The People June 19, 2008

none other than us

Me: Faizah aka 19thMayflower (preschool teacher)

Him: saufi aka Aero46 (technical officer)
     

Baby: Fateha (full time baby)

Me & Him: -known each other since 2005
                 -engaged end 2006
                 -married 20.07.2007
                 -conceived 4 days later

Baby: -EDD was April 16, ‘08
         -born 3 months early, Jan 9, ‘08 (extremely premature)
         -discharged from NICU on April 30, ‘08

my waterbag had burst at the end of my 25 weeks gestation period. we rushed to the hospital and i was admitted immediately. fateha only arrived 3 days later through normal vaginal delivery but in breech position, weighing only 0825 grams. it was a very traumatic birth because fateha’s head was stuck in the birth canal for more than 15 mins and when she was out, fateha didn’t breathe for about 5-10 mins. she had to be resuscitated and finally breathing on her own but very weak. she was wheeled into the NICU, from inside the incubator. we had no chance of holding her.

she spent 4 months in the NICU. there were loads of ups and downs while she was warded. she was diagnosed with ROP, IVH at stage 2, Chronic Lung Disease and Erb’s Palsy. the latter was discovered when we noticed that fateha’s right hand was rather droopy and she wasn’t moving it at all. so much different than her left hand, which was very active in waving and hitting air. a physiotherapist was called for and made in-charge of her 3 hourly therapy to get her right hand back into action. a splint was made for her so that the wrist would not droop. she needed a lot of oxygen to support her breathing. she finally started to breathe independently at 3 weeks before discharged and she weighed 2840 grams upon going home.

ok more about me (i’m sure you wanna know). i have been teaching for 8 years now. i’m in the early childhood line, helping the nation to mould young children for the future  i met my husband…hehehe…over at Friendster. yea, weird place to meet your soulmate. but it worked for us  here’s a list of my hobbies (yes, plenty of ‘em)

- scrapbooking
- drawing
- painting
- reading novels and mags
- writing some short stories
- blogging (of course!)

and many many many more! my taste of music ranges between rock, heavy metal, jazz and ballad. and i’m just so in love with JAZZ!!! and there’s one more thing that i just love. it’s the comments from the readers of my blog. i would like to hear what my readers have to say or think

come on…don’t be shy!