Eid Mubaraq!

Hi, i will like to wish everyone in Nigeria, Saudi and the whole world a wonderful and splendid Eid. Normally on Eid, we cook a feast but for some reason,this time around, i did not feel like doing a lot of cooking.
A quick recap of the day, studied all night then prayed fajr, started cooking, finished cooking, watched John Q on MBC4, Mr came back from night duty at the Hospital informed me that he's on duty again at 3pm, served his food, took the ice cream he bought for me, the whole family slept, was woken up by a call from Nigeria(bro in law wanted to skype). Spoke to Mr's family on Skype, got dressed to take family pictures, Mr left for work and I am here right using my social media hour before i start studying again.How was your Eid? 
 I leave you with pictures of me and my family!

my sweet lil Zahir!

Zahir & Daddy!

Me!

Me closeup!

Me full length!

My Traditional Nigerian Wedding Day Picture!

A brief introduction about me, my name is Bilkis, i am a Nigerian currently living in Saudi with my husband(a medical doctor) and my son(born in March, 2012). I am a Lawyer turned full housewife turned blogger you can check out my fashion blog here. Here is a picture of me and my husband on our traditional wedding day

Here is another one!

Stay tuned for more about me pictures.Bye!

New Beginning!

It's a new beginning for my blog. From now on my blog will be random, meaning i will write about anything that comes to my mind as a Nigerian living in Saudi. I will try to identify the similarities/differences between the two countries. For example being a wife, raising a child and other aspects of my life.
Basically, my journey as a new mom living in a new country will be documented here.

THE PAST THREE MONTHS!!!

I have been away from this blog for the past 3 months and a lot of things has happened,in June, we visited Nigeria where Zahir got to meet all his family members for the first time, we also attended my bro-in-law's wedding ceremony and I was supposed to write my Chartered Secretary's qualification exams
(which I missed). We had lots of fun and we were spoilt silly by everyone. We came back to Saudi Arabia a day before ramadan started, we also met a lovely Nigerian family with whom we have become quite close, we ve visited them twice and they also came over to visit and brought us some Nigerian foods that I thought we couldn't find here.
Zahir recently turned 6 month on the 3rd of september and that made me realize how fast he is growing up and how slow I was in updating this blog so I decided to make a quick post about his recent achievements. So here we go:
He can now say babababa which you keep saying over and over again
He can roll over both ways
He just recently discovered your toes
He scoot backwards instead of crawling forward
He just started his own little adult food( which he totally hates)
And a lot of other things
Also, he loves watching Tom n Jerry and being read to.
He loves being held by his daddy
He loves when we hang out with other people.
These are stuffs that my blogger blocked brain can come up with for now.
PS: I had to take down the pictures from my blog because of some issues with some bloggers using other people contents without permission,since most of my pictures are personal and they are not signed,I decided to remove them not use pictures again

HAPPY CHILDREN'S DAY TO ZAHIR!!!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!

So this year, my humble self, joined the league of mothers and it sure feels great to know that very soon Zahir will open his mouth and call me 'mummy'.
Dear Zahir, now you recognize me, my face, my smell and my voice and it gives me so much joy when I see the happiness on your face anytime you see me( even if it is "my milk factory is here" that is going through  your mind)


Yesterday you turned around, from your stomach to your back, for the first time.All these your firsts i.e first smile, first turning around, first laughing out loud just proves to me that I am doing things right as a mother.
Thanks for making me experience this journey called motherhood through you because now I sure love, respect and appreciate my own mother more.
I pray that we get to celebrate many more years of mother's day together eventhough, a mother should be celebrated everyday.
I love u my dearest lil Bubba!!!

To my mum, thanks for being you and loving me unconditionally.
To all other mums out there, keep doing the world's greatest job!!!

ZAHiR'S BIRTH STORY (PART 2)

I sat on the chair thinking of what to do, then about 10mins later, I heard Femi come in, apparently, he also had a change of mind about waiting till 8 pm, so he left the office.Immediately, I took a shower, checked my hospital bag and we were on our way to the hospital,by the time we got downstairs, I had stopped feeling any pain but we still proceeded.

When we got to the Labor ward,I was checked for dilation and effacement and I was still at 1 cm,then the Dr did a scan and she asked if I knew the sex of the baby(I said NO). My urine and blood sample  was sent downstairs to the Lab, then I was hooked to a fetal monitor while a drip was also set up,by that time, I was scared, so i asked what was going on when Femi was told to go and buy as many bottle of fruit juice as possible for me to drink. The Dr asked if I felt the baby move that day as much as i used to,I said no but I felt him move on our way to the hospital after I ate banana and drank water.She told me that i had low blood sugar, so I need to drink as much sugary juice as possible( I was thinking whao,I finished a large pack of chocolate 2 days ago). 

I finished the drip, fetal monitor result showed baby was ok and Lab result came out good.The doctor said it is definitely labor and asked if I wanted to be admitted or I will like to go home to progress.She also said I should tell Femi that we might end up having a csection(I rejected it) and said I will go home.Femi dropped me off at home then went back to resume his duty at work till 11 pm.As per the advise that I was given to walk up and down in order for labor to progress,I started pacing around the house and that was when the nasty pain started, by the time Femi came home, I was in tears but I refused to go back to the hospital( because I didn't want a csection)

Femi went to sleep and I was left alone with the excruciating pains,I can't count how many showers I took, some helped and others just made the pain worse. Occasionally, I will wake Femi to massage my back,by 3 am on Saturday morning,the pain was like 5-7mins apart and getting worse,that was when Femi suggested that we should go back to the hospital and I agreed.

When we got to the hospital this time around, I could not walk to the L&D ward so I was carried in a wheel chair by a nice Phillipino nurse.I was checked for dilation and I had only progressed to 2cm, the Specialist (Dr Poonam) was called and I was given another drip, when Dr Poonam came at about 4:30am she did a scan and saw when I was contracting(she said the contraction was too strong) then she checked again for dilation, I was only 3cm dilated.Then she explained that the baby is very big,that with the contractions I was having,I am supposed to start pushing the baby out but there was no space for baby to make the descent down the birth canal and if we wait further, the baby might go into fetal distress( fetal what??? Tu fi akwa) so the baby will be brought out via surgery meaning a Cesarian Section!!!!

I busted in tears cos my biggest fear just came true but then again I thought the baby's wellbeing is what matters so I gave Femi my consent and he signed the papers.

I was formally admitted to the hospital, I changed into a hospital gown, catheter was inserted( to pass urine) and by 5:50am I was wheeled into the Operation room, where Dr Poonam and the Anesthetist were waiting,I was given oxygen to inhale,I took 2 deep breaths and the last thing I remember was another contraction before I fell unconscious.

And my baby was brought into this world at exactly 6:00am on 3rd of March 2012, weighing 4.195kg, 21 inches in height and scoring 10/10 in his APGAR test!!!!!

P.S: Stay tuned for the post on my post delivery/Saudi hospital experience and my journey to recovery after being cut in half!!!