Nazia and Mohasin 's family blog

Welcoming Ayman!

2010-05-02T23:43:00.001+05:30

I know its a bit late! But better late than never.

Nazia delivered a healthy boy baby on March 6th at 1.23PM Indian Standard Time at Apollo First Med, Chennai.

The baby was weighing 3.10 Kgs at the time of delivery.

This time around, the delivery of the new baby was less dramatic compared to Ahyaan's delivery.

I guess we were experienced and we did know what to expect. Nazia really was prepared this time around. The doctor suggested that we go for a C-Section as the chances of a normal delivery were not high.

So it was planned and I got Nazia admitted on a Saturday (March 6th, 2010). In fact, I left Nazia alone in the hospital and had not returned until an hour before the operation.

Now, it was not my intention to leave Nazia alone. Lot of things were different this time around. We had Ahyaan with us. He was the center of our world and all our love and affection was towards him.

We were really worried about hinting Ahyaan that were going to spend a good deal of our time towards Ayman. So we had decided that I will spend a good deal of my time, during and after the delivery with Ahyaan, while Nazia will take care of Ayman.

So, coming back to the delivery, I came back with my Mom and my in-laws in the noon just before the operation.

I did experience the same kind of anxiety when Nazia entered the operation theater, as I had noticed during Ahyaan's delivery. But I was a bit more relaxed and I was really confident that things will be fine.

After few minutes, the sister came outside carry Ayman. It was a happy moment for all of us and especially for me and Nazia. Parents of two boys (two naughty boys.. our guess).

What was different in Ayman's case was that, I saw him immediately after the operation, unlike Ahyaan where they took him directly to the neo natal ward.

Also, Ayman was really looking like a new baby. Ahyaan wasn't looking the same, he was looking a bit mature.

By God's grace, everything went fine and has been fine until now.

We name our second baby "Syed Ayman". Ayman meaning Lucky.

We now have two stars in our world - Ahyaan and Ayman. We have plenty of fun-filled and happy moments ahead of us. Nazia and I are really looking forward to it :)

Getting ready to invite a new member! :)

2010-02-22T01:23:00.003+05:30

While I have been very very lazy in updating my family blog, I din't want to miss writing the action associated with inviting a new member to our family.

That's right.. Nazia and myself are expecting our second kid :)

I guess its a matter of week and plus/minus few days and our second kid should have arrived in this world.

We are anxiously waiting to see our second kid and experience couple of more years of enjoying parenting a toddler. But more important, to enjoy see how well both our kids get along.

Ahyaan is 3.5 years old now and he is grown up enough to realize that he is expecting his younger sibling in couple of weeks/days. He has been excited as well.

We are trying to make sure we don't lose focus of Ahyaan while pampering this new born. Both are going to be equally important in our lives and we want both our kids to enjoy life and their time with us independently and at the same time we hope they also enjoy their time with each other as well.

Will post again as we make any significant progress :)

Fresh to School...

2008-06-05T16:38:00.004+05:30

Inside Out: Ahyaan was excited about the new place...with many things to play around in the outdoor play area. He was observing the kids play and cry and roam around. He started exploring the place and wanted to play more with the beach sand and play set, when one of the teacher's had come to take all the kids in for the rhymes session. Moms had to accompany their kids there and i was beaming with pride ;-) but Mohasin had to stay back in the car:-)
In the Classroom: There he sat on the chair with his bag tightly held around his little arms and was gazing at the cartoons painted on the classroom wall. All of a sudden there was a big shriek n cry of the very smallest kiddo in the class and as expected all the other smiles waded too. They looked as if grief struck them and have been burdened by all sorrows of the world:-(
Slowly all calmed down and started to dance to the tunes of the rhymes. Interesting was when Ahu went to few kids and extended his hand for a cute HELLO, all by himself !!!
Back home: On our way home, he was describing to Mohasin on the things he saw and snacks he had. He was describing all this with his own chweet words and incomplete, struggled and formed sentences...may be all this would be difficult to hear in future when he grows up.
My baby's new beginning is all worth mentioning and sharing !!!

