better now

We sent Aneesa for a blood test last night and after 3 days of ultra-violet photo therapy, the reading has decreased to 189, which is below the reference level 205. This means that Aneesa's bilirubin (that causes jaundice) is decreasing below the threshold level of 205. This may also mean that her liver is functioning better. The UV machine will be collected today, so no need for more therapy sessions. :)


















In another note, my special thanks to friends in Calgary for the well wishes - pheewit! I know you gals are happy for us and we really appreciate that. Oh yeah, if you want to send gifts, my address is... hehe... just kidding. ;)

More pictures to be posted soon; exciting and revealing ones... like how Aneesa looked right after she was delivered - still covered in mucus and some blood, the doctor and nurse in the labour room, etc.

Aneesa Farzana binti Wan Azrizul Azad

Our pride and joy! Still have traces of jaundice if you look carefully.

We had Aneesa's blood checked at the hospital and the reading was 247. Anything above 300 will warrant admission to the hospital. So we both decided to rent the UV photo-therapy machine to be used at home so that we can care for Aneesa personally. In fact, Yanti would be more comfortable at home, rather than the hospital.

It is the 3rd day that Aneesa is under the UV photo-therapy and we hope that her jaundice reading will decrease when we send her for the blood testing soon.

Lyana loves her little sister very much. She even know how to pronounce her sister's in her very own cute way... Aneesha. Hehe..















My cute girl @ "Komel".

Everytime Aneesa cries, she will run to her little sister and say, "Aneesha, don't cwy. Aneesha, don't cwy" while waving her fore finger or smoothing Aneesa's hair and then kissing her on the cheek. Aww...It's so touching.




















I'm so glad Lyana is not jealous of her sister and is taking it very well. What more can a parent ask for?

male @ female

In Biology class I learned that the father is the one who determines the gender of the child. Thus, I was thinking at current count, the presumption is...

Kamcheng Human Male 'Producers'
1. Mafiz = 2 boys
2. Telal = 2 boys

Kamcheng Human Female 'Producers'
1. Me = 2 girls
2. Edrin = 2 girls
3. Harris = 2 girls

Kamcheng Human Multi-Gender 'Producers'
1. Fiqar = 1 boy & 1 girl

Kamcheng Human Unconfirmed-Whether-Multi-Or-Single-Gender 'Producers'
1. Ibdil = 1 girl
2. Edrus = 1 boy
3. Jai = 1 girl

Kamcheng Human Awaiting-Production 'Producers'
1. Ezuan
2. Ikmal

Hehe.. Jangan marah ye. ;)

the wait is over

Alhamdulillah, the wait is over. Our little girl was born at 8.08am on the 11th of November 2005 at the Darul Ehsan Medical Center, Shah Alam. At delivery time she was 3.2kg, the same weight when Lyana Fareeha was born.

Our gift from Allah is named Aneesa Farzana, where "Aneesa" from the Arabic base word anees means cheerful or mesra while "Farzana" from the base word farzan means intelligent or bijak. We hope that Aneesa Farzana will have both qualities when we do'a for her everytime we call her name, Insya Allah.

I have some pictures taken with the normal camera but have not finished the negatives to develop them. I also recorded part of the childbirth. Will post some pictures soon.

Thank you very much for all your well wishes and contributions. I'm sure Allah will repay your kindness and sedeqah.

I gotta put this in writing so that I remember this in future. I think I have discovered why I sleep so much after every child delivery. The last time when Lyana was about to be born, during the last several nights I always find it hard to fall asleep so I played games on my computer to keep me occupied. Then, when Yanti said she was experiencing severe pain and ready to go the hospital at 4-something in the morning, I jumped straight into action. After the delivery, I slept for long periods in the hospital sofa and sometimes just on the floor, layered with my sleeping bag.

This time was the same - I couldn't sleep. So I kept myself busy doing the jigsaw puzzle until about 2.30am when Yanti said she wanted to go to the hospital. Several nights before that I was sleeping very late too, usually around 4.00am playing Final Fantasy X on the PS2.

After Aneesa's delivery, I slept away like a baby almost the whole day on 11 and 12 November. I remember Yanti saying to me, "Abang yang deliver ke Yang (Yanti) yang deliver? Abang ni asyik tido aje."

Hehehe. "Sorry Yang, abang penat jaga malam... Gubra!" ;)



















Yanti, 5 days before delivering Aneesa.

gubra

Anxiety is all over me now because Yanti is due to deliver tomorrow and no major signs of 'delivery activity' is showing.

Hmm... wait.... wait.... wait....