CRY BABY CRY ! , 23 Dec 08

Bismillahirrahmanirraheem

Our plan for the Dec 23rd morning was to send K Soh & Nani to Bonython Hall to attend Izrul's convo (2 extra seats acquired). The rest would then proceed to Festival Theatre or anywhere nearby, before meeting up again for photo taking. But it was not to be!

K Long broke her waterbag as we were getting ready! Alhamdulillah!! at last, the baby's coming! A bit panicky though, hehe. So off we went to WCH after dropping everybody at Adelaide Uni

grandpa-to-be at the wheel

K Long had to be admitted since the water'd turned greenish - the baby's pooed in there! The main worry was the baby might swallow the pooed water, yeulch!!

daddy-to-be - all smiles!

We went up to the birthing room (they don't call it labour room here...) . Waaah! nice room, very comfy with nice view of the park.

come rain or shine we'll always be by your side, sayang..

That's where we camped for the next 27 hours!!

Ijah & Asiah

tok su-to-be - why so longggg??

Cek Su -to-be _ arrrrghhhh, i'm so tired of this waiting game..

We took time off to be with the graduant and took some nice pics + had morning tea at the Union House.

CONGRATULATIONS IZRUL!!!! WE R PROUD OF U!!!

the proud parents; my dear sis Absah & Abg Zainal, congratulations to u both too!

and the proud aunties! mok teh, auntie, mok su & mok cek

where's the other aunt??? must have found a customer.. hehe

all in the family..

those were the days..... engineering building in the background

this was where we bid bye-bye everyday, before parting ways.. boo hoo

and the table where we studied in the Barr Smith library.. :)

All done, we went back to WCH and waited.... It was another long wait!!

smile, while u still can! haha

Went thru 4 shifts of midwives. They were nice & really helpful,Alhamdulillah. Chris, the last one was particularly nice & did all she could to make us all less anxious! I was still so, tho' I'd gone thru it 8 times myself!! huhu

The ever so helpful Chris - she made the birthing process sound soooo simple, and not at all scary huh, Long! hehe

K Long started her contraction at around 2 am - by the look of it, quite mild! The doc came by to check, she said it was only 3 cm. The next 4 hours didn't show much improvement, up by only 1 cm. The Doc then gave another 4 hours & if nothing much happened then, caesar it would be! She's worried the baby might be distressed.

Ya Allah, jangan lah! I was quite horrified actually, please, not caesar, this was only K Long's first baby!

Asked Lan & Afan to solat hajat, mohon selamat & yang terbaik. I could not read the Qur'an, so only managed the ma'thurat & doas. This time I was getting really, really anxious!!

The doc came in at 10am, & Subhanallah! it was already 8cm!!!! Alhamdulillah, syukur sangat! It'll be normal delivery after all, Alhamdulillah!!!!

As the contraction was getting stronger, the doc offered epidural. Go for it Long!

The baby's coming! I can feel it!!!

And the baby came at 12.38 pm...

Alhamdulillah, with Ummi, Baba, Tok & Tok Wae welcoming you to this beautiful world!!! Moga besar jadi mujahidah solehah & penyejuk hati ayah bonda!

welcome to the world of parenthood!

and welcome to the world of nanahood!

It was a few minutes before she let out her first cry, due to having swallowed the pooed water...urrrgh.... Quite worrying there!

The doctors, midwives & nurses were quite calm, so we had to be so too! She was in good hands Ahamdulillah. After some tickling, patting & sucking out of phlegm, she finally whimpered, followed by loud cries, muffled by the oxygen mask. Alhamdulillah thummalhamdulillah!


K Long was then taken to the ward & baby to the special nursery for observation. It was time for us to make a move too.Time to qadha' the lost sleeps!

all nicely tucked in...

We went home with light steps & songs in our hearts! and with new titles: TOK & TOK WAE!!!!
YESSSS!!!