The arrival of our 4th: Part 1

Syuukur Alhamdulillah.

Welcoming a new member to the family..baby Ali Imran Bin Muhammad Sabri.

Tarikh Lahir: 27 July 2012 (Friday)
Masa: 1153am
Weight/length: 3.03kg / 50cm
Tempat: Ampang Puteri Specialist Hospital
Gynae: Dr Fauziah Hj Mohd Hassan
Paed: Dr Nomee Ashikin

Ok, jom nak cerita sikit pengalaman melahirkan this time. Anak pertama, kedua dan ketiga semuanya mempunyai jalan cerita yang berbeza. Yang ke empat ni pun lain jugak ceritanya.

My first and third child, saya melahirkan secara induce, meaning forced labor, or planned labor. The fourth ni pun dah planned dengan Dr Fauziah nak bersalin on certain2 week, and she'll confirm hari apa yang dia available. Since I've been on MC (unpaid leave dah pun) for almost 1 month before my due date, so we decided to set for delivery on week of 23 July. Haahh...thats the first week of Ramadhaan. Bila check timetable Dr Fauziah, we'd go on Friday 27th.

Here we go..

27th 0030am - On the way to the APSH, we all singgah dulu Pelita Ampang Point, teh tarik session for the last time..heheheee...lepas ni kan kena pantang teh for quite sometime..angin orang tua tua kata. Huh, teh tarik, roti bakar, naan and tandoori tengah tengah malam mmg nikmat.

0130am - To Emergency APSH for admission. Orang masa ni ramai la jugak, mostly kanak kanak demam. Requested for single room, tapi kena KIV sebab penuh. So malam ni kena duduk twin sharing. Sebenarnya plan tak nak ambik package, sebab kalau everything ok, Jumaat tengahari bersalin, Sabtu tengahari boleh la balik umah dah. So memang tak ambik package.
Dah lepas bayar deposit etc, naik atas pegi maternity ward.. spouse tak boleh tunggu since bilik share dua orang kan, so oklah, cik abang, boleh la balik umah mengulit mimpi enak dalam bilik sendiri, kaan.

0630am - Tidur tidur ayam je pun, sebab memang tak best tidur kat hospital, tidur tapi tak lena. By 6.30am, nurse datang buat VE. Tak suka tak suka. Nurse dah la budak2.. lagipun tak pandai sangat la buat, normally kalau doctor or mw yang buat, tak la sakit dan takla lama sangat. Ni halaahai.. rasa macam nak ...haaiiiishh...ada la berdarah sikit.

0640am - Nurse masukkan ubat buang air besar. ni pun tak suka jugak.

0650am - First round ke toilet.
0715am - Second round to toilet.
0730am - Gosok gigi, lens on.

0740am - Berjalan menyerah diri ke LDR 3. Nurse in charge masa ni nama Zamrina. Very good mw. She was the nurse yang buat home nursing masa lahirkan Uthman in 2010 dulu. Dia tegur, akak ni yang duduk kat sini sini yang ada buat bisnes tudung tu kan.. Goood memory!
Lepas tukar baju.. mw pasangkan CTG and get ready dengan semua alat2 lain. I did inform her that I want epidural. She noted. Masa ni, kat labor room masyaaalah, sejuk yang amat. Kat APSH, aircond kat LDR tak boleh control, since lahirkan Muhsin 2006 dulu dah complain, but..sama je pun 2012 ni.

 Ini lah LDR 3 APSH

0800am - MW set kan drip line. Then she called anesthetist.

0900am - Dr Hashim anesthetist in charge sampai. Epidural pun set. Masa ni myhusband dah sampai dah, lepas hantar kids to school at 8.30am.

0915am - Oxytocin on. Ni drip to stimulate uterus to start contraction.

1015am - VE by MW - 4cm.. sakit jugak masa ni. Meaning that - epidural did not work! it not supposed to feel anything as epidural was on 1 hour ago.

1030am - Dr Hashim set higher dose epidural.

1045am - VE by Dr Fauziah - 4cm. She broke the waterbag. Katanya pangkal rahim sangat lembut, progress akan cepat.

