27.10.14

Finally an update

Ya Allah sudah lebih setahun nampaknya blog ini dipinggirkan! Maafkan diriku wahai blog ku. Marilah kita bercerita, update semenjak setahun lalu.

So. The obvious news is that i have given birth to a third baby girl, Alhamdulillah. The urban legend being circulated amongst Zufri's family was that I arrived at the hospital (29th June, the day I gave birth) with my baby's head already between my legs. Muahahaha. If that was the case, trust me, I would've just delivered (or received, rather) my baby myself in the car.

But anyway, it was an almost accurate account. Pagi hari ke 20 puasa, aku rasa malas gila nak kerja. So I took a very like super mild contraction (never had Braxton Hicks) as  an indication that baby was coming, so I tagged along with Zuf to Putrajaya. Pukul 9 pagi aku dah terpacak depan Alamanda. 

About 11, the contractions started picking up. So i kept walking. When i sat down, them contractions slowed down. I timed them, but they were all over the place. Kejap 10 minutes apart, jap lagi 7, jap lagi 20.. Agak-agak lunch time aku call Zufri, cakap mungkin dia boleh datang ambil aku dan kita boleh siap-siap ke hospital.

Tapi kita buat pit stop. Tukar duit rayalah, pi masjid Besi solatlah, pegi Karnival Hari Rayalah. Masa ni aku dah minum minyak kelapa dara Tanamera. Ya Allah kembang tekak. Tapi ku gagahi jua. Ingat banyak, rupanya bila tengok botol cuma a few tablespoons je. 

So anyway masa kat karnival tu, kitorang tengok baju raya budak budak ni. Our conversation started to you know falter because the contractions have started to get unbearable. Eh jap macam dah terskip satu part. To those who can imagine, kitorang park keta kat Masjid Besi (tingkat atas). Jadi jalan ke masjid je dah bbrp kali berhenti pasal contractions. Jalan pulak accross the bridge to the banks and where PJH office was (or is? Atau not even PJH's office?) and where the carnival was held. Okay. 

Bukannya saja-saja nak pergi hospital lambat, nak macam bagus jalan jalan. I didn't wanna be strapped down to a bed because somehow hospitals love to put on the CTG machine and 'monitor' your baby's heartbeat bla bla bla. So when I couldn't handle it any longer (about 4pm I think. Contractions were about 5 minutes apart, each lasting approximately 2 minutes) we strated to walk back to the car. 

Ya Allah jauh gila kot park keta. Bayangkan masa contraction takkan nak jalan. Mesti nak sway sway jap layan keperitan itu. Aku dah nak nangis dah masa tu. A few days before i was willing a contraction, so kengkonon the discomfort of being heavily pregnant (and nursing a suspected slipped disc. Long story) would end soon. Tapi bila rasa contraction tu tiba tiba panik pulak. I was seriously feeling all OMG I AM NOT READY FOR THIS!!!! I tensed up and fought agaist the contractions and that made the pain worse. I mean come on, its my third baby, you would think that i am a pro at giving birth, no? So when I stopped fighting and - as corny as it sounds - started working with my body through the contractions, the pain became much more bearable.

Okay back to the journey back to the car. Siap berhenti singgah gerai beli baju pulak laki aku ni. Aku siap dah loya loya nak termuntah dah, jalan 10 tapak berhenti. Akhirnya masuk kereta, Zuf nak singgah presint berapa entah, nak beli charger handphone pasal aku tak bawak. Gila punya yakin laki aku ni dengan keupayaan aku menahan sakit. Aku cakap yeah i don't think so. I need to get to the hospital now. I have no idea what was going on in his head then.

So off we went. Dekat je kot Masjid Besi dengan Hospital Putrajaya. Dalam kereta tu contractions macam dah slow down. Cheh. Masa sampai hospital macam dah takde. Aku jalan dari parking ke entrance dewan bersalin dengan rasa bersalah pasal macam takde contraction. Little did i know that my body was giving me a much needed break!

Eh panjangnya lah hai cerita bersalin kali ni. Yelah, lama tak update blog.

Masa check in tu kena check BP dan urine bla bla bla. BP aku time tu memang timggi gila. Nervous nurse. Dia tanya aku kenapa tinggi sangat. Aku jawab pasal tengah contraction kot. Duhh. Ulang lagi. Sama gak. Buang masa je amek BP.

Dia suruh kencing pulak. Dalam toilet tu memang nak menangis dah la kesakitan. Kena bukak underwear pasal nak cek laluan. Nak angkat kaki pun macam nak patah kaki hahaha. Baring atas katil pasal buat CTG. Merayu rayu aku dengan nurse tak nak buat CTG pasal sakit ya amat. Dia kata kejsp je ye puan, 10 minit je. Huh. 30 minit aku kena baring. Sambil melayan doktor tanya aku macam macam. 

