Lleyton is now a Big Brother!

Late last night, or rather early this morning, Mummy felt contraction on her tummy, and couldn't get to sleep, so she got up to surf the net to check for the exact symptoms for labour! After a couple of hours, and when the pain still did not go away, she gave up, and decided to try sleeping after all. However, it's only then that she realised that her water bag had burst. So, she hurriedly woke Daddy up, and was beginning to fluster until Daddy calmed her down, and told her to take a quick shower. Mummy came out of the shower lamenting that she's still dripping from her water bag, and was worried. Daddy gave her the "perfect" solution, use a towel, so Mummy obediently wrapped a towel underneath her dress, and got ready to head for the hospital. Meanwhile, Daddy got the bags in order, showered and shaved (Mummy felt that Daddy took too much time, but Daddy felt that things were in order, and should not enter panic mode). Then the call was made to Lleyton's grandparents to look after Lleyton after Daddy and Mummy depart for the hospital (in the meantime, the domestic helper babysitted Lleyton who was sound asleep and oblivious of the buzz happening around him).

After a short drive, the couple reached KKH, and got into the delivery suite around 5am. The midwife on duty was not on good form as she took a long time to settle Mummy down, and she was not able to help Mummy alleviate her