Baby Prince's Arrival

Daddy & Mummy set off from our home in the middle of the night to mark the day of my Birth:

0050 - Daddy & Mummy arrived at KKH, and checked into the delivery suite.

0100 - Mummy entered the delivery suite room 2 and was soon strapped down for monitoring.

0230 -0445 The duty nurse came into suite and gave medication to Mummy, to hasten her contractions. We were told that Mummy still has to be monitored for another two hours for my heartbeat and mummy's contractions.

0500 - Daddy & Mummy to proceed to rest in our maternity ward. We checked into ward 82, room 16. Daddy & mummy rested to prepare themselves for the day ahead.

0700 - A nurse came in to measure my heartbeat and Mummy's contractions.

0800 - Daddy made a quick breakfast run for Mcdonalds on the ground floor, but he was still not fast enough; Mummy called when he's in the queue that the duty doctor has visited and recommended that Mummy proceed to the delivery suite.

0825 - Mummy's KKH breakfast arrives. Mummy, with Daddy's help, finishes it in no time, despite the frequent grimaces during contractions.

0850 - Mummy heads for the delivery suite. Brave mummy opted not to take the wheel-chair. She walked with difficulty, but determination to reach the delivery suite on the 2nd floor. We were assigned suite 14.

0900- Mummy was strapped down again to monitor my heartrate and mummy's contractions. The contractions are now fast and furious, reaching the max scale of 127 and at a frequency of not more than 2 minutes. My heartrate is fluctuating between 135 - 169, probably beginning to get excited about my pending arrival.

1055 - Dr Han finally came to visit mummy at the delivery suite. Dr Han predicted that the baby will arrive at 8pm. The accompanying nurse added that Dr Han is very accurate with such timings. I guess i'll have to wait till 8pm...9 hours to go..

1120 - Mummy signed the consent form for the taking of epidural. The anathesist arrived shortly after. However, we will informed by the staff nurse that the patient next door is in severe pain ('rolling already'), so asked if we can allow the anathesist to attend to her first. Generous Daddy and mummy agreed.

1140 - Mummy is almost 'rolling' with pain, she says the peak in contractions are almost unbearable. Daddy and mummy are starting to regret their over-generosity...

1155 - The anasthetist is finally in mummy's delivery suite. She requested for daddy to wait outside. Daddy grudgingly obliged. Daddy waited and waited...a procedure which should have taken 15mins, lasted 30mins instead.

1225 - Daddy returned to the room to be informed by mummy that the epidural has been applied, and saw the anasthetist apologising to Mummy (Mummy later revealed that the anasthetist poked her thrice before succeding). Thankfully, Mummy is feeling less pain after her ordeal.

1245 - Oxytocin is also given to Mummy through an intravenous drip. This is supposed to help her enhance the contractions, thus helping the dilation process.

1300 - Mummy starts to drift into sleep, and daddy proceeds for a lunch break.

At this juncture, Daddy decides to rest for the day, and will continue with the remainder of the story, and photos, tomorrow morning...