Mummy couldn't hold on any longer...after 5 weeks in KK Hospital's labour ward, the water bag broke on 4th October just after midnight. Daddy was at Oktoberfest in Fort Canning Park when he received the panicky phonecall. I shivered involuntarily in fear till he arrived. The contractions got stronger and more painful, the doctors upped my IV sabultamol to 90ml/hr, injected another dose of steriods in me, pumped in all sorts of antibiotics and did 6-hrly blood tests to detect infection, as we struggled to delay the birth. Finally, after 32 hours of contractions (with no sleep, food, water, nor pain-relieving drugs) and an emergency c-section with spinal anesthetic, Alex arrived at 8.19am on 5th October, and Charlie followed 60 seconds later.
Alex weighed in at 1.32Kg, 39cm long, and Charlie 1.15Kg, 38cm long. I didnt get to see them as they were rushed immediately to the Neonatal ICU. Stu snapped a few photos for me,
but nothing could have prepared me for the flood of emotions that overcame me when I looked at our babies for the first time the following day.
Photos: Alex (top), Charlie (bottom) taken on 7th Oct
