Born to be Newborn Photographer

Brain happily:

Yesterday held a session newborn photoshoot untuk si kecik ni. It has been planned a while. Dah lama browsed through this one photographer even siap2 bookmarked her IG for a keepsake if I really gonna have her as my baby newborn photographer. Orang kata like falling in love at the first sight la bila tengok hasil kerja this sister.

Rasa2, most people familiar pun with this name : Camora Arts. Kalau rajin tengok IG dia, it's like satu ketenangan seeing how beautiful all the babies been photographed in a creative way. Fasha Sandha, Memey & Norman Hakim, Safee Salleh, Nurul pun guna khidmat dia for their newborn baby.

Sepatutnya the session fall a day before yesteday but then lil Audrey macam memerap skit to me. Agaknya badan tak sedap sangat as she just done her first injection on Monday. So I mintak tunda a day to make sure she dah sihat betul2 before the photoshoot. Tak best la if the baby cranky while people snapping her picture kan.

The team arrived awal jugak as promised. Bila Kak Zara unloaded barang2 dia dari kereta, homaii banyaknya props and all of it cantik2. And bila borak2 ngan Kak Zara, all the props are handmade. Buat sendiri okey. No wonder all her pictures seems different dari the other newborn photographer. Well I am totally making the right decision of choosing her! Hee..
Alhamdullilah during the photoshoot, lil Audrey sangatlah compromising with Kak Zara. Even senyum2 bila disnap pic. Amboi anak Ibu, boleh tahan photogediks ye.. Hehe~ The session was good, Kak Zara sangat sporting and friendly.

Just can't wait for the result. For sure la comel2 belaka. ;))

Now I have new hobby of browsing all sorts of newborn photography local or internationally. Comel sangat!! Hee~ Wish if I can snap those pictures as beautiful they are.

Kasihnya Seorang Ayah #1month

Heart smiling:

We might have Superman, Spiderman, Batman, Kluangman, Cicakman..yet I have my own MAN. And this specific MAN will be a Superdad to the lil princess.
I just falling in love over and over again watching him adapting with a new love in his life.

Today is the day lil Audrey having her first injection bila dah genap sebulan. How time flies, dah sebulan rupanya bidadari kecil ni dalam dakapan.

Instead of buat follow up ke our usual hospital, we decided to go to Klinik Kesihatan yang berdekatan dengan rumah. At first masa En.Hubby called up the clinic for confirmation, memang kena 'sekolah' la dulu by the nurse there. Sebab?? Tak report awal-awal kelahiran bayi pada klinik kesihatan yang terdekat. Erkk..mana la nak tau sebab si kecik ni pun dilahirkan kat private hospital nun kat tengah-tengah KL. Siap kena soal tak ada nurse datang rumah tengok ibu dan bayi?? Haha~ Sorry la En. Hubby, wifey you ni pun taktau..;P

The procedure for one month old baby memang panjang sikit sebab takde rekod kan. Dah nama pun Klinik Kesihatan, for sure ramai orang. Kenalah datang awal sesubuh sepee next time.
First kena register the baby (just bagi IC baby), then nurse akan bg nombor for your turn to be call up - timbang berat and ukur tinggi baby. Nurse akan check tekanan darah and berat Ibu. Then kena gi makmal for urine and blood test si Ibu. Next, jumpa doc for the baby nak tgk ada masalah apa2 tak. AND of course doc will ask about future planning. -_- hahaha..planning for next baby la..Sebab kalau ikutkan if takde plan, for second baby agak cepat untuk lekat. So pandai2 la merancang ye. Hee~
Dah selesai semua ni, baby kena jumpa nurse again, she will explain about breasfeeding, kesihatan baby and finally baru dia bg injection.
Alhamdullilah, lil Audrey dia jerit xsampai 3 saat then she fall asleep again. Haih la anak, mentang-mentang la dalam dakapan kan, leh lena dia macam tu. Hihih~
Selesai!! Hope so for second injection tak selama ni la procedure..huhu~

So bakal2 ibu sekalian, pesanan di sini if dah bersalin even kat mana sekali pun, sila lah calling2 Klinik Kesihatan terdekat on the spot. Kena inform as they will come to the house and monitor ibu and the baby kalau2 ada jaundice and what not. Sebab the most important and critical time was the time si Ibu masih dalam pantang and the baby still dalam hari.

