Syukur Alhamdulillah. Welcoming baby no #3 to the family.
Our 3rd son, introducing Jordan Arfan bin Amin Ariff Asha'ari.
He was born on the 15th September 2014 at 3:41pm. Weighing at 3.09kg & height 47cm.
Before I forget, baik lah tulis the labour experience here. Just like I did with the 2 abangs.
I was very lucky to have Amin & my dad to help send, pick up Rayyan to school & therapy a week before the due date. At that point memang dah tak larat. Lg ke p) Doctor Siti was worried since I have active daily routine, I wasn't gaining so much weight. I only gained 3/4 kgs throughout. Baby pon was also under weight. Bagai nak gila jugak la makan anything I could. Tho not much coz I wasn't craving anything or have the selera to eat at all.
The last appointment with Dr Siti, which was on a Friday, I was 2cm dilated & baby was already engaged. No wonder I was having contractions a few days earlier.
So, we were excited to know that the baby was on his way. We brought the boys to makan & play at Jkids on the next day. I took the opportunity to find socks for myself & jalan-jalan hoping to get dilated lagi. Hehe.
By the time we got home, everyone was exhausted. Kids fell asleep in the car. Then, Amin & I pulak dah lapar, so Amin went out to get burger tepi jalan for us. While he was out, my contractions was getting intense. Lepas makan, I started to monitor & record the consistency. Oh yeah, it was sakit betul. Disebabkan dah baby number 3, I didn't want to take any chances la of tunggu2 lama lagi. So we decided to go to labour ward straight away.
Dah sampai hospital, met my parents there so the boys boleh tidur at their place. The contractions pulak dah tak kuat sangat. Adui. I was already 3cm dilated then anyhow.
Waited thru the night, but nothing happen.
I had strep b infection (you can Read here), so I needed to start on the antibiotics right away. The antibiotics course was every 6 hours. So that was it, I couldn't get out anymore.
Doc Siti came the next morning, Sunday, to see me. I told her that I'm planning to take the epidural. Hehe.
So all the while in the ward, I spent my time duk jalan-jalan keliling to naturally induce lah, but I was still at 3cm with no major contractions. Manja manja je contractions dia.
So Dr Siti yg dekat counter tu pun panggil la as dia tgk I jalan-jalan dari tadi. She suggested that I induce since I'm planning to take epidural anyway.
I was against inducing coz SAKIT! but what she said made sense la sebab takde la sakit pun kalau nak amik epi! Hehe.
Around 4ish, my parents came & with the boys. Gosh, I missed them so much. Made me feel so much better. I was worried. I can't lie. Aunty Anin came with Uncle Lili too. Alip & Haziq came around after lunch. I was no where near labour. Hehe.
Amin & I decided to wait till Monday morning if the baby Tak keluar by then & only then we will induce. We were hoping it will be all natural.
Sunday night yang membawa ke Monday morning, I had kind of strong contractions. Amin said "tunggu dulu" when I asked if I should tell the nurse. This time nurse dah tak jaga my Contractions rate sebab dah takde lama dah since warded. Yeap, it went away just like that after a few hours.
Monday morning it is, so dah confirm la induce. Dr Siti came & told me that she has 2 czer operations in the morning which means she will only be free by noon. Suggested that I get the epidural done by 10ish & induce by 11ish.
I decided to get epi anyhow coz I remember how painful it was. Omg! Haha no joke man! No joke! Crazy painful. But the doctor who did it this time around was awesome, he was alot better that the precious doc.
Doctor ni buat cepat & tangkas! Omg. Sebab saya adalah nervous time tu.
All done by 1130am.
Doctor Siti came by 1230am. I was still at 3cm dilated but she said the baby dah in 'lock' position. She predicted that it will be a fast one since this is my 3rd baby. "By this evening, you can hold your baby already", she said. Hehe.