1115am - Ada sikit leaking kat epidural nye line, sebab tu if set at 5ml, mungkin yang masuk cuma 3ml. Doctor proposed nak reset. Huhuuu... what happened if it takes time to effective? Now dah 4 cm, kalau epidural yang baru ni ambik masa 1-2 hours, and what happened kalau bersalin cepat?
So I said, just wait for a few minutes, we wait till 1130 then we'll see how.
Masa ni contraction dah agak kuat. My husband and doctor rancak bersembang pasal aktiviti pancing laut dalam kat Myanmar Thailand mana tah...

1130am - MW checked - dah 6cm opening. Contraction semakin kuat tapi boleh tahan lagi.

1145am - Dah 10cm. So bye bye the new epidural. Tawakkal kat Allah je lah. Mungkin Allah nak saya rasa jugak sakit nya nak bersalin. Kita merancang, Allah menentukan.
Masa ni, kalau rasa sakit je, ambik Entonox.
Dr Fauziah yang baru nak gi OT ada case, terus berlari2 masuk LDR3 dengan boot PCK nye...

1153am - Alhamdulillah, dengan 2 kali percubaan, the baby out. Me? Still layan Entonox sebab doctor nak jahit pulak.

The baby seems very cold. lepas di azankan, dapat hug baby untuk nak kurangkan sejuk dia. Masa ni, dah celik mata pandang sana sini.. sambil bermail dengan air liur dia..

Will continue Part 2 when the time permits...

Part 2 - Poor little baby Imran overnight in incubator.

Hajar with Al-Masad and Hadith

Untuk Hajar, during this holiday, she needs to remember surah Al-Masad and Al-Kaafiruun.
Hadis 1 to Hadis 5.

Let listen to her Al-Masad...

Now, jom dengar Hajar baca Hadith No 3. This Hadith is about eating with left hand.

Rasulallah S.A.W said:

" Do not eat with your left hand, because SYAITAAN eat with the left hand"

Thats all for tonight, will update again next time when time permits...
Assalamualaikum.

School Holiday Again...

This week is a mid term school break..then a long stretch before end of May.. School break = mummy will be a lot more busier at home...Eventhough di office, every hour at least akan ada phone call from either party..  Apart from list of homeworks to be monitored, current and past surah to be reviewed, tak lupa jugak, Maths, Science...homework Enopi... praktice tulisan Jawi... and Arabic.

How mummy, can you catch those up? Nak ikut timetable seperti yang disarankan?
No, I cant. This morning, kenapa diam jer semua anak anak ni...mesti ada something yang interesting..
Betul la. Masing masing sedang siapkan homework Science and English. it supposed to be Monday and Wednesday...
Tengah colouring bukan main cantik lagi.. agaknya sebab dah lama tak buat homework kat rumah kan... This year, the class starts at 8.30am and balik 4.30pm - after Asar. So, no homework akan di bawak balik rumah, Previous kindy, everyday mesti ada homework bawak balik.. When I say 'homework' here.. jangan lah salah tafsir sebagai something yang membebankan.. like your Uni assignment or thesis ok.. For 3-4 years old, their homework basically, colouring sheets.. tracing letters... counting 1,2,3...something like that.. yang light and fun..

Ok, as for me, saya ni seorang yang agak pelupa. Every single thing needs to jot down somewhere and Insyaallaah, terus macam kena set kat mind..Photographic memory kot. See, Save and Do.
So, everynight it supposed to be a session for Hafazan and Iqraa.. Yes, every night. Itu pun kadang kadang terlupa...bila dah nak tidurkan Ahmad and Hajar, "Ibu, belum baca Iqraa'...ibu belum baca Al-Bayyinah lagi.."
So, to avoid dari response yang berbaur kurang enak dari si ibu, saya letakkan reminder di almari baju di bilik... seperti ini...