p/s: next time nak kendong si kecik ni kena pakai Sling dah or bwk stroller, makin semangat rsnya mendukung dia ni. ;D

1st Delivery of Lil Khalifah

Heart grateful:

No words can extend how grateful I am, far more than gratifying I can expressed. Alhamdullillah segala-galanya dipermudahkan berkat dari doa-doa yang menyayangi. I love you to the moon lah! ;)

It all started dari I preggy up to delivery moment this little human. Tapi for sure dari previous2 entry, you might know I have no allergy dek pembawakan si kecik in my tummy - no pening-pening, no muntah-muntah, no craving unnecessary things, even some people tak realized pun I preggy up until I dah preggy for 6 months and above kalau tak kerana perut yang membesar secara tiba-tiba. Hihihi~ Ish3....Nampak bertenang sangat ye Puan Enny. :D

Kisahnya sampai nak deliver pun I don't feel the pain even dah tau I was in 38 weeks timeline yang ala-ala serupa time bomb which is bila-bila masa je I can terbersalin. Haha~ As I said before, my brothers and En.Hubby semua dah in standby mode, Puan Enny je la yang nk wat selamba apa pun tak ready. How you know I tak ready??? Readiness in mentality tau...jenuh baca useful knowledge memotivasikan diri sendiri to help out masa delivery nanti. Sempat ke nak ingat time delivery nanti? Itu for you to read this entry sampai habes ;P

27th June 2015 supposedly was my last checkup for me and lil baby dalam tummy. Then kalau kira2 ada two weeks lagi before my exact due date which was on 12th July 2015. As usual bertapa kat hospital like nobody business, siap buat plan nak pergi makan sushi and buy some last minute baby stuff after the checkup sebab memang tak expect langsung I will be delivering the baby at anytime soon. Came my turn to see the doctor, checked sume I totally normal and baby also okey, active seperti biasa. Then doc saje nak check bukaan even so dia curious kenapa I still not in pain walaupun dah 38 weeks (mostly of her patient, sume delivered bila dah 37th weeks) - this is where doc have to 'seluk' on your private part to see if there is any open way, ready to deliver the baby. Huu time nih memang terkedu sikit. And somehow, I got this "Dah bukaan 3cm ni, tak sakit ke?"" Daya tahan sakit kuat kot you ni" Dang..owh my!!
Doc suggested for me undergo CTG untuk tengok radius contraction. Keluar dari bilik doc, rasa macam tak percaya...really?? I dah nk bersalin bila2 masa ke ni?? En.Hubby pun in shocking mode. We really confident yang lil baby paling2 awal pun will be early of July. It seems, this lil princess memang tak sabar dah nak tengok dunia ye sayang...

Doc suh admitted terus sebab nak monitor my condition dan seperti biasa I kalau masuk hospital selalu gaya tak macam orang sakit pun...sihat2 walafiat pun kena tahan. Nasib la badan. Huhu~ Me and En.Hubby looked at each other macam blur ya amat (ini baru nama epic punya culture shock). Called my parents to inform that I akan kena warded for the day then automatically rasa nak nages. It's like seriously I'm gonna be a mum soon? nak bersalin dah ke? boleh ke ni? macam mana nak buat ni? All sort of question semua datang terjah at one time. Tertepu 2 minit. But well, nak tak nak I need to get through this soon or later. End up puasa pun terpaksa la half day terus and I know akan burn terus the rest of my Ramadhan if the baby truly come out that particular day jugak. Tapi dah bukaan 3cm, agak2 la Puan Enny oi kot boleh hold nak beranak sampai minggu depan. Hahaha~ :P

