Child Birth, Eid & My Princess

Assalamu alaikum

1. I had my first son in May 2007. It was such a beautiful experience having him after waiting for 9 months.
2. Prior to my son's birth, as a first time father-to-be, I took the effort to read up about babies development, child birth, and much more. I need the information to prepare myself into fatherhood.
3. But little did I realize that what you read and watch on TV (imagine watching baby delivered every week on Discovery Channel...gulp!!) is not necessarily gonna happen the same way. I had a absurd child birth experience.
4. My wife, Suzie, was in labour for about 5 hours, when she was screaming in pain. So we decided (not my call this time, coz I'm not feeling the pain...she is...hehehehe) to take the epidural injection.
5. Suddenly, the nurse told us that the baby is ready to come out! What??!!! Now??!! But...where's the doctor?? Guess what?? the doctor is caught in a massive jam!!!
6. The nurse who was attending my wife panicked!! Basic stuff like suction, some tubes, cotton were not ready!! So what you do when you panicked?? She yelled.."Tahan, jgn keluar dulu.." (hold on, dont let the baby out)!!!! What??!! how can you 'hold' such a thing from coming out??
7. I was panicked too. I held my wife hand, read some prayers and to my HORROR, the baby came out by himself!!! Blup!! straight on the bed. The attending nurse saw it and grab the baby. Luckily my son did not fell off the bed. But where is my doctor??? Yupp!! still in the jam!
8. Finally after 10 minutes after delivery, another doctor came to the rescue. Phew! What a relief. Such an experience.
9. Now, 2 plus years later, I am expecting my second baby. With such an experience with the first, I was hoping to get a better labour experience. Unfortunately, it was similar.
10. Not as grueling as the first, this time the doctor came in time, but after I saw the baby head coming out, no one was in the labour room, not even the nurse!
11. We manage to pull through this time without much difficulties. And it was in the holy month of Ramadhan. Full of blessings.
12. I got this special present from Allah for Eid, a beautiful princess to add cheer and joy in our life. Thank you ALLAH, for all that You have given us.
13. My princess, SITI ULFAH BEGUM, I pray that you grow into an obedient girl to ALLAH, to His Rasul, to your Ummi and to me, Ameen.
14. Eid was tiring for me as I was on the road most of the time. KL-Jeram- Tg. Karang-KL. Phew! But it was worth it. Either road I ended up, I have my Mom & family members and also my wife and my two angles.
15. My wife is in confinement now. And I am missing all of them...

till then...

Ramadhan Ya Marhaban

Assalamu alaikum

1. Alhamdulillah, once again ALLAH has chosen us (including me) to be able to participate in this special month, the holy month of Ramadhan, where the rewards are huge and the barakah is unlimited.
2. Some of our muslim friends did not get the opportunity to experience and gain the Ramadhan rewards, as ALLAH loves them and took them off to meet Him. Al-fatihah for those who has left us...
3. I know its a little bit too late to talk about ramadhan, but since we are still in it, might as well remind ourselves that the ultimate goal is taqwa;
4. Will we be able to sustain the routine we set during Ramadhan or its just being Ramadhan that we change ourselves;
5. I set a couple of things before entering Ramadhan. less watching tv, less talking about nothing, not to miss subuh prayers in masjid, be able to get full terawikh this time at the masjid, read Quran as often as I can, jemaah in all the 5 solah time, etc;
6. I must say that I have achieved 80% of the targeted objectives, but one thing remain the ultimate goal; the Lailatul Qadr. Ya Allah, let me get Lailatul Qadr this time....
7. I am also expecting another baby (not coming from my tummy of course), insyaAllah by this holy month of Ramadhan. This will be my second kid, the first being a boy of 2 years;
8. I pray everyday to ALLAH so that the Ummi and baby will be fine during delivery. insyaAllah;
9. attached is a doa i got from watching Dr Fadzillah Kamsah's Anjakan Paradigma programme. Some of you may already know the doa, but we shall be reminded often..
10. This doa is called the 12 door to opening our rezeki, so lets use this doa during this holy month and insyaAllah we will be rewarded.

till then...