Tuesday, December 18, 2007

men and labour pains

haha. i have to write this down.

so my brother checked his wife in the hospital, yesterday at 9am. when i called, he told me calmly, "oh its nothing. she's laughing. the doctor just inserted this pill down under. and ohh. her mom is in here too!"

to my response, "did the doctor break her waterbag? and what? her mom in there too? so lucky?!"

a little information on my brother. he's a malaysian, works in Singapore, decided to buy a house in JB (without parents knowledge) and decided to marry his wife in less than 3 months of knowing each other.

and my brother also decided not to let his wife give birth in Singapore. which is silly to many of us for we can help her out surely, eventhough she doesn't fancy us. sigh.

that phonecall was at 11am. at 5pm, while i was cutting my nails and it was raining heavily, i decided to sms my brother, "so how many cm already open down under?"

he called me and this was how quirky the conversation was.

he: alah. aku kat rumah nie.

me: what the fuck u doing at home?

he: doctor suruh balik, relax.

me: ok. so how is she?

he: doctor taruk tu pill tadi pagi. sekarang tengah contraction tu ah. lambat lagi tu nak beranak. baru contractions. aku rasa esok beranak. sini 48hrs baru emergency caesarean. kau dulu 12hrs jek kan?

me: oit selenger. tu contractions da tanda nak beranak lah. kalau nak tunggu 48 jam mana ader energy nak push. tak baca buku ker? (confirm he didn't read up on labour process!!)

he: apa tu contractions? aku tgk dia relax je cam tak sakit.

me: hah...tu contractions punya sakit kan macam kau kena cerit berit memulas pastu takde jamban nak melepas. kena tahan tahan. tu baby kau kat dalam tgh memulas mulas perut bini kau. haha...(i think i melebih lah kan, just to thrill him!)

he: haha..gitu ke. oh. k lah bye.

i was surprised that he went home instead of being by his wife. if my husband did that, i surely nagged yelled at him "where is your head at?".

then at 11pm, mom called me. his wife would have to do the emergency caesarean. mom said my brother was in shocked, sad and clueless stage.

i called him. he hung up his phone. i understood he might be busy, rushing here and there, worrying and anticipating the new life. and that reminded me of how i was when my labour with littleboy.

my hubby did read the book, he said so. he was calm, telling me not to scream 'aahh' instead keep saying 'Ya Allah'. he even went for breakfast and prayed zohor and asar. i knew he was clueless, he said so too. while i was handling the contractions, i saw him sleeping and playing his psp and holding my hands.

his mom and sister were at the lobby, waiting anxiously. it would be great if the hospital allowed her to be in my labour ward. you know, woman and woman might help more.
then i watched him cried, as i cried upon hearing the bad news - emergency caesarean, and he cried further as i pleaded with the gynae and threw away the surgery forms. and i screamed for him when he had to transfer all our things to a ward a few storey up. it was like a hindustani movie lah.

he got busy, with the things, rushing back down to wheel me to OT, informing his mom and sister and welcoming his son, pushing him to nursery and making sure he's all fine and then came back down, waited for an hour to see me, all crashed. it was touching. and i knew he panic but he overcame it.

but with the arrival of babygirl, he was handy. he knew the procedure and went thru it like a pro. he didn't cry but he smile when he welcomed his daughter and wheeled her to nursery.

alright then, back to my brother's story. i called him back an hour later, and he answered.

me: how are u?

he: i'm okay.

me: how's your wife and your baby?

he: she's okay and baby is a girl and she's okay.

me: so how come caesarean?

he: she was in alot of pain. tu je aku tau. anyway she chose the half asleep one.

me: oh she took the epidural.

he: sini takde tu epidural.

me: eh tu epidural lah dol. anyway ur baby..cute tak?

he: (voice cheered up) yeah. 2.9kg, banyak rambut, mata dah celik tgk aku.

me: ahaha....congratulations. brapa hari stay hospital?

he: a'ah eh. ah bye. aku nak check dgn staff.

aka...rabak kan abang aku?! haha.. that's only my brother. and he finally has a daughter. i'm happy for him and we happy for him. I wonder what her name is.

i couldn't tag along to see them. so i am waiting for a photo snapped by dad's hp. mom is so cheeky. she said his daughter is prettier than mine. Chey!

oklah, nak pack and sleepover at my mom's crib. hubby burung hantu shift tonight. he's like sleeping everywhere now, on the bed then kena kicked out by the kids nap time and now he is on our sofa bed. kesian sungguh.

as for iqbal, haha u share the same birthday with my 4th niece. congratulations!

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