CTG took about half an hour but then for me the missy (nurse) extended sampai 1 hour as my graf macam turun naik. I have the contraction high in the graf tapi physically I tak rasa apa2 pun and the baby boleh plak dia nak tido time2 camni, selalunya aktif berkungfu saje dalam perut tu. Nurse siap tanya "Puan, ada contraction ni, tak rasa apa2? Tak rasa sakit?" Erkk..I lak leh tanya..."Contraction tu rasa camne, adalah perut rasa kejap2 keras tapi taklah sakit, biasa je". Homai...nampak tak super noob ku di situ? Miahahah~ Then the nurse said contraction tu rasa macam period pain. Allah, period pain pun tak pernah rasa, terus menjadi super blur nurse nih nak suruh I rasa sakit camne. Krik2... Tengah2 CTG tu boleh lagi main Whatsapps with few close friends bagitau the news. Done with the CTG, nurse bagi baju hospital for me to change and teruslah kena tagged ala2 banduan ni. Sob sob...makanya terus kena duk bertapa dalam labor room sesiap as single room yang we dah booked still ada patient yang taknak balik2. Haih la..

So makanya, duduklah dediam dalam labor room ngan En.Hubby sambil tengok TV. Lupa plak En.Hubby still berpuasa on that day, sempat suruh dia pegi belikan McD for him berbuka puasa and me plak need to eat something for energy nak push2 nanti.
Before Maghrib, doc datang checked lagi bukaan. it has been 6cm dah. She said sempat ni dia nak balik buka puasa kat rumah. Even sempat tunggu terawih kot. Haihh, doc nih boleh buat kelakar plak dia. -_-
Waited patiently, tapi sebenarnya mata non stop tengok jam sebelah tv tu..counting time macam sangat timeless. Then around 8pm, the real contractation has started. Rasa dia macam perut memulas-mulas, perit2 sikit. Ish rasa apa nih? Ini ke rasa contraction? Up until I asked for En.Hubby untuk urut cara membulat kat belakang pinggang (this I learned from a book- shared experienced by a wife to one of Raihan's group yang dah delivered 9 babies secara normal). Terasa lega sikit. But then the pain kept on repeating selang 3 minutes. Owh my Tuhan je tau rasa how hard nak handled the pain. Nurse pun tanya nak ubat tahan sakit ke? That one thing yang memang I avoided all this while. I still can bare the pain. I know it will get over soon. Positive..positive!  Nurse checked the bukaan dah 8cm, they called the doc immediately. Kesian doc tu, once she sampai, she said "Cepat plak awak ni, saya makan pun sempat telan je". Then the doc checked sendiri, bukaan dah fulled and dah time for me untuk pushed hardly the baby out. Doc buat episotomi jugak especially for mummy yg first baby - memudahkan and mengelakkan dari terkoyak if teran terlalu kuat and terangkat punggung while pushing it hard.

The final contraction has come, 2 orang nurse helped to hold my legs, doc duduk berdepan dengan I untuk sambut the baby and En.Hubby was beside me giving all the support he can. The final contraction boleh plak main delay2 and the baby pun main yoyo inside my tummy to come out. But then, the heart beat baby mula slow, doc asked me to push sehabis mungkin once the contraction come again (we can only push bila the pain is there). Half an hour bertarung nyawa and finally I heard a beautiful baby crying sound. My baby is out. The doc terus letak on my chest. SubhanAllah, here she is, I did cried of happiness. Satu nyawa yang berada dalam diri for the past 9 months, here she is dalam pelukan. I am a MOM. Terus hilang all the pain just now watching her lying down soundly on my chest. My lil princess. ;). After a while nurse took the baby and wrapped with a blanket, serahkan pada En.Hubby untuk diazan dan diqamatkan. It is a moment yang sangat indah and I will never ever forget it.

Alhamdullilah I didn't take any induce or epidural, it's all happened in natural way. Syukur sangat2! Yes, Allah makbulkan doa untuk I bersalin secara normal, natural way yang I harapkan sangat since early preggy time. Rezeki dipermudahkan. Syukur Alhamdullilah. Berkat doa orang2 kesayangan kan. =) I feel so blessed with this 'lil bidadari' and nikmat2 yang Allah berikan sepanjang I preggy until melahirkan seorang lagi khalifah kecil di dunia ni.

My family arrived one hour right after the delivery time. Excited tengok cucu baru. I've been warded only for a day and boleh discharged dah the next day. Malam tu En.Hubby yang teman and lil baby in her cot at the other side. Penat..yet I feel so happy to have these 2 precious soul with me. Rezeki yang Allah bagi tu tak pernah putus, besarnya nikmat mu ya Allah.

