My last post on giving birth

Sigh. As if FOUR nights in the hospital wasn't enough, I had to stay another THREE days last week because Emma had jaundice. Alhamdulillah everything's fine now and we're back home.

OK. So a friend of mine came visiting last weekend and get this. I was chastised by her MOTHER, commenting that "kalau duduk depan PC lama2 time pantang takut meroyan". Hmm? Meroyan is, of course, postpartum depression so I seriously do not know how spending some time on line every week will make me depressed. No offence eh Min, cuma aku perlu menyuarakan kemusykilan di minda aku.

Truth be told, I had a mild case of depression after giving birth, but that was on my 3rd day being a Mummy. Looooong time before I started surfing the web. I suddenly felt weighed down, like Emma was draining all my energy. And worrying about my stitches, and feeling uncomfortable because of the heat and all the sweating. So I just laid down and cried. For a good half an hour. Hohoho. But then everything went back to normal. I said it was mild.

Hahaha today I heard my mother in law gossiping with my next door neighbour. Dia kata dalam pantang takleh kena hujan. Then dia tanya, kuat ke meneran? D-uhh memanglah kuat meneran kan, kalau tak canne anak nak keluar tak? Tapi ibu mertuaku dengan pantasnya menjawab, tak depa kena tarik dia kluaq pasai dia takdak tenaga nak teran. Kesian.

Huh?

Ibu mertua aku ni kan, suka macam tu tau. I just shook my head in disbelief (as I tend to do a lot around her) and went back inside. Dia suka cakap macam aku ni takde tenaga lah, lemah lah, kesian lah mak dah takde, kesianlah tak reti salin pampers anak, tak reti mandikan anak. What she doesn't understand is that for everything that I do not do, is the opportunity for her to do. Mengerti enggak? And where did she get the story that I had a forceps delivery? I pushed Emma out all by myself. I had all the energy.

Oh aku tak cerita, aku amek epidural hehe. Taulah, kena induce. Tiba-tiba jek contractions dah 2 minit sekali. Tak sempat nak buat persediaan, hehe. Mungkin jika aku dikurniakan anak buat kali kedua, aku tak naklah epidural. Serious tak tau bila nak teran. Tu yang lima kali teran baru keluar tu. Siap bidan tu warning kalau dah 20 minit teran tak keluar jugak, saya panggil doktor masuk dan suami puan kena keluar. Hahaha siot je. Terus keluar si Emma tu. Siap aku teran keluar uri sekali hempap anak aku. Kihkihkih.

Kaitannya cerita aku ni. Ok, ok. I promise this shall be my last entry on giving birth. Lepas ni aku cerita pasal erm whatever else I can think of.

My Baby You..

Well hello there, the one who still reads my blog. Hoho been quite some time eh? Come, let me tell you a story.

I had an antenatal checkup (my first ever there) at Putrajaya Hospital on Tuesday, 29th July. I was to be warded that afternoon and induced (paksa beranak) the next day, and if that doesn't work out then operate lah nampaknya. Now let me tell you, any inhibitions you might have just melt away when you're in the hospital for giving birth. They inserted prostin (ubat induce) into my erm tempat beranak not once, but three frickin times ok! And not just three prostins, but six! The first time was a shock, apatah lagi the procedure was done by a male doctor (tau2 je lah, tangan lelaki kan besar). The 2nd and 3rd times was better perhaps because I was used to it. When that didn't work, I was given not one, but two sweeps untuk mempercepatkan bukaan rahim. Ah, what is a sweep eh? A sweep is where they massage your uterus to make it soft. Seriously, depa masuk tangan godok2 dalam tu. Hahaha bodoh sungguh. Why lah am I telling this story..

That was on Wednesday and Thursday. Come Friday morning, they said yay! Let's break your waterbag! So diorang pecahkan air, I was wheeled into the labour room and at 12.51 little Almas Amelia was born.

Hehe Almas means Intan you know. Amelia means aspirasi. So my baby girl grows into a gem of a girl with high ambitions and hopefully the means to reach her dreams.

Here she is.

Precious, eh?

First, BREAKING NEWS!

ADAM WAS HOSPITALIZED FOR SWALLOWING A 10SEN COIN EARLY THIS MORNING! AND I WOKE UP LATE SO I DIDN'T GO TO WORK! YAY!

So we went to Alamanda instead. Hohoho. Then I'm cooking dinner for some friends tonight. Can't wait. Hope they like what I prepared. Hope they eat meat. Well maybe except for Anies. Dia can vegetarian.

Lucky 7

7 apa apa tentang saya as requested and tagged by Shasha

7 perkara tentang saya..
1. I love red. And black. I bought a pair of bright red bootees and mittens for my baby. Hohoho. 2. I walk to and from work everyday, so I'm not really affected by the sharp rise of petrol prices. I am, however affected by the rise in global food prices caused by the rise of petrol prices.
3. I like sniffing my food. And licking my lips and fingers after purposely leaving saki baki makanan di situ to begin with.
4. I like starting a new hobby, only to abandon the hobby after say... one month. Currently on sketching. Previous hobbies include knitting (hohoho what was I thinking? Susah gila!), running (training for a half marathon, in fact. Had to stop due to pregnancy), gardening, cooking. Hahaha very domestic hobbies. No wonder..
5. When I die, Papa and Pipi gets my insurance money. Haha Zufri gets nothing.
6. I wanted to get engaged on my birthday, but it was a friday so I postponed to the 19th. And we had wanted to get married on Zufri's birthday (9th Nov.) tapi si Pipi pulak tengah exam! So we shifted to a week later, 16th November. Takde simboliknya tarikh tu.
7. I had trouble accepting criticism. I still have, in fact but only from certain people.

