Hana Suka

Saya dah kembali semula bekerja seperti biasa. Umur cik Hana pon dah masuk 2 bulan. Berat sangat hati nak tinggalkan dia. Tapi skang dia dah pandai senyum la! Eeii makin lama makin sayang sangat kat dia!

Hana suka:

- Minum susu la ofkos.
- Mandi!
- Orang dukung dia 24 jam.
- Sembang dengan abah dia.

Hana tak suka:

- Dibaringkan. (mengade2)
- Kena tinggal sorang2. (mengade2)
- Lapo.

Full Rehearsal

Pagi tadi saya hantar Hana kat umah tok abah dia. Saje kasi prektis sebab next week saya dah nak start keje dah.

Perasaan saya ketika ini?

I miss my baby... :(

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Sara dan Fitri

Selamat bertunang buat Sara dan Fitri!

Wakil pihak lelaki: Dua tiga kucen berlari... Errmm lupe plak pantun. Senang cite kami ni datang nak meminang.
Wakil pihak pompuan: Tau..

Papa papa razzi~ (nyanyi macam lagu Ladygaga)

Tu diaa sengih..

Adik beradik si cecet.

Jauh je duduk.. Malu ke?

Makcik-makcik sekalian..

Nak jugak tuh..

5 months to go! Tick tock tick tock..

Universal Studio Singapore. Anyone?

I just realize that it's almost the end of the year, and 2010 will arrive soon. And also that means the opening of Universal Studio Singapore is just around the corner. Since I noticed one of my friend's Facebook status with a remark on USS , I can't think of anywhere else but Singapore for my next vacation.

I found out that there are premier attractions that is unique to USS. So I don't have to worry about getting bored of looking at the same thing I've seen before in Hollywood (ye ke bole boring?). Haha! Last time, I wasn't able to go on the Revenge of the Mummy ride because I was 3 months pregnant. The same ride is available in USS so apparently this is my chance. And owh, I can't wait to go on this too!

I just hope that the food is halal, so takde la amik bau sahaja nanti.

So, sape nak gi USS next year?


Image from Wikipedia

Happy Birthday Mama!

Ibu mithali ibu yang sejati.. Tak tahan!

I celebrated my 26th birthday (3rd November 2009) as a first time mother! Baby Hana is the best gift I ever have. Just look at her, who can resist those beautiful eyes!

Suka buat muka comel tau. Nak marah pon tak sampai hati.

Ni nak cite sket pasal birthday haritu. Ada orang tu kan, dia bole lupa birthday saya. Menyampah btul. Sib baik la ada alarm reminder kat handphone dia tu. Kalo tak sampai ke tahun depan la dia tak ingat. Pastu konon nak amik hati gua balik, dia belikan kek Secret Recipe sampai 3 jenis yang berjaya saya abeskan dalam masa 3 hari berturut2. Haihh camne la nak kurus kalo macam ni?

Ouch!

Yes, that's the sound that I make whenever I feed my baby. It hurts! At first, I just ignored the pain because I just thought that there's nothing I can do with it and hope that somehow it will disappear by itself. But I was wrong. In fact it just getting worse and worse. Until one day, I was down with fever and Panadol won't do any better. Fever and sore breast both at the same time, believe me, you don't want to know.

I did some research on the Internet and found out that I might have an infection based on the symptoms that I had. Ok, that freaks me out. I went to a doctor and she prescribed me with pain killer and antibiotics. And the remedy for sore nipple is to apply some amount of our own breastmilk to the affected area. She also reminds me to keep on feeding my baby no matter how painful it will be.

I need to write this thing down as a reminder to myself and perhaps as useful tips for you guys.


My findings are:

1. It's very important to know how to breastfeed your baby in a correct way. It's a learning process to both mother and baby. I find this breastfeeding guide really helpful. Last time I don't really care with my sitting position and I just let the baby to latch on her own in any way she likes. Big mistake.

2. Engorged breast can be treated by massaging it around with a warm cloth. This will encourage milk flow and also to avoid milk duct blockage.

3. Nipple cream is really unnecessary. Dah la mahal giler satu tiub kecik sampai RM40 (lebih baik makan Nandos lebih mengenyangkan). And takde la work la magic pon. Like I mentioned earlier, just apply a small amount of your own milk after every feeding. Lagi mujarab tau!

4. Go and see a doctor right away whenever you have breast pain and fever occuring at the same time. You really need antibiotics to fight the infections.


Okay now, sape nak blanje aku Nandos?

Hello Hana!

I bet most of you wants to know the experience I was facing in the labor room. And I would love to share it with all of you. :)

But before I start, I would like to state here in my blog that I really miss my pregnancy. Only now I realize how I love being pregnant! No menses for the whole 9 months, dapat puasa penoh, and of course the best part of it, to be able to feel the baby's movement from inside.

Ok now, shall we..

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Wednesday morning, 30th September, I went for my regular weekly checkup at the hospital. Everything was fine the day before so I didn't expect anything. But when the doctor told me that my cervix had dilated to 3cm, I was a little shocked and terrified. I have to be admitted into ward immediately.

I've had the hospital bag ready in the car, but I was still emotionally unprepared. I kept telling Iwan that I'm so afraid and not ready. It's almost 10am but still, I felt no contraction whatsoever. So there I was in the hospital bed, waiting for the time to come.

