i am very happy to announce that our 2nd son, Tan Yuan Yi, arrived safely on 21/7/19.
this date is very special, for some reasons:
1) 21/7/19 is the day of 观音诞
2) 21 is my FIL's lucky number
3) 7 x 3 = 21 (a bit no link but nvm)
so actually darling's edd was supposed to be on 27 July. on 16 july (tue), she visited her obstetrician, dr john tee, at KKH. dr john tee said that the baby's weight is now 2.8 kg, it is better for the baby to be delivered by this weekend, because if wait until 27 july, if baby is heavier than 3 kg, darling may not be able to push the baby out due to her petite frame. so dr tee advised darling to go for induce on saturday (20 july), and he will reach KKH on sunday (21 july) at 5 am to deliver the baby.
on saturday (20 july), we checked in at KKH Delivery Suite at 4 pm. then we went to ward 32 for darling to be induced. the medication was inserted at 605 pm. normally the first medication will not have much effect. when darling had yuanze, she only started to have contractions after the second dose of medication. but this time, after the first medication, she started to have contractions, after about 15 min. the nurse checked darling's dilation, 2.5 cm, decided to send her down to delivery suite to get ready.
so here's the chain of events:
605 pm: induction (first dosage)
620 pm: dilation 2.5 cm
630 pm: send down to delivery suite
830 pm: dilation 4 cm
840 pm: administer epidural
1020 pm: dilation 5 cm
0025: water bag burst already. senior nurse call dr john tee to come down to KKH. senior nurse started to ask darling to push.
0035: dr tee arrived at delivery suite. with a just woke up face. his first sentence to darling was: wahhhhhh you so fast ah?
dr tee started, together with the help of the senior nurse, and TAAAA DAAAAAA, Tan Yuan Yi arrived in this world.
when darling had yuanze, the first obstetrician was dr ck khoo.
as an observer, and having the honour to observe two great obstetricians doing their job, i must say, dr tee and dr khoo are very very very different.
dr khoo is like the more hip and modern obstetrician. once yuanze is out, invited me to cut the umbilical cord. instructed me to take photo of yuanze on the weighing scale, while he collect the cord blood and remove the placenta, then proceeded on to stitch darling up. and he stitched her like damn fast. swift and decisive. then instructed the nurse to take a group photo of me, darling, yuanze, nuscd xinyi and dr khoo himself.
dr tee, is very calm and steady, very assuring. during yuanyi's delivery, there was a slight complication. darling's vaginal wall is blocking yuan yi's head from coming out. so he asked me to go to the front, showed it to me, explained to me, then said he is going to use a pair of forceps to push away the vaginal wall, and when yuan yi's head come out, will have the forcep marks on his face, but ask us not to worry, the marks will go away in 2 weeks. and need to let yuan yi come out fast, because yuan yi's heartbeat is dropping. and so he proceeded, and within the next few seconds, yuan yi is out already. OMG. dr tee is really damn calm and steady. and right after that, he cut the cord himself (tbh i was getting ready to cut because i thought he will also ask me to cut HAHAHAHAHA), and then collected the cord blood, remove the placenta, and stitch darling up. he is totally not into this photograph nonsense. he spent a much longer time in stitching darling up. darling felt that there is a difference in her stitched wound. i guess dr tee is more meticulous in the stitching, and because he used the forceps on the vaginal wall, so probably need more time in repairing the vaginal wall.
thank you so much dr tee, and all the nurses in helping with darling's delivery, attending to her needs after she delivered, and looking after yuan yi so that she can have more rest.
it's really a surreal experience, to welcome a newborn for the 2nd time, to our family.
well done darling. love you so so much. looking forward to quality family moments with you, yuan ze and yuan yi.