Then bermulalah edisi berpantang! Owh of course adapting becoming a new mum. Now officially dalam motherhood clan. ;)

I love you unconditionally, I always do, I always will.

Tradisional VS Moden #pantang

Brain accepting:

25 days and counting untuk genapkan 44 days of berpantang yang wajib! Tapi untuk fully recover dalaman and luaran, I might do the 100 days of berpantang. Mampukah?? Mampu2...Ins sha Allah...badan nak pakai lama kan. Kena tabah Puan Enny. ;P

About berpantang nih, I memang dah kena 'sekolah'kan masa mula2 I preggy lagi by kakak-kakak kat ofis yang sudi berkongsi cerita especially by this one sister yang never failed remind me the good of berpantang. Talking from the experiences.

Mula2 tuh macam skeptikal juga, owh my kena pantang, semua benda tak boleh..memang cam leh mati kering je gaya. Okey2..itu exaggerated je..heee~ ;P Well then, bila dah buat some reading, sharing with mummy2 yang lain (yang betul2 ikut this pantang modus operandi), part brain yang masih waras saying 'Okey I need to do this!' - for my own good jugak kannn.

So far my experiences getting through the pantang period, best je! Lagi2 my own Abah yang masakkan for my makanan berpantang. If you guys see all those meals yang disediakan by my Abah, sure leleh air liur..my mum even jealous about it. Hahaha~ Tapi Abah just made it for two weeks je, then he said need to STOP before I'm getting FAT sebab asik makan je. Sedih! ;P
My mum and Mr.Hubby did help sooooo much in preparing my air mandian, my clothes, nurturing the baby while I am resting and recovering. Feel treated like a princess. ;D

But then tak ramai dah yang betul2 ikut cara berpantang cara tradisional ni or ikut tapi half way je...another half way, masuk highway trus! Hayoo... Well then itu choices masing-masing kan. See these comparison : it has been shared in FB by imuslimshop.com. How true it is. Hermmm

Alhamdullilah I'm still intact with the traditional way.
All pictures are from imuslimshop.com facebook page. Try to LIKE it, you will find banyak interesting facts and reminder for us. Ada tuh memang kena batang hidung sendiri.

To friends yang sedang join korum of ibu-ibu berpantang, good luck!! and to yang menanti hari..enjoy your pantang day later. Its not that bad you know. ;)

Am An 'IBU'

Heart blessed: 

It has been almost a month I become a new mummy- Welcoming myself to the crony of motherhood! Sorry tak update soon as I can. Adapting with a new routine it is such a big challenge. Semua benda pun macam terkejut2, memang terasa noob habes. How prepare yourself in theory but believe me bila tiba saat realitinya, you gonna be totally blank!! Ting tong dibuatnya. Tiba-tiba okey! Haha~ Yet, if you keep calm, everything will fall on it place by its own cuma perlu masa. Baby steps but keep on learning. Lagi2 if things happened in unexpected way.

Alhamdullilah, Allah S.W.T memudahkan kelahiran our lilkhalifah.
Born on 27th June 2015, bersamaan 10 Ramadhan 1436 Hijrah, 8.36 pm with the weight of 2.54 kg. Itulah dia lil princess kami. :') - Audrey Marissa Binti Mohd Hasif (nama yang membawa makna Strong and Noble Mariam).

Fresh from mummy's belly

Ikutkan kalau kira-kira by days, she was born by 38 weeks and currently on the day I'm typing this entry, lil Audrey dah 26 days breathing the same air like us. Alhamdullilah, she stay healthy and chubbier by days.

Having her by my side 24/7, watching her sleeping soundly...it's totally a new experience that I need to catch up fast enough. A life who before this living in my belly for 9 months plus, now in my arms to be tender with care and love. Lots of love. My dream has come true, even with a big challenge, Ins sha Allah, I can do this as this is what I'm wishing for all this time kan - having a lil angel, a gift from HIM. SubhanAllah.

In next entry I shall share the experience of delivering her okey.
Alhamdullillah dikurniakan rezeki bersalin normal - which the journey I had shared it verbally with some friends and cousins as mostly of them need to undergo the C-Sec. I shall share it here too as for my own reference for the upcoming future perhaps. ;)