Salam and Hello World..
Presenting to you our 3rd princess, Amal Nafeesa Muhd Hilmi..
I was hoping for the little one to come out on a nice date, and yup she did!
3rd March 2016. at 12.30 noon.
Alhamdulillah, it went as smooth as it can. I have Allah to thank for, for all the strength that he gave me and for hearing my prayers.
So here goes the story, Amal.. for your reading pleasure when you are big enough.
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I had been having Braxton Hicks for quite some times. for few weeks earlier. and the increased frequency to the loo. and to pass motions.
basically, all the symptoms were there. I was literally waiting for the time.
Nesting? done that at about 34-35 weeks of pregnancy.
Cleaned the kitchen in and out, up and down, scrub and dub.
Organized the pantry, the house, the cabinets, the drawers.
Printed out latest pictures of the fam and bought additional frames.
(Hub yet to put them up the wall though)
Almost regularly exercise. for pregnancy. those that can expedite the labor process.
Packed the hospital and baby bags at 30 weeks.
Then it was the waiting time..
2nd March 16
I had to bring Ayra to Hospital in the morning cause she was having on off fever and terrible cough and flu for almost 4 days.
I even messaged my old colleagues telling them that our lunch session that week had to be postponed cause my daughter was not well. and I dont think I would be popping out soon (meaning that week), so we rescheduled to next Monday. Though 3.3.16 would be a nice date to pop out. hahaha
Then, I felt like eating Brazilian Carrot Cake that i saw on FB. It looked easy to be made.
simple ingredients and fast.
So that late afternoon, around 6pm, I checked my pantry, and yes we have all ingredients in the house. and the baking began.
It was easy and turned out to be moist and super duper nice. not too sweet or too carrot-ty. and the chocolate topping is really a different twist to what the usual carrot cake tastes like.
Have a try of the recipe!
Amna ate it a lot. She seemed to like it too. hoorayy. That would be one way of giving her vege, since she doesnt like veges at all. especially the green ones.
That night, I tried to sleep but failed despite turning here and there. nothing new there. just like my regular nights. same ol reasons: frequent urination. frequent bladder poking (not funny baby), backache, restless position.
However, this time around, the contractions we kind of closer together. I tried to find the best position to sleep to ease the backache, but failed that too. the contractions were not so mild cos i was actually groaning in pain. but it was still bearable. nothing that severe that prompted me to wake Hub up. Though i felt 'like waking him up. But seeing him constantly checking on Ayra to ensure her temperature was not spiking, made me hold the thought till morning.
3rd March 2016
At 540, I woke up for tahajud and waited for Subuh. I prayed to Allah to ease the process and for Him to guide me: whether I should go to the hospital, or let it be for a while till I can no longer bear the pain. who says things can be easy for the 3rd one? I was still confuse.
seriously, I was still not sure whether that was a labor pain or just mild contractions.
so when Hub woke up, I told him what I felt. and that I wanted to go to the hospital just to check. You know, just to make sure that it wasnt the day or vice versa.
I even told Hub that he should go into office a bit later.
But we did bring the hospital and baby bags along. just in case.
So, Hub sent Ayra and Amna to Nena's house, which is in front ours. kissed them goodbye and boy, mommy surely missed them already.
This time around, i didnt give birth in DEMC like the previous ones. the price has just spiked up ridiculously! after many searches, we decided to go to Salam Specialist Shah Alam Hospital.
with Dr Siti. I went to check with her once, which was the 2 weeks before. She told me that I would be seeing her on the 4th for check up, or even faster, perhaps in labor room.
masin sungguh mulut doctor. hahaha
Yup, when the nurse checked me, I was 4cm dilated. and that is labor time.
So we decided to get warded, and told to eat breakfast etc. that was about 830am.
At 9am, we were told to go into the labor room. and by then i was 5cm.
Honestly, I didnt feel..so much pain. more like backache and bearable contractions.
I remembered the previous ones. 5cm was like hell!
then nurse got my water broke and at about 11am, i was 7cm. which was still okay for me.
(lucky me huh)
the pain was really2 intense when i was 9cm to 10cm dilated.
oh boy. only zikir and prayers on my lips.
i was lucky Hub was there to rub my back, gave me support, reminded me how to push, and everything else that I could not do alone.
the nurses and doctor were helpful too. they taught me when to push (when the pain came) and help me to deliver a healthy baby girl normally, without any vacuum etc, at 1230pm.
but the pain did not stop there. nope.
do you know renggat?
it is when the uterus is contracting so that it could go back to its usual size. well, sort of.
oh man. that was painful!!!!!
i didnt take any painkiller watsoever, so the pain was like continuously going on for few minutes post birth. unlike previously, the pain stopped when the baby came out.
but, regardless everything, I am grateful to Allah that he gave me ample strength to go through this.
Alhamdulillah.
So, there it goes..
Amal Nafeesa by Muhd Hilmi.
and her 2 sisters.
May Amal Nafeesa grow to be the coolness of our eyes, the example of the righteous.
May Allah protect Amal from syaitan and evil of the eyes.
May Amal weigh heavily on our scale and in our favours.
Allahumma ameen
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