always sense anything upon me !). Mak asked on how am i doing (guess when ? just after the maghrib azan sounded). Relieved, i told her that i was in pain, but i do not know whether this is another practicing session by my son and my body or a real one. She calmly replied ,


"U have been tru this twice before, u should know. Let's not be panic, wait for a moment if still occurs, u have ur OB's num, refer to her".


My mom is superb ! She has made me relax and true enough, it is a fake contraction. But this is a sign that the real event will come soon. And a good practice for all of us to not be panic.


Hubby and me has been panic. So does MIL. But i guess that some people are just always a first timer. We can't help but be panic. This is going to be our third baby, but we still act as though we have never been tru all these. Some of us are just too cautious, and never take things for granted.


And Allah has always be fair, He created somebody like Mak, so that we can stand on the ground and be less panic.


Afterall, there's nothing wrong of being a first timer, always. It makes me feel fresh.

relieve of the long awaits

the letter.

it's a relieve now that we have got our letters for the realignment of the company. It is not surprising for me, i have already predicted what will be in my letter and i have strong feeling i will be right.

And yes i am right.

I am staying in the same old unit, with only a little hope that tiny changes will happen. Instead of dividing us into geographical area, we are assigned to fuctional post. And that doesn't matter much, i'll be doing the same ol' job. same ol' job. And that has been my complaints tru out the year.

Do i not have the guts to move out from my comfortable zone?
Do i freak out to meet the real world?
Do i give excuses not to move out?
Why do i gave excuses to my plan of moving out?

stay focus. I have at least 2 month of leave to ponder this out. Hopefully i'll get my answers.

The big belly

Signs are appearing. OB keep saying the head is engaged. And my weight is decreasing a kilo. Brixton Hicks happens night and day. But i am still with my big belly. I understand that these are all on His's hand. The time will come, when it supposed to come.

I am just too anxious. And scared too. Pray for me. May Allah bless the baby and me.

Amen

no particular order

Of naming him

He's a him. And as excited as we could get, we should name him, or at least think of list of preferred names for him. We shall name him with a meaningful name, with arabic meaning, or at least with good meaning, in full hope that he would be a good person as his name indicates. I have told dear hubby to think of names, since he has not give ideas on naming any of our babies before. I want him to name this one.

I like nice name, creative name. Thus, hopefully hubby would find a name that will fit my criteria, nice and creative. I will them him that.
On second thought, well, don't tell him anything. Let him decide. Afterall, this is a father-son thing. Let him do his first father-son task.

Name the son, father !

Post-natal blues

I am eyeing on a highly rated post natal set; from Nona Roguy. In fact, i have registered myself as member for the discount price. The offset is; MAHAL. It is about RM300 per set, which exclude the tummy binder (bekung or barut) - and by the way i do not need another bekung as i have already owned 2 set of it.



It is an excellent product except for the price, and that's what i gathered from my verbal survey with makciks at the office and from the internet. Especially it's Herbanika Ointment, and Phytonatal Pill.



Hubby do not approve. "Mahal sangat" he said.



So, i've look for alternatives :

1. Amway THS - complete with pilis, tepel and all, plus the tummy binder. Also highly rated on the internet, but still price around RM200++. Don't know if hubby would agree.


2. HPA - i am totally not into this product, not a complete set. But price wise, hubby will say yes.


3. Air Mancur (my old post natal set) - hubby has suggested me to use this one back. It's cheap, but not quite complete. The pills and pilis/tepel are always finish before i even reach 30 days of 'pantang'.

I have actually set my mind on purchasing nona roguy set. Not because of the popularity and good raport, because somehow i believe that the herbal substance of its medicine may gain me energy during post natal and even after that. See, i am a tired person, and i need help (nyeh nyeh.. actually i am just set to buy that, nothing can stop me, only hubby).

I'll tell hubby i need this. And i'll use my money, not to worry. One choice made.