Around this time jugak, the epidural has already kicked in. Can't feel my legs. I was like wow! Nurses had to help me to move. I wasn't comfortable with it, not able to move on my own.. Ohh man. Resah semacam rasanya. Somewhat dizzy jugak. From the ctg scan, my contractions was strong but I don't feel anything at all. Huhu, I cheated labour pains. So while waiting til the time I have to push, Amin slept, while I tried to get the resah feeling outta my head & get some rest. Had my fone while me, listening & reciting to Surah Maryam, Surah Yasin, Ayat Qursi & selawat2. Lights had to be switched off coz it made me all dizzy.
By 3pm, nurses pon dah tukar shift & coincidently the nurse who 1st greeted me on Saturday night, came in to check on me. To see how I was doing & the 'opening'.
While doing all that, another nurse came in. She then said to her colleague, "Can you pls call Dr Siti, its time".
I was like "What now? (Hahha sounded so rude kan but I couldn't believe it!) Am I fully dilated now?" she smiled, nodded & said "Yes" Oh wow, ok.
Dengan pantasnya, dia pon set up the room, while the other nurse tried to call Dr Siti. They couldn't get her. Aku dah cuak Gila! Haha.
In my head, macam baru saja doc kira 3cm, in about 2 hours Dah buka lagi 7cm. Wow. Seriously. Masa Rayyan pon induced, but rasanya setiap jam 1cm je. Memang sangat terkejut.
Epidural was switched off. Nurse helped me to push. Couldn't remember how many pushes till they can see the baby's head. Doc came sometime at 3:30pm. Thank God, I had a lot to energy then (the beauty of epidural hehe). Doc pon set up, Letak all the linens or blue plastic around my legs... She told me that she would give baby straight to me for skin to skin contact... Well, I loved it! The 2 abangs tak buat macam ni pon. Different doc different style kan?
Again, I can't remember how many times I had to push till baby came out! Maybe it was just 3 strong ones.... Thanks to my coach aka Amin! ;)
It was an easy delivery... All went well, syukur Alhamdulillah. Doc passed the baby to me straight away. Baby was crying. Nurses were busy cleaning him up and sedut2 nose & mouth area, while I was admiring our little baby, in my hands! amin potong the umbilical cord like he did with Rayyan & Aydan. After that they took him away to weigh, did all other tests & Amin to Azan.
Just love the feeling. It felt surreal. I love the feeling of post delivery. Just so blessed & thankful to be given the chance to experience this. I would do it again, definitely! With epidural of coz! Haha.
Doc said, it was just a small tear, but it's ok. It was a great experience with Doc Siti. She was very gentle, caring & superb gynea lah.
Baby was given back to me to feed him. It didn't took him long, he got it after a few trial! Alhamdulillah. They then brought him to the nursery while I waited for a ward. Before moving to our room, the nurse got me cleaned up. I don't remember they did that before this. It totally made me feel better & 'cleaned'.
Nek Nin & Jessie came just in time. They were the 1st ones to see baby Jordan.
Time ni jugak, I experienced the after labour pains for the 1st time. Omg, cheated labour pain but didn't know that the after pains was cray cray too. Due to the placenta shrinking, trying to get back to its original size. It was even worse during breastfeeding! (Coz while breastfeeding, it helps the placenta to shrink faster naturally) Ponstan every 6hrs is no joke! They said that it takes about 4 day to 2weeks! omg! It normally accours when or after the 3rd baby. It gets painful after each baby. Yikes! Can't help thinking of my grandma who has 11 kids!
All was ok except that we had to stay longer. Jordan were still not peeing since Day 1. His Pead was on leave so the paed ganti said, they will let us discharged but have to come back if baby was not still peeing. Alhamdulillah, he peed once we got home that same night.
The 2 abangs was so happy to receive his baby Adik at home. Alhamdulillah.
Syukur Alhamdulillah untuk rezeki yang telah dikurniakan. 3 amazing boys.
It took us forever to find his name. But we are happy & humble to name him Jordan Arfan.
JORDAN = The country/river
ARFAN = Gratitude
Arfan is also a combo of Amin, Aydan & Rayyan's second names... ARiff, Faris & ilhAN. Ok, ni baru perasan haritu. Just nice!