7 perkara menakutkan saya
1. Flying cockroaches.
2. Dying a tragic death, ie of a car accident
3. Suddenly being spontaneous and did something stupid that would land me in jail and ruining my whole future.
4. Giving birth. Hahaha.
5. Growing old alone. Yeah that and dying alone, only to be found by my neighbour a week after.
6. Aku takut kena buang keja. Hahaha.
7. Aku juga takut aku terberanak di ofis.

7 lagu buat masa ini
Oh, buat masa ni takde. But I have all-time favourites!
1.Creep-Radiohead
2.9 Crimes & Blower's Daughter - Damien Rice
3.Cocoon & Banana Pancakes - Jack Johnson (Well almost his whole album sebenarnya)
4.Happy Ending - Mika
5.Country House & No Distance Left To Run - Blur!! And their albums up till The Great Escape
6.That's The Way Love Goes - Janet Jackson
7.Nescafe tunes especially those by Ning & Camelia.

7 perkara yang saya selalu sebut ?
1. apahallak lu?! especially to Adam. Hahaha.
2. Bye King Kong. Also to Adam.
3. Malaslah nak masak.
4. Ah apa-apa ah.
5. Sheesh.
6. Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.
7. Seriously?

7 perkara yang amat bernilai
1-5. My family (tak ternilai sebenarnya)
6. My good (Alhamdulillah) health.
7. Friends who truly understand me, and have been with me through thick and thin
Haha I don't own much expensive things lah. But I guess you already know.

7 pertama kali dalam hidup
Semua benda kenalah ada kali pertama kan. Tak faham motif soalan. Hahaha
1. Kali pertama bercinta, bertukar menjadi kali pertama berkahwin hin.(choy touch wood) meaning I married my first and only boyfriend.
2. Kali pertama aku rasa baby aku tendang was in my hmm fifth month kot.
3. Kali pertama aku beli album adalah kaset P.Ramlee. Muahahaha.
4. CD pulak Boyzone. Huhu. I still remeber listening to their album everyday without fail after sahur with Kak Peachy. Her's was ermm Soul Asylum I think. Hohoho who would've guessed, huh?
5. The first (and hopefully only) time I appeared on television was as an extra on RTM's short lived 'Man Digital'. Hohohoho. Seriously.
6. The first time (as far as I remember) I said I Love You to my mummy was at the airport. She wouldn't let me go unless I said I love you too. Sadly I didn't get to say it that often. In fact rasanya macam tak pernah cakap I love you to Papa, except on birthday cards. Pathetic, huh? But they know how much I love them.
7. The first time I saw my current place, I fell in love. Chewah.

7 orang bertuah
1. Pipi Doo
2. Mrs.Emil
3. Anniemanis
4. Wan Rose
5. Alifazli
Hohoho korang ni bukannya boleh harap, so I ain't gonna tag anyonelah.

Oh and by the way, during my UM years, I stayed in jeng jeng jeng..7th College! Yay! And 7's Nadia's favourite number! Andddd I wanna have 7 kids! Not! Gila.

Quickie

Hey watsup yo? Been too long..too darn long. Here's a very quick update.

1-I'm no longer a nine-o-niner! Sold of my whitey mighty kelisa weezer about a month ago, and received myvida loca 3 weeks ago (roughly). Went car-less for a week, but wasn't really affected because when do I ever drive anyway? Zufri's very anal about me driving, for some reason. I think I'm a better driver than him, but don't we all, ey?

2-Papa got married on 11th May in some hall in Pasir Ris. I now oficially have a stepmother. Not calling her Mak, ok? It's Aunty Rani. (Banyak sangat soalan aku dapat pasal hal gelaran ni)

3-Got my hai rebonded. Yay! Hoping for manageable hair during my confinement period, hehe. Btw, just received news that I'll be berpantang here in KJ, and Zufri's mak will come here instead. Hehe. Which brings me to my next update..

4-We moved into our new (rented) house in SS5c. Yay again! Very scary having your own home. I remember telling Zufri that by moving out into our own house makes everything seem so serious, making me feel so old. Tapi bila dah pindah, biasa jek. I used to cook dinner every day, pegi pasar tani every Saturday and stuff. But last 2 weeks, Pipi came and she did all the cooking, so I took a break. Then Zufri's mak came for a whole week so I had yet another break. So sekarang dah jadi super malas nak memasak.

5-Don't you just hate it when people mess with your stuff? Like when somebody cleans up your room and basically moves everything around? And the room looks so clean your husband wants your room to be the same way everyday? And when it's not the same, he complains lain macam lah you kemas. mak kemas tak macam ni pun (?!). Ek eleh. Hehe.

6-My baby's been kicking really hard and at times you can see like waves on my tummy. Falling asleep is very uncomfortable. Sleep itself is not a bother. I hope this is as uncomfortable as it gets. Please.

Jiran aku balik kampung, sampai hari ni tak balik lagi. Diorang cuti ke besok?