Alhamdulillah, I still remember the day when my husband texted me from work, 'Sayaaang..I have a surprise for you!' I read that message with mixed feelings of anticipation and apprehension. Could it be...? Earlier that day my urine sample was taken for some tests as I was having few-days symptoms of urinary tract infection (UTI); dysuria (pain on passing water), urgency and frequency. Later when he returned home from work and handed me that piece of paper, only then I found out what the surprise was all about:
Subhanallah...
It turned out that along with the urine culture & sensitivity test (C&S), husband also sent the urine sample for urine pregnancy test (UPT) - which turned out to be positive! :')
سَجَدَ وَجْهِي لِلَّذِي خَلَقَهُ، وَشَقَّ سَمْعَهُ وَبَصَرَهُ بِحَوْلِهِ وَقُوَّتِهِ، فَتَبَارَكَ اللَّهُ أَحْسَنُ الْخَالِقِينَ
“I have prostrated my face to the One Who created it, and brought forth its hearing and seeing by His Might and Power, blessed be Allah the Best of Creators.”
Alhamdulillah, this happy news was discovered at about 4 weeks after our solemnisation, a precious rizq (provision) by Allah that were given early and mostly welcomed in our marriage. Allah is indeed the Best of Planner. Before getting married, we both thought that we might have wanted to wait for at least a year before going to having a child. This was owing to the fact that I was only about to start with busy working life, which might need sometimes to get used to. But again, Allah is the Best of Planner. Soon as we got married, the natural feeling of wanting to have a child overwhelmed, and all other worries just disappeared. And inshaAllah, with Him always by our sides, we believe that He will not burden us with anything greater than we can bear :)
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| The first ultrasound scan with 'Tok Ummi' at 5 weeks ;) |
We broke the news to siblings and cousins after the first ultrasound session back in KL. Alhamdulillah it was received with much joy and excitement by everyone as this baby is going to be the first grandchild, and the first member of the next generation on both of our sides. Mak couldn't hide her excitement when she told us about her research about the nicknames for grandmothers - one including 'Jeddah' ;) But eventually she might just settled with 'Tok' - and 'Tok Haji' for Abah, 'Tok Ayah' for my Abah, and 'Tok Ummi' for Ummi. To add to the amusement, hubby's third and fourth sisters had been fighting over the title 'Makteh' ever since. I'm not entirely sure why, but hubby said their current Makteh now is a rich and glamorous person, so they were kind of inspired by that name. Haha. As for us, we will go with 'Ummi' & 'Abi' for our future children to call us, inshaAllah.
Other than the title frenzy, everyone are also very much hoping for the baby to be a boy. The reason being that hubby and me has only one brother in our siblings (out of 5 and 4 respectively), and the majority that makes up hubby's close-knitted cousins are girls. Therefore a new member of the XY clan would be exciting. But it doesn't matter for us the parent whether the baby is a girl or a boy, as long as he/she is always well, healthy, and soleh, inshaAllah :)
Other than the title frenzy, everyone are also very much hoping for the baby to be a boy. The reason being that hubby and me has only one brother in our siblings (out of 5 and 4 respectively), and the majority that makes up hubby's close-knitted cousins are girls. Therefore a new member of the XY clan would be exciting. But it doesn't matter for us the parent whether the baby is a girl or a boy, as long as he/she is always well, healthy, and soleh, inshaAllah :)
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