Finally the nurse came and said okay puan, kita nak cek laluan. Kalau more than 3 cm kita masuk labour room. Kalau less than 3 cm we will send u up to the ward ya. Along came the doctor, and upon checking (during a contraction, no less!) she withdrew her hand and in the worst disguised voiced said baiklah puan, you are complete (10cm). Please do not push until we are in the labour room. 

Alhamdulillah! No waiting in pain! The labour room was 3 doors down (hehe) so in an instant I was there. Baju still pakai baju sendiri lagi (dress sleeveless yang mujurlah jersey dengan cardigan di luar) so memula dia mintak tukar katil from the gurney (?) to the delivry bed. Aku kata kejap, tengah contraction. Tapi doktor tu kata tak boleh puan, at this point of time the pain is a constant. U have to move to the delivery bed. She of course said this nicely. Jadi kugagahi juga berpindah katil. 

Lepas tu dia mintak aku salin baju pulak. I mean geez. Tak perlu kot? Aku nak teran dah ni. They insisted. So yeah. I ripped of my cardigan and the dress, threw them somewhere, put on their pink blouse, sekali nurse kata bra puan?

OH. MY. GOODNESS!

Struggle kejap. Finally all was done. I was asking around fur Zufri cos I needed him there. So came in and i kept saying i needed to push. Doktor pun kata okay whenever you are ready you can push. Haha tiba tiba tak rasa nak teran pulak. At that time, in came Doktor Hamidah! Haha I had no idea she was the on-call doctor. That was a nice surprise. 

So involuntarily, I started pushing. That was when my water broke. I actually screamed AIR SAYA PECAH!! On the next contraction, I pushed again, and out came Sera Latifa, along with a little poop. Mine. Muahahaha. I pooped on the delivery table. I remember smelling something and asked Zuf I berak ke?

Hahaha merasalah tak sempat masuk enema bagai. 

One push and she was out. That was a huge achievement because with Emma and Aisha I pushed forever! I suppose the third time's the charm, huh? I was all like Dah? Baby dah keluar? Cue happy tears. 3.9 bloody 2 kilograms this girl. The biggest yet. 


Apa apa pun, Alhamdulillah segala galanya selamat. 

6.3.13

This Weekend



This weekend we bought a guitar and learned – or at least attempted to learn – how to play it. Each time I take it out and try to strum, the kids would come a-flocking and we would sing twinkle twinkle little star while they strum on the guitar like the true musicians they are. Bought second hand at the Cash Convertor and let me tell you this, that place is a treasure waiting to be discovered! Would like to look for a vacuum cleaner next.

-   This weekend we also had seafood dinner with family at Kayu Ara. Delicious (free! Thanks Kak Peachy!) food, fabulous company, mind boggling gossips.  We reached home at 11:00 and the kids promptly went to bed. Tired mom included.

-   This weekend we showered at least 5 times a day! Oh, the weather! Panas sungguh! The bedsheets were wet with the children’s sweat. Itu pun dengan kipas dan mereka tidur tak berbaju. Thankfully it rained on Sunday so last night wasn’t so bad.

25.2.13

The Trip To The Museum


Hari Ahad, kami lepak di Muzium Negara. Muzium dah banyak berubah, nicer now. Classier, even. I remembered the museum being a huge place as a child, and scary even. Especially the huge burung garuda they had then. But I suppose as a child everything looked big.

But what I wanted to write about is not the museum itself, but what happened just before I entered.

Masa nak masuk entrance tu (I keep calling the building the stadium instead of museum. Kuat dan banyak kali pulak tu. Cheh), ada sekumpulan wanita Arab (aku rasa), berjubah dan berpurdah. Elok dan cantik sangat aku tengok. Depa tengah duduk dekat entrance tu, berborak-borak dengan seorang lelaki mat salleh ni. Kami berempat masuk, berhenti kejap kat depan kedai cenderamata tu.

Terdengar seorang wanita memberi salam.

Assalamualaikum sister.

(Aku pun pusing) Waalaikumussalam.

Are you muslim?

(Duhh hahaha) Yes.

Dilagakan pipinya dengan pipi aku. Sambil tu dia tarik lengan baju aku turun. Hahaha. Keluar toilet tadi, aku sinsing lengan baju aku ke siku. Bila dipanjangkan lengan baju, masih tak tutup lengan aku sepenuhnya. Kira-kira 7/8 covered, just above the wrists. She gestured at her jubbah and said something like this is good, u need to cover your arms or something to that effect. Syukurlah I was wearing a loose fitting skirt or else she would have pointed at my huge ass.