A New Beginning !!!

2008-06-04T15:39:00.003+05:30

This is the first time i am blogging here ... though Mohasin expects me to blog on Ahyaan's growth and development phases :-)
I have a good update this time. Yes, Ahu is joining a play school tomorrow. I know he is too small (just 22 months) but he feels lonely at home with me away at work and none to play. I am curious to know as how his reaction would be, on watching other kids cry and hue :-(
For this week we would need to stay back with Ahu at his new school just to make him feel comfortable. Hope he gets used to this new life. Wish my dear baby a bright new future !!!
- Nazia...

Happy B'day to my darling wife

2007-12-06T22:51:00.000+05:30

Nazia is celebrating her birthday today. Nazia and myself had stayed back at my in-laws place yesterday. We (Nazia's family and myself) had surprised Nazia with a cake exactly at 12.00AM of Dec 6th, 2007. We sang the b'day song while Nazia cut the cake. I gave her two greeting cards (one of my behalf and the second on behalf of Ahu :)).

Nazia was tied up the whole day at office. In the evening, She took us all (her family and my family) for a dinner at a restaurant called Sea Shell here in Anna Nagar.

It was great and we had a great time.

After a very long time!!

2007-09-16T23:37:00.001+05:30

Its been more than a year since I last posted any messages in this blog.

Was expecting Nazia to post something on this blog while I was procrastinating.

Things have changed so much after Ahu (its how we call Ahyaan at home).

Luckily, Nazia is maintaining Ahyaan's photos religiously in picasaweb. One set of photos is maintained in my picasaweb album and other set of photos are maintained in Nazia's google picasa album.

Ahyaan has become very naughty and keeps babbling a lot. He is walking (which is an understatement.. he is running) a lot nowadays and knows how to climb a chair or sofa.

Ahu's favorite songs are the ones from Disney's Mickey Mouse Clubhouse cartoon show. He gives a broad smile and starts dancing tapping his feet on the ground.

Off late, I've become very busy and I am unable to spend time with him.

I want to capture all the sweet things that Ahu does on this blog. Hoping to regularly update my family blog. Lets see!!.

Finally!! here are the photos

2006-09-04T15:13:00.000+05:30

Okay, so here are some of the first snaps that we took. By the way, we were prohibited by the old folks in our families to take any snaps of the kid (they have a supersition that it would rob the charm from the kid's face.. don't laugh). Now since that restriction was over after the first 40 days (don't ask me about this calculation of first 40 days :) ), we have never stopped taking his snaps since then.

The guy is smiling!! :)

Do you see the big mole below his chin!!

Hmm.. I don't know what this look means

Its a HE !!!

2006-08-06T03:14:00.000+05:30

Yes, finally the suspense is over!!. Nazia delivered a healthy baby boy on July 15th, Saturday at 6.31PM

The doctor had asked Nazia to get admitted in FistMed hospital near kilpauk on July 15th morning. Doctor was still doubtful of a normal delivery, but still she wanted to attempt an normal delivery.

Nazia was given medicines to induce pain. Also she was given an IV (drip) of glucose to induce pain. As expected, the pains started in a short while. My God, I was dead scared to hear her cry in pain. Unfortunately for us, the room given was next to the delivery room. We (Nazia and myself) could hear the screams of a lady who was undergoing a normal delivery and that scared us a lot.

All the while from morning myself and Tahseen (my sis-in-law) were near her by turns. My mom being a doctor was visiting Nazia's room every now and then. We had to keep Nazia's mom from coming inside because she could not tolerate her daughter undergoing the misery. Neither could I. I was also near in tears to tell frankly. But I had to keep my cool and give Nazia all the courage.

My mom, Tahseen and myself were taking turns to give Nazia a massage in her back to soothe her pain.

Finally, by evening the pain had become more intolerable and doctor appeared to tell us that the amniotic fluid surrounding the kid had turned green which indicated that the baby was under stress and that Nazia had to undergo an emergency C-section operation.