Iwan bought me nasi lemak Tanglin. Actually we'd planned to have breakfast together after check-up, but we end up having breakfast on the hospital bed. I lost my appetite, so I just ate normal size of nasi lemak (I used to have nasi lemak tambah eversince I got pregnant). Later, I started to have this mild contraction. Like most people describe it, just like a normal period pain. It then came more frequently and much much stronger.

Around 3.00pm, the contraction was no longer like a normal period pain. It came for like every 2 minutes. I never had serious kind of senggugut before so I don't really know how real period pain feels like. But the contraction that I was having at that time was unbearable!

I was finally admitted into the labor room at 3.30pm. And my water was broken manually. I thought that I could handle the pain, but once the water broke, I was shaking all over! The contraction was extremely painful! There's nothing I could do to ease the pain. Baring senget baring telentang semuanye tak jalan. Yang saya mampu buat hanyalah mengerutkan muka tahan sakit, itu aje. Bukan saje sakit, takut pon sama. At that moment, the midwife gave me an option for epidural. I was told that I could only take the epidural while I'm still at 4cm dilated. Once it reaches 5, I'm no longer allowed for epidural. So, it's now or never. The doctor even said that we never know how long would it takes to get fully dilated to 10cm. It could be hours! Ok, that's scary enough to make me go for it.

After I took the epidural, the pain reduced for only like...30%? Well, at least that was something. Iwan sat next to me holding my hand all the time. I was so so afraid. There's few times I felt like crying, but I didn't want to break so easily. Plus, I didn't have the energy for that. Although inside I do feel like giving up. I was in so much pain..

Less than an hour later, I started to feel the urge to push. Rasa macam nak terberak taik besar, but in an extremely strange kind of way. The midwife taught me how to push, and I just did everything she said. Take a deep breath and push as hard as I can for 10 seconds. Release and quickly take another breath and push again.

Honestly, I didn't know what I was doing, but the midwife said that I was doing great. The baby's head can already be seen down there and the midwife asked Iwan to look. Then I heard him saying, "Eh, baby ada rambut!" or something like that. But I couldn't care less.

After a few push, I could feel the baby's head popped out. Then everybody in the labor room went like "Okay, kepala dah kuar, teran lagi sekali!". So sekali lagi aku push, terkeluarlah badan baby. The time was 4.44pm.

Then... I heard her... crying so loud...

The nurse brought her near to me, "Ha, tengok ni baby ape?". Confused and exhausted, "Erm.. girl?". Of course it's a girl!

One word to describe exactly how I feel right after she was born - LEGA!

What happen after that, takyah cite la kot pasal jahit2 semua. Itu semua tidak penting.

The baby was taken away to be cleaned and warmed up. Iwan took a photo of her and showed it to me while I was still resting in the labor room. I was so happy to see such a cute creature that I'd been carrying around inside my tummy for 9 months, is finally here to meet us. It's a bliss. I just couldn't stop smiling. :)

It's the most painful yet the sweetest experience ever!

Itulah dia, the magical story of the day Hana was born into this world.

Bliss

Hello everyone!!

I'm currently at Seri Iskandar, Perak. Being here, near to a place where I first met Iwan and became his special friend is just nostalgic. I would say that we were (and still are) so close back then during our university years. We did most of the things together. We shared problems and laughters together. We went to classes together. We have our lunches and dinners and suppers together. We did our revision at the library together. We played online games together. We watched movies and played bowling for like every weekend together. Daripada naik bas Perak Roadways takde aircond ke motor kapcai Yamaha 125z ke Toyota Hilux pinjam bapak dia punye sampailah ke Gen2. Ahh, it's a total bliss!

The skinnies

After 8 years of knowing him including 3 years of marriage, I would say that he has changed a lot, in a good kind of way. He has changed me too, into a better person. He also changed me into this...

36 weeks

And now, we are still good friend. But with addition to that, we are husband and wife and we are the parents to our newborn baby, Hana Ashran binti Mirwan Ashran.

Baby Hana

Hello World!

Khazanah Jiwang

Our long raya holidays was being utilized by cleaning up the store room secara besar-besaran. The room was a total mess. Semua bende pon campak situ, scattered all over the place. All unwanted stuff, toolbox, luggage, tangga, ampaian kain, wedding gifts, tilam, tilam, tilam.. haih, u name it. Barang2 dalam tu macam beranak pinak. Barang yang saya tak penah tau pon ade situ, tatau la sape yang letak. So, as a preparation to welcome a new member to the house, we need to clear up the store room and transform it into a guest room, and the old guest room will be our little one's bedroom. Sorry guests, korangnye bilik terpakse di'downgrade'kan.

While clearing up all those junks, we found a box of my old stuff. My old-jiwang-memory stuff. All was given by Iwan back then during our romantic days I would say. Greeting cards, souvenirs, pictures.. I could hardly remember that I possesed all this thing before. We went through all the greeting cards. There's raya greetings, Valentine's and birthdays. All musical cards are still singing like new. Ada lagu Selamat Hari Raya la, lagu My Heart Will Go On pon ada. Ahakhakhak! We laughed our lungs out reading through every single words that Iwan wrote for me. Trust me, you don't want to know. Saya sendiri pon geli bulu telinga membacenye. It's cute, but geli is still geli. But yeah, it's cute. :) Can't believe he actually wrote those words, but the bad handwriting proves it. Ahakhakhak! (apsal tah gelak macam nih?)

I miss those days.. :)