I wasn’t offended. Haha. Who am I kidding.  I don’t get offended easily.

Then she looked at Emma who was wearing her tudung, bless her heart.

This is very good. Alhamdulillah.

Dicium-ciumnya pipi si Emma.

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah. (Carries Aisha) Girl or boy?

Girl. (Smile. Aisha of course tak pakai tudung)

Alhamdulillah, Alhamdulillah.

We smiled, and each went our ways.

Kadang-kadang, we need gentle reminders such as these.
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Gahhhh. Most my tops have 3/4 sleeves! 

3.1.13

Emma's First Day - Post Mortem


So how did Emma do on her first day at school? Pretty well from what I hear (from herself and from the teacher). Kata Aunty (the teachers call themselves Aunty agar lebih mesra giteww) Emma independent and I swear that was all I heard. Zufri however heard the Aunty add that she is pretty bossy and likes to lead.  Uh-oh.. She can be bossy, but I’d like to think that she is flexible too. Now I’m not gonna tell her to be a little submissive because nanti jadi macam aku pulak, hahaha. Eh? Anyway its just her first day, I bet she’s still trying to adapt to her surroundings.

When we picked her up, she was crying. She was building a tower from blocks (she calls it her Princess Castle) and suddenly a boy came and kicked her tower! Tsk tsk tsk. Boys. And being a girl, Emma menangis hahaha. Sangat stereotype.

This morning I didn’t follow Zufri send Emma off to school. That’s the plan, anyway. He sends Emma and picks her up after work. Mak lenggang kangkung hantar Aisha kat rumah Opah. So far so good. 

Haha ek eleh baru dua hari sekolah nak kecoh. 

2.1.13

Emma Goes To Kindy!


It’s Emma’s first day at any school ever. We’ve been practicing going to bed earlier and waking up earlier this past week. Can’t say that it worked all the time, but today was pretty easy. Last night I gave Emma like little pep talks to get her excited about going to school this morning. So I showed her this is your sabun. Written here is your name, E-M-M-A. This is you toothbrush. Written here is your name, E-M-M-A. Bla-bla-bla. Lepas tu dia kata meh mummy Emma nak tulis nama Emma. So she opened her notebook and wrote E-M-M-A.

Such a proud moment.

Kerana begini. Aku pernah bercerita secara verbal kepada kawan-kawan. Pernah aku cuba nak mengajar Emma huruf. Aku ajar basic je pun, A-B-C. Ya Allah, stressnya aku masa tu. Siap bawak keluar hanger (aku pukul kerusi sampai patah hanger tu), menangis nangis melalak lalak anak aku. Kesian sangat. Mula-mula dia okay je tulis A-B-C. Lepas tu mulalah, aku tanya lepas beberapa minit, ni apa. Dia pergi tengok muka aku, sengetkan muka dia, jari ketuk-ketuk pipi, Apa eh? Aku dah start stress dah masa tu, banyak kali dia buat aku macam tu hahaha. Lepas aku patahkan hanger tu, aku kata kat dia kalau malas nak belajar tak payah belajar! Duduk rumah je jadi orang gaji!

Hahahaha. Adoi. Lepas tu aku putuskan untuk menyerahkan tugas mendidik ni kepada yang arif. I mean, I still try to teach her from time to time, practice her writing bla bla bla tapi tak secara intensif hahaha. Aku yang tak reti mengajar kot.

So bila Emma eja nama dia sendiri tu tanpa disuruh dan tanpa stress on my part, aku rasa sangat bangga. Hahaha. Tu belum reti buat matematik lagi tu. Mau aku pengsan kebanggan. Haha.

So berbalik pada hari pertama Emma di sekolah, aku, Zufri, Pipi dan Aisha semua satu rumah hantar Emma. Sampai je depan pintu, dia salam cikgu dia, bukak kasut, bukak stoking, terus masuk dalam. Tak pusing-pusing tak salam salam tak babai babai pun. Cis. Tapi Alhamdulillah lah yang dia okay aje pagi tadi. Aku panggil dia keluar balik, salam-salam, peluk-peluk (mata dah berair dah masa ni, tapi kalau aku menangis takut Emma pulak menangis (walaupun aku rasa dia tak menangis pun kot)) babai-babai, dia pun turun main gelongsor dengan kawan-kawan.

Alhamdulillah. Harap-harap Emma terang hati untuk menerima ilmu. Ameen.

Saya akhiri post ini dengan gambaran Emma di pagi hari, gembira untuk memulakan sesi persekolahan.