It has already been 45 days since our baby was born. Sitting beside Diyana in the labor room during delivery really opened my eyes on how tough women can be and at the same time…on how lucky I was to be born as a man!
When I got hold of my little baby for the first time, I really felt like crying! And when it was time for me to recite the Azan, I was totally blown away and forgot almost everything including what I was supposed to do while holding this baby, because Miki was so skinny I could clearly see the shape of his skull. I was so worried looking at the shape of his head, all I could do was stand there in front of Diyana staring at my baby’s head until the midwife told me that it was quite normal. She must have read my mine.Phew…
Thank God after that I could smoothly recite the Azan softly to my baby’s ears and completed the task that had been a dilemma to me since the previous month.
After Miki was safely born, it was the first time I see a placenta or uri. It was totally different than what I thought it would be. It’s quite big. About the size of cappati and full of blood!! Aiyaaaaa…
Once I received the placenta (uri) from the hospital,I drove home and put it in the freezer. I planned to bury it in the next morning. I thought putting it in the freezer was a good move but I guess I was totally wrong because after that, everyone kept blaming me because according to them..that was the reason why my baby keeps sneezing!! Oh yeah!… I forgot that nothing should be taken lightly when it comes to our culture that is full of taboos and pantang larang.
Before I could bury the placenta, it had to be cleaned first with tamarind and salt. Sounds easy but trust me it is not like what you think. It took me almost 1 hour to clean it but the blood still didn’t stop flowing from the placenta. So,I gave up! Following my mother in law’s advice, I wrapped the placenta with white cloth and ready to bury it in front of our house. But then again, based on our cultural believe, it has to be buried with stuff such as nails, a book or pencil. Though I am not the kind of people that believe in superstitions but I enjoyed following all of the old folk’s advice since it has been a part of my Malay culture that I would love to preserve.
So, I chose to bury it with a book and pencil. However, to make it more technological, I put mechanical pencil instead. Hehe. So, around 10pm at the same day, I buried the placenta in front of our house in about half feet deep because the again some people say that don’t bury it too deep for what ever reason. I don’t know..
A week after that when we have gone back to our hometown, every old man and woman that came to visit us would ask about who had buried the placenta because it is actually very important in our culture ( that I never know..hehehe ). Even my grandmother told me the story about the placenta. She actually referred to it as my baby’s twin. It is very very interesting that maybe I would write about it one day.
However, what makes me really happy is that, every elderly folks that come to see my baby said that I had done a good job by just looking at the baby’s face.
Oh yeah… I guess it means that… I have successfully passed my first task to become a good dad!!..Haha!
Di:
Once again, congratulations to both u and Azman 🙂 It’s really sweet to read about a firstborn experience from the perspective of a man 😉
p/s: kenapa kene tanam uri dengan buku & pensel? 😕
azman,after becoming a dad ur entries have become really different…more on life instead of ur technology stuff 🙂
good luck to the both of you…
diyana,you look hot already!
take care!
Uuu..Uu..uri sebesar capati!! tapi kalo tanam ngan laptop tak muat tanah kat depan umah tu..ahhh kepeh kepeh kepeh =P
Well done Azman!! That is just the first small step that you’ll have to take. May all the steps you’ll have to make will be as smoothly as this.
Congrats again to both of you!!! Muah!!
P/S: Hang gi kaitkan cappati ngan blood?? eeeuuuu…uhuhuhu
awww..
congratulations daddy!
hmm, a mechanical pencil.
cool!
Carneyz,
Entah lah kenapa kena tanam dgn pensel dan buku. Tanya Iena, hari tu dia ada komen kat pos saya yg lepas suruh tanam dgn benda2 tu. Hehe
Farah;
Tak best ke post saya pasal technology stuff??.. post ni takde ciri2 teknologi ke?
Nize;
Betul tu..tanah tak cukup la kalu tanam laptop sekali.
Iena;
Tapi…memang sebesar capati ..kuikui..
Dona;
Mechanical pencil baru ngam!! Sbb saya ni study mechanical..hehe
huhuhu…
congrats guys!!!
but aku takkan lopa peristiwa di bilik hospital masa kami mai melawat ok.. hehehe
anyway, no doubt that we are blessed with lots of pantang larang…
ada i heard from this org kampung kata yg kalau nak anak pompuan laku, tanam kat tepi jalan… mmg aku gelak gila but then i stopped bila i realised cam nak kata kata kat aku je tu… siot tol…
anyway, baguihla pensel mekanik… awat tak letak henpon skali uhuhu
semoga miki cepat2 membesaq supaya blh aku dokong dia dgn konpiden heheh
man, aku lega hang tak recite takbir raya kat telinga miki hak hak hak…errrrr…sapakah wanita yg gundu di sebalik azman di dalam gambar ini? setahu aku, kalau itu diyana, dia bersaiz kecil sedikit……(ayat hangit!!!!! heh heh heh)
Azman telah azan dengan sangat merdu walaupun outfit nya pada ketika itu kurang sesuai (baju superman)… sangatlah bangga diriku dengan suamiku itu..ehehe!
bani, blah la lu!
carneyz,farah, kak Iena, thanks!!!!
ku ingatkan, si azman yg memuji dirinya sendiri. rupanya sang isteri yg lupa tukar nama….duhai isteri azman. anda nampak gayanya terpaksalah berusaha dengan keras untuk memastikan keadaan kembali asal heh heh heh…tapi, kalau sang suami dah ok dengan keadaan sang isteri sekarang…nampak gayanya, sang isteri terpaksalah redha hak hak hak…
tadi2 aku komen tanpa melihat gamabq2…
lepas rindu tgk gambaq sengai hang…
and azman chan nampak syahd merenung anaknya itu…
it must have been the most touching moments 4 u kan, azman chan??
congrats!!!luth mikael sgt comel…
semoga Luth menjadi ARSENAL fan suatu ari nnt!!oooopss….jgn mara azman!heheh…
Di:
Don’t mind Bani. U look great! Tak nampak berisi pon 😉 hehe. as my Suami Terchenta likes to say, *second thot* err, never mind what he says 😀
Anyway, baru tahu kenapa kena tanam dengan pensel & buku. Supaya anak jadi pandai kan? My friend kata, kalau mahu lagi pandai, tanam dengan buku add maths takpon kamus Oxford. Hahaha! Brilliant! Laptop pun boleh jugak, tapi agak mahal kan. Lebih baik tanam dengan tabung duit. Ngehngehngeh!
Yeaaayyyy Diyana dah balik! Diyana dah balik! Which means soon I won’t be laughing alone on my own jokes at my cubicle. I’ll have my crazy wacky momma back muahahahahahahahahahahaha!
And I have to say you look way better with some ‘isi’ on your body. Hey you gotta look curvy wurvy to match those delicious eh…..I mean big milk producing boobies yes?
Eh bila nak bawak Micky to the office? That day the ‘beyatch’ (you know who) was telling me that I should not buy expensive stuff like McLaren stroller for my baby. Eeeeehh suka hati aku la nak beli apa. Bukan aku ambik duit kau pun.
apa masalah beyatch tu frankie? hang beli je yatch utk baby hang…abes citer…hak hak hak
oh, this post is so touching and heartwarming 😀 thanks for sharing. my malay friend once told me that there is a different meaning if you bury the placenta at the back of your house instead of the front. have you heard? i think it has something to do with the sex of your next baby 😀