Welcome Hannah!

Welcome Hannah!

Last Sunday, 6th March 2005 was a very happy moment for my family. My elder sister Lili, safely gave birth to the cutest baby girl. Welcome to the family Hannah!

Her birth was also close to being coincidental with Lili’s own birthday, which is on the 4th of March. I guess the baby wanted my sister to be over with her birthday dinners and celebrations first before deciding to come out to this world. We took my sister out for her birthday dinner on the night of the 5th of March 2005, and after dinner we had her cut her birthday cake. I could see that night that she was looking very tired. I felt a sense of pity and admiration looking at her that night. I asked her how was she feeling as she edged closer towards her labour. She replied in her usual good spirits,’I can’t wait to get this over with’.

The next day after Subuh she was bleeding. My brother in law took her to the hospital, and the doctor said she was beginning to come into labour. When I arrived at the hospital later that morning, she looked in agony. Man, that must have been the first time I saw my sister in such pain and agony, and she had not even gone to the labour room yet! I noticed that my mum and my sister’s mother-in-law were by her side, giving words of calm and encouragement. I have to say la, these 2 mothers were very calm. My brother-in-law on the other hand, looked understandably anxious and nervous.

Wonderfully, my sister wasn’t in labour for too long. As a matter of fact, it was a very short while. She went into the labour room at 11.45am, with very minimal contraction at that time. I was already contemplating spending the rest of the day at the hospital. By 12.30pm however, my brother-in-law appeared from the labour room with the new-born Hannah. Alhamdulillah... I’ve heard of stories where the mother goes through contraction for hours. Someone even told me that the average time of contraction for the first born child is about 12 hours. So to get it over with in less than an hour is a God gift.

I guess Hannah must have heard what my sister said the night before... :-).

Will try to get her pics on the blog next. Stay tuned!