Self Healing
Episode 40 Second Daughter

Azzahra Shikufah is the name I gave to my daughter, which means blossoming flower. I hope he will be the one who is always missed and awaited like a flower that blooms.

The birth of my second daughter was very different from the first. The doctors and midwives at Awassuka Hospital are very friendly and familiar even like family, even though I only checked my womb in the last 2 months of my pregnancy.

This daughter of mine is also very different from my first daughter, Icha. If at birth Icha's skin was very red and there was no praise for how cute and adorable she was, but this time there were a lot of compliments I heard about my second baby.

"Well, it's like her mother!" said dr. Nesya when checking my condition postpartum.

"Alhamdulillah yes, Doc, just like the end, too" I said.

"Oiya Doc, when can I go home?"

"Ah you just stay up doang, easy it is. The problem is that if the delivery is normal for 3 days, now Friday means Sunday can go home."

"Oiya, has the ASI come out yet?"

"It's Doc."

"Alhamdulillah, then immediately ASI yes. Hmm like already, the contractions of the uterus are normal, if there will be a complaint of the doorbell just, yes," said dr. Nesya when she ended her examination.

Meanwhile, the, Tyo who took his maternity leave remained near me from the beginning of labor until I was transferred to the usual care room and he was currently engrossed in looking at Ara with Icha sitting on his lap.

A very beautiful sight, seeing her smiling happily with our two daughters. Then he turned his face towards me and smiled back as if this was the most beautiful moment he ever had.

Then Tyo came over and kissed me on the forehead, "Thank you, baby," he said.

I answered him with a smile too.

At that time I was very happy and believed that our move to Batam was the beginning of our success and happiness in the future.

In the afternoon, I get a visit from Retno's family, Tyo's only sister. They also scramble to capture the moment with Ara and Icha.

"The baby's a Chinese kayak, white, bullet!" mbak Retno.

"Yes, thank God, where is China from?"

"From his mother, the same who and mbah oko, tuh who has a Chinese face," joked mbak Retno.

"Hmm, but his per-China father is not relegated to his children yes, but his Indian mother nempel in four children," I said.

"Tock four, are we five?"

"Mas Mukti is different, Ma'am."

"Oiya, really. He is different himself. Whose nickname is it?" ask mbak Retno.

"Ara, it means different from the original name, but Ara has a good meaning, which is a refuge, if in Japanese, Ara means a calm atmosphere."

"Hopefully, Ara will be a protector to her mother and her siblings" said Retno, who prayed for our little daughter.

"Mom, please sit here" said the nurse who came in pushing a wheelchair.

"What's up, Ma'am? Did I just go up to the seventh floor?" many confused.

"It's a procedure, ma'am. Every patient who checks in and checks out will be escorted using a wheelchair."

I looked at Tyo who was smiling at me and then explained, "That's the rule. Go up, it's good to just sit down."

"Hmm okay, but this is weird."

The nurse pushed me to my room on the seventh floor. Arriving at the room, Icha was already very impatient to see her sister.

"Mom, put it here, I want to see!" pinta Icha while patting the mattress where he sat.

I put Ara beside Icha slowly.

"Be careful yes, it can be held or eluted, but do not pinch, later Ara can cry," I said.

Being a new mother for the second time, makes me more relaxed by armed with previous experiences. Moreover, this time I had no problems with my ASI, so I was much calmer than when giving birth to Icha

Then, even when I took the easiest way, by following my mother's proposal.

My parents have returned to Jakarta, according to the schedule listed on the ticket, which is on the second day after I gave birth. Therefore, the mother proposed that Ara aqiqah event be conducted in Jakarta.

"The strength of Ara later in Jakarta, his mother Tyo had also called, if you want to come home to help Ara's strength event.

However, Tyo has also planned to distribute rice boxes to be distributed to doctors, nurses and security officers at this hospital.

The days passed, my two daughters grew normally and healthy, even Ara's growth was on a line above normal. There is a funny thing happened in the development process of Ara, where he was lazy to walk for 7th floor, until one time we will travel for a vacation in Jakarta, Jakarta, by the time he was 11 months old.

As usual I carried her in a front sling, while Tyo held Icha while we were at the airport. After we finished checking in, we headed straight to the waiting room.

"Ra, come down, you're heavy. The road itself while the mother is holding, yes," I said while lowering it.

A moment after I lowered it without releasing the sling from his body, he suddenly walked on his own without me holding it.

"Dude, Ara...."

"Yes, Ara...."

We were both surprised by Ara's progress and let her walk on her own, as well as when we entered the plane.

The sight of Ara walking alone still wearing a sling attached to his body invited many other passengers attention. Moreover, Ara is a very adorable toddler with a round body and chubby cheeks.

In addition, Icha and Ara often wear hijabs, so they have stolen the attention of other passengers and cabin crew.