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My Birth Story

20th July 2006, Mummy woke up with unusual cramps. She knew she had an appointment with her gynaecologist Dr K.T. Tan at KK Hospital that afternoon. She took a nice long bath before making her way to the hopital. Mummy had to take a cab to the hospital as Daddy was already at work.

Mummy was too early for her appointment, so she headed towards Delifrance for her favourite Seafood Baguette while killing time. As she was enjoying her sandwich, the cramps started to get increasingly unusual and uncomfortable. "Ooh-oh!", Mummy thought. "Something is not right". Mummy then wobbled to the room designated for her scan and true enough, the nurse spotted irregularities in my heartbeat and quickly sends for Dr Tan. Dr Tan detected a drop in my heartbeat and checked that Mummy was 1.5cm dilated. Since the case, she had Mummy wheelchaired to the delivery suite immediately!(2:30pm) Oh, did I forget to mention that it was Daddy's birthday that day?

Mummy was petrified by the sudden decision as she wasn't mentally prepared for labour that day. She SMSed Daddy immediately, who applied for time off and sped down BKE-PIE to be with her. I could hear Mummy bursting into tears when Daddy arrived.

Shortly after, a Doctor on duty came in to adminster the medicine to induce birth as my heartbeat was really low. The Doctor explained that if the medicine failed to induce labour, I had to be delivered via C-section. However, Mummy was great! She managed to dilate to 6cm within 4 hours though the contractions were horribly unbearable.

Dr Tan came in at 7:30pm and broke Mummy's water bag. Having low treshold for pain, Mummy begged for the Epidural, a medicine adminstered by injection at the spine to numb the body from waist down. 4 hours later, Dr Tan walked into the delivery suite and started instructing Daddy to assist Mummy with the delivery.

Dr Tan was superb! She cheekily threatened that if Mummy still can't push me out, I'll turn blue halfway through the birth canal. Mummy got really worried and she put in all her might and yes! I was out by the 4th push!

I was born at 2354, 20th July 2006, sharing the same birthday as my Daddy. The nurse said I was a tall boy, 51cm. I weighed 3.185kg with a head circumference of 31cm. Daddy said he was worried for a while as I didn't initiate my first cry moments after I was born. However, I managed to let out a short cry, filling my little lungs with air, and that made Mummy and Daddy felt relieved.

My very first blog

Hi, my name is Donovan Tan. I was born on the 20th July 2006. You know what? I've the same birth date as my daddy. Hahahaaa.... That's cool right!!!

Not forgetting my dearest mummy. She's really great to have brought me into this world. I love her very much.

Love,
Donovan Tan