Sekurang kurangnya...berhasil lah jugak.. Better than before. Ada progress, Alhamdulillah.
Ahmad on Page 12 Iqraa' 4. Sehari sehelai. Target by end of March boleh habiskan Iqraa' 4 dengan lancar.
Ya, Dengan Lancar dan Betul.
In April, target saya sempurnakan Iqraa' 5,
In May, lengkapkan Iqraa' 6.
Insyaallah, itu target saya. Mungkin akan ada loophole here and there. Cuma my ultimate aim - by Ramadhan this year, Ahmad dapat baca Al-Quran dengan sendirinya..

As-Salaaam,
Siti.

Siti Hajar with her Al-Ikhlas and An Nas

As I always mentioned, my approach with Hajar is light and easy, make the learning fun and entertaining.
Hajar tidak boleh di paksa, di ajak secara kekerasan dan seangkatan dengannya.

So to make her show or express what she knows and what she has learnt at school, mesti ada caranya. Salah satu darinya, record/video bacaan hafazan nya, bacaan Bacalah Anakku nya, bacaan Peter & Jane nya.
Or else, agak sukar. She refuses to express her progress.

Jom kita dengar hafazan surah pendek Al-Ikhlas dan An Nas dari Siti Hajar - my soon to be 4 years old little princess...

As of today 6th March 2012, Hajar sedang menghafaz Surah Al Masad. Akan cuba blog kan bacaan Hajar bila dah berjaya nanti, Insyaallah.

Surah yang sudah di hafal:

• Al Fatihah
• Al Nas
• Al Falaq
• Al Ikhlas

A few doa dan hadis juga sudah berjaya di ingati Hajar. Insyaallah, akan cuba merakam kan bacaan nya kemudian. Mungkin akan menjadi kenang kenangan apabila Hajar dah besar nanti.

Ahmad Reciting Dua

It has been more than a month. Thousand reasons for not updating blog. Busy with kids, travelling oversea, busy with office, working over the weekend, ahh....what else..not well...
Reasons just be a reason.

Just to share Ahmad Muhsin progress so far. He's able to recite numbers of Dua (which some of them I dont know, sorry dear...Ibu should learn from you).
The one below according to him Dua Entering and Leaving Masjid.. jom..dengar

Chinese New Year School Holiday

Empat hari bercuti. On Friday last day schooling before break, both of them; Ahmad and Hajar bring home Hafazan and Hadith Record Booklets. Parent perlu initial di setiap suraah atau hadith yang telah dibuat revision - everyday.

Task for Ahmad for 23-24 January 2012.
1. Al-Faatihah
2. An-Naas
3. Al-Falaaq
4. Al-Ikhlaas
5. Al-Masaad
6. An-Nasr
7. Al-Kaafirun
8. Hadith No. 1
9. Hadith No. 2
10. Do'a before study.

 Self-revision by Ibu:
11. Do'a after reciting Quran

Hadith No. 1 (Hadith Riwayat AtTaarmidzi)

Rasullullah s.a.w. said:

"Worship Ar-Rahman, give food, give salaam, Insyaallah you will go to Jannah (Heaven) safely".

Hadith No. 2 (Hadith Riwayat AlBukhary)

Rasullullah s.a.w. said:

"The riding person should greet the walking one, the walking one should greet the sitting one, the small group of people should greet the large group of people".

Task for Siti Hajar for 23-24 January 2012.

1. Al-Faatihah

2. An-Naas

3. Do'a before study

Self revision by Ibu:

4. Do'a for parent

5. Do'a after reciting Quran. 

Alhamdulillah, Ahmad catched-up quite fast. Hajar needs to focus more on learning and concentrate on ANYTHING. I dont want to force her too much, as I want to make her learning experience to be fun and entertaining. Yup, she's going to turn four this April.

Apart from that, I've hand written this Do'a supaya both of them feel more excited to learn and hafaz this Do'a. Secara tidak langsung, kami semua sama sama dapat belajar untuk menambah ilmu masing masing.Inshaallah.
Slide kertas ini nampaknya berjaya menarik minat Hajar untuk susun dan cuba meneka which slide comes first. Yang mana akhirnya, saya meletakkan number di setiap kertas untuk memudahkan Hajar menyusun dan menghafaz Do'a ini. Alhamdulillah.

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