I was hell worried about both the kid and the mom. All kinds of bad thoughts were running in my mind that time and all kinds of "what if.." questions began to emerge. All this led to a horrible mental state which made me carzy. I was also feeling guilty for some reason.

Now all that I wished was that Nazia be operated immediately. We had a new problem at hand. An other normal delivery which was underway in the delivery room had gone wrong and the lady had to be rushed into the operation theatre (OT) for a C-section. This meant we had to wait for 30 more minutes. But I was furious at the doctors and the hospital.. what happened to other OTs ??..

Finally the OT was free and Nazia was rushed for a C-section. The wait outside the OT was one looonnnggg wait. Though the operation was for only 30 minutes.. it seems like 30 days for me. I was totally tense and I wasn't here mentally. Though people were talking to me and I was hearing them, I never really understood what people around me were saying. I was praying God for the safety and both the mom and the kid.

The OT was in the 2nd floor and we were not allowed by the security to stand in that floor. So we had moved down to the 1st floor. I guess I would have peeped every 10 seconds from the 1st floor to see the OT doors.. to see if some activity was going on.

Tahseen and some other relatives were still in the 3 rd floor labour ward waiting in our room. Someone had to look after our belongings. When we were desperately waiting, Tahseen came running down with a smile. Now I was not sure why she was smiling. I reasoned that nothing should have happened because I was keeping a watch on the OT door.

She was hyper and in total delight and informed us that a sister had taken a new born with her and if it was our kid. I said no way and told her that I had been keeping a watch on the doors. She went back to check again. And this time her smile was confident.. and I was relieved that she was confident. She told us that it was my kid.. man I was on top of the world.. I had a mixture of feelings :).

Immediately everyone rushed to 3rd floor to see our darling. I was still not out of the mental stress and was still waiting to hear about Nazia's health. Shortly, I was told that the mother was doing fine. Was thanking God.. and immediately went to 3rd floor to see my kid.

Before I could see my kid, the Neo-natal (new born kids section is called neo-natal) ward sister gave me a slip and asked me to get a seperate admission for my kid. Man... I was looking to see if anyone can do this for me. With no one around I had to go down to get this done. It took around 15 mins to get the admit card for my kid. All the while I was so sure that a daughter was born (Not that I dint like a boy, but probably influenced by the fact that both my brothers' kids were girls). Man I was a proud father with all smiles in my face :).

Then I rushed back again to the 3rd floor neo-natal ward to give the admit card and see my kiddo. As I neared the ward, I could see all my relatives crowding the ward enterance. As I neared I could see my parents and in-laws having a wide smile. And my mom was even crying with joy. As I neared.. from the crowd I could see the neo-natal ward sister holding a pinkish new born baby. My cousin sister (Tabassum aapa) told me that I was boy. I was very surprised and was damn happy to see him :))) and now the smiles were ten-fold.

Everyone showed to me a 25 paise coin sized black mole under his chin. I was told that I was lucky for the kid to have such a big sized black mole. I din't care. The black mole was just beautiful and I was admiring it.

This is one moment which guys should undergo to enjoy the mixture of feelings you happen to have on seeing your next generation.

In a shortwhile I was asked to come to the recovery room to see Nazia. She was healthy and recovering from the drugs.

This guy has been the centre of attraction for all of us and especially for Nazia and myself. Its a symbol of our love. We have named him Syed Ahyaan, Ahyaan meaning Gift of God :).

Is she a HE or he a SHE ?

2006-06-11T23:04:00.000+05:30

These are some wonderful moments for both the mom-to-be and dad-to-be, filled with lots of exitement, happiness and expectations. So we thought it would be a good idea to keep blogging all these moments which we can cherish later on.

Right now, we are in search of a unique name for our unique kiddo. We have gone through lots of names on the net and have shortlisted some of them. There are still more names to go.

There is also lot of exitement as to wheather we are going to have a girl or boy baby ? Guess we would have to wait for a month more (for the D-day) to know this. So as of now, we use both the male and female gender to address him.. i mean her.. i mean him.. Oops :-)