Well, it took me 11 days from my due date to SPONTANEOUSLY go into early labour...and 2 days before i was labouring enough to warrant me the right to go to hospital. Another 6 hours into the hospital round of labour...Noelani arrives...WHAT THE??? i was in labour first...COME ON...laugh...i was even more determined to get the kid out before midnight. After 18 hours in Hospital....we welcome our second daughter Jaylah Anataia Iola Lohana Makata into the world on April 26th 2011...pretty cool...Noelani and Jaylah share the same birthday, they must be the chosen ones or something?. Jaylah's middle names are after my dad's Mother and Dillon's Mother's Mother...Jaylah's lungs are pathetic in comparison to her elder sister who's lungs were incredible at birth. She came with a head of hair...but yet again, nothing in comparison to her sister's jet black crop that was so thick you couldn't see her scalp...her fingers are super long...same as noelani i would say...there is more finger than palm. Though with her parents lack of sporting ability...i don't see her palming a basketball anytime soon.
Jaylah weighed a healthy 8lb 14 oz and was 56cm long at birth. She and i had a few things that worked against us in labour, so she eventually...like her sister...had to be born via emergency c-section...which was a lot tougher than Naima's delivery...in that i had a lot of scar tissue which made it harder for the surgeons to get to Jaylah quickly and safetly...put it this way, i was told it take bout 10-15 mins to get the baby out and about 30-45 mins to stitch me back up...we went into theatre just after 7.30, she was born at 8.24pm...and we came out of theatre just after 9...i started off with a resident surgeon who i was told by the nurse is Excellent...and ended up with the Big Cheese of Surgery when the Resident gave him a look that was like...Ummm...this is complicated and i don't think i can do this without assistance...YAYNESS...but...i was pretty relaxed about the whole thing...infact the surgical team said i was the most chilled out woman they'd had in surgery all day and my surgery was probably the worst...and they had done a lot of c-sections that day. I didn't see the point in kicking up a fuss when my body was already numb and i couldn't feel anything. i don't get why woman still panic and scream. But anywho, seeing as it was more complicated then first thought, i was advised not to have anymore children, but i think i'll leave that up to Me, Dil and Heavenly Father to decide. I still feel there is atleast one more child yet.
I'm happy to report, that Naima LOVES her little sister. She insists on holding her all the time, gives her cuddles and kisses when she cries...she's responded to the change very well. I'm so proud of Naima. Her sole chore is to get us Jaylah's wipes and Nappies whenever it's changing time, and so far...she's taking her job very seriously. She's a good little helper.
Jaylah on the other hand...spends most of her time with her face like this? LAUGH! she does cry a lot...having said that, she's very easy to settle...so long as there is enough milk on offer, and a strong daddy's arm to cuddle her FOREVER...boy does she love her cuddles. She's hates her cot, but we're forcing her to sleep in there...well, as much as we can.
When she's not asleep...she usually looks like this...annoyed for no reason, bored, and hungry. Her eyes were looking like they might go lighter...but today...they looking very dark. Sorry Dil, guess your wish of having a child with green eyes won't be fulfilled this time round. But...he really shouldn't complain seeing as both his kids are exact replica's of him...i don't see either of em looking like me....and i did all the hardwork. Where's the justice? But yes, apart from not having slept since Jaylah's arrival, we are very happy to have a little bubby in the house. I can't wait to be well enough to start taking awesome photos of the girls together. I'm sure Naima will be more than willing to give Jaylah some modelling tips... Naima's already introduced Jaylah to Michael Jackson...infact right now she watching an M.J dvd together. Naima is telling her all about the music videos. Jaylah seems...bored!
