Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Z is 19 today

Anak dara saya menyambut birthday-nya yang ke 19 hari ini.Semoga panjang umur, murah rezeki, bertambah iman dan ilmu yang bermanfaat dan boleh dimanfaatkan oleh orang ramai.

Dia di kolej sedang sibuk buat exams dia (leading to A Level exam.Markah2 tahun ini boleh dikira utk exam sebenarnya tahun depan so the pressure is on).We will celebrate on Saturday with her at her college, InsyaAllah (sebab exam still on..tak leh balik rumah).

19 years ago, start at midnite I was in labour already.Masa tu tak intense and I told the nurse: oh is this what the fuss is all about? Tak sakit pun!"

Nurse tu kata, "You wait."

And true enough, 6 hours labour ...towards the end rasa macam nak mati sakitnya.I had my eyes close all the time sampai Z lahir at around waktu suboh May 11.I opened my eyes kejap to peep at Z then closed them again till they wheeled me back to my room.Nurse tu sampai cakap, "Ma'am, you may open your eyes now." Haha...I was afraid I might change into a pumpkin after delivery! Tak berani buka mata to see a new world.

Nik said Z was in a sac and the doc had to cut the sac open to keluarkan dia..and she was sucking her thumb! Lepas tu she smiled at her dad (kalau Dad dia tak exaggerate lah but he swears this was what he saw in the labour room)

Z is anak doa.I had problems conceiving and when my uncle (an imam at the kampong and his doas always dimakbulkan Allah..people went to him for doas..he's that good) went to do his umrah one fine year, we kirim doa for a child.

When I conceived for the 5th time (didn't know it till we got home from the UK..yeah..Z was conceived in London and no wonder I was so 'car sick' when we were touring Europe.Rupa2nya pregnant!) and I had the usual signs of having a miscarriage, I had given up..thinking ah..this is yet another episode..

But my gynae said, "hey, there's heart beat here!" (in the previous pregnancies, the heart beat wasn't there at all).
We were like hah? oh wow..
I was bedridden and after 3 months, looked like the pregnancy was OK.Didn't have much of a problem except I was eating a lot! By 9 months, I was your tong deram.I cringed at the reflection I saw in the mirror.

And then May 11, Suboh ..Z was born..what a joy! what a beautiful baby!
It was easy raising her since birth (she slept with the maid for a year...haha).

Well gal, Ibu and Papa doa that you will not change so much now that you dah jadi a young adult.Jangan ber-boi-fren till habis belajar (this is what my mom told me.Haha).

Have a great day and never forget to bersyukur all the time.See you Saturday (my gal stalks my blog).

10 comments:

Nik Nor Zafirah said...

Thank you for the lovely post, Ibu. My birthday today doesn't only mark my 19th year but it's also a mark of how great a job you and Papa had been doing in raising me up for the last 19 years.

Pray for my success in the exams and I can't wait to give you and Papa a big hug on Saturday.

P/S sorry about being adamant on not wanting to add you on Facebook. I still don't want to! Hehehe =p

Anonymous Devil said...

haha! you actually said "oh is this what the fuss is all about? Tak sakit pun!", didn't you? haha!

and the nurse. haha! "you wait." tak cakap banyak pon.

Faridah said...

Zafirah:I knew you would stalk.Haha.Kasi la Ibu masuk your facebook. Let me stalk you in return :)) Catcha Saturday.InsyaAllah.

Xlanx: bagi yang tak pernah bersalin, mmg dia tak tau apa to expect.Patut Islam kata syurga di tapak kaki Ibu.I think there should be lessons on what to expect (I didn't even know I had the tanda2 nak bersalin.I had to ring up my sister and ask.Then only we rushed to the hospital)I think sebagai bakal suami, you better read up on this. :))

Noor Hidayah Mohamed Yunan said...

Prof,
teringat, the same thing I pikir masa nak deliver my first. my mom said I mengada2 sebab rasa sakit sikit je I sibuk nak suruh orang hantar hospital sebab x sabar nak beranak...but my mom told me "kalau dah nak nak bersalin tu, awak mana ada boleh cakap cam ni lagi dah, mesti dok bising sakit je". True enough. Sakitnya lama, kena induce sebab a week overdue and lamanya sakit tu. Tapi,I am so happy that I am blessed with kids (before kawin doktor kata I mungkin ada problem nak conceive). In fact, after bersalin I lagi rapat ngan my mom, sebab terpikir what a strong lady my mother ni, to beranakkan 12 children (cuma 9 yang ada).

jooli said...

Errm, how about mak tiri-- ada syurga tak bawah tapak kaki dia?

Faridah said...

Hidayah: Malaysian women belum buat buku on experiences sakit bersalin, pengalaman bersalin iu sendiri dan post bersalin, kan? Ini boleh jadi satu projek buku yag sensasi! Jom kita buat (kita interbiu wanita2 lain). I remember a blog entry on this of talking with corporate women, women scientists about pengalaman menyusukan anak pertama (kan kita semua clumsy??)Yang sorang tu letak kobis atas dot dot dia.Hahaha.Mak dia cakap nanti byklah susu keluar.Nak pecah perut I ketawa! Yang sorang tu lagi lucu..but beep beep censored!

Faridah said...

Jooli: Honestly speaking, I think respect and honour for moms tetap sama.Sebab step moms penganti Ibu, kan? Dan mereka membahagiakan ayah mereka kan?Nak precise lagi, kena refer kat Dato Hamidon doh. Haha.

Mawar said...

Kak F
going to beep beep n dot dot u via emel...

Faridah said...

Mawar: hahaha..OK.Kita suka cerita dot dot and beep beep.

Faridah said...

banyak komen hilang kat sini juga..pelik...dari 9 tinggal 4..