12.44am Thursday 02 January 2014
Just texted my 1st born to wish him Happy Birthday...
Fourty years ago, he was borned at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital in Johor Baharu. To be exact, it was 12.59am 02.01.1974.
As he was due on the 29th December 1973, hubby got me admitted earlier because we were inexperient n not willing to risk rushing when the labour started....
Being admitted early was not really a good idea.. I had to endure the screaming n wailing of women who could not endure the pain. I remembered cryng silently during the night.
Come January 1st 1974, there was no sign of of him wanting to see the world... So the doctor induced my labour. Clad in hubby's blue pajamas top, I endured the excruciating pain for many hours. The nurse gave me an injection to lessen the pain, I guessed... Finally, Syukur Alhamdulillah he arrived. He has my look n I did not need the name tag to recognise that he is mine.
The parents of a baby girl born on the same day, took a picture of me holding my bundle of joy.... And that is the only picture I had with him in the hospital.
He had jaundice. So we had to stay back a few extra days. I had to sun him every morning....
Then we brought him home n began the journey of bringing him up....
