The Talak End
Bereft

The last three months, I didn't see Riana coming to the office. Last I saw, her stomach was already bloated, and maybe now it was time to give birth.

During that time Gibran did not decide his efforts to always persuade me back to him.

"My heart is still the same Farah, still loves you very much. I want us to go back to what we used to be and live happily" Gibran looked at me expectantly.

"Sorry brother, I'm comfortable in solitude. Besides, Gib's sister already has Riana, no need to chase after me like that, brother, there's your wife who can give you anything she wants."

Gibran shook his head, "I need you more Farah. I miss you so much" Gibran's eyes glazed over.

I felt real pity, but if I remember the painful events, I couldn't seem to look at Gibran.

My disappointment in you is too great to close my heart to you.

I closed my eyes trying to cast off the shadow of the dark times that left me smashed to pieces. And I tried to give Gibran the sense that I was just his past that he had to forget, while there was Riana, his wife that he had to think about.

I left Gibran in front of the elevator alone. I want to see Dimas in his room.

"Sir Dim.." Call me soft, my chest is so tight that it makes it hard to breathe.

My eyes reddened full of water, Dimas who understood that immediately gave me a glass of drinking water that was in his room.

"Aren't you papa, Farah?" I asked quite panicked. I just nodded slowly and sat on the sofa. I hid my face. I sobbed in silence. I don't understand why with my heart, when I talk to Gibran, the shadow of the past appears. I don't want to remember it, I want to forget that bad time, the time that made me cry every second.

"Calm down!" Two words but enough to make me feel comfortable and calm. Dimas, your words are not much, but having a lot of magic that makes me silent instantly stops my crying.

I told Dimas about what just happened.

And Dimas always gave me some tips that always made me feel at ease. I came out of Dimas' room, all of a sudden..

"Sorry ma'am, is there a Gibranya sir?" Mr. Amin is looking for Gibran.

"In the room sir, why is Mr. Amin so bored?"

"Yes ma'am, Riana's mother wants to give birth, and Mr. Gibran even hard to contact," he replied and I just oh ria responded to him.

"Just the room sir!" I left Mr. Amin.

I returned to my cubicle with mixed feelings.

***

Riana was taken to the hospital by Mama Rita. Gibran who had just received news from Mr. Amin, immediately ran away from the office and headed to the hospital.

Somehow, I could only wish her the best and the baby.

Riana looked grimacing in excruciating pain.

"Mas Gibran, hiks is sick..!" Riana held her husband's hand while crying.

"Please Ri, it won't be long."

"Sick mas...Aaaaaa, huh.huh.huh Aaaaaaa"

Sweat sprinkled from Riana's face.

Even Riana's face looked very pale.

An hour later, baby Riana was born. But...

"Sorry sir, God is willing to do something else for your child. His life is not helped!"

Jedar...

Gibran and Riana broke into pieces who coveted their baby boy, but God wanted another. The baby was born lifeless.

"How can doc?"

"Over-excessive graying makes the baby poisoned sir."

Checking the health of the womb is very important for pregnant women. So that it can be checked the weight of the fetus to the condition of the amniotic fluid.

Yes, amniotic fluid is very important to note because it concerns the health of the fetus. During being in the womb, amniotic fluid serves as a conductor of nutrients for the baby. So, the baby will indeed drink and breathe amniotic fluid during the womb

In the case of fetal amniotic fluid poisoning is usually due to the fetus drinking amniotic water that contains meconium in it. Meconium is the first stool of a newborn baby.

When a baby has amniotic fluid poisoning usually occurs when a newborn inhales a mixture of meconium and amniotic fluid into the lungs at the time of delivery or called meconium aspiration syndrome.

The condition is the leading cause of severe illness and death in newborns, occurring in about 5 to 10 percent of births. Usually, this occurs when the fetus is stressed during labor, especially when the baby passes the predicted date of birth, as quoted from the Hopkinsmedicine page.

Meconium itself is also a dark green stool produced in the intestine of the fetus before birth. After delivery, the baby will pass meconium stool for the first few days of life.

Stress experienced by the baby before or during birth can cause the baby to pass meconium stool while still in the womb. Meconium stools then mix with the amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus.

Although the condition is often not life-threatening, it can cause significant health complications for the newborn. And, if the condition is severe or untreated, it can be fatal.

Riana was stunned after the doctor told her that her son was dead.

The doctor came out of the room, and immediately approached Mama Rita who did not hear the sound of baby crying.

"Where are you, has my child given birth? Why don't you hear a baby cry?" Mama Rita asked several questions to the doctor who helped deliver Riana.

"Mother's son has given birth, but..

Mama Rita barged straight into the delivery room. But he was surprised to see his grandson who was wrapped in white cloth.

"Son Gibran, tell Mama what you saw wasn't real. Say Gibran!"

"It is the will of God Ma, the son of Gibran must return to him again. We have to be sincere" Gibran seemed ordinary. Wh why?

"Riana!" Mama Rita hugged her silent daughter-in-law with blank eyes. What fate is this? Why did it have to happen to Riana?

"The son of Ria, Ma hiks.." Riana cried in the arms of Mama Rita.

If God wills, then no one can oppose him. Riana did not expect to have to lose the baby that she had always expected her presence. But God knows everything. Sincerity has never been with Riana, all because there is a goal she wants to achieve.

God has paid you more pain by losing someone you love. So that's how I feel about losing Gibran out of my life.

And I never regretted it at all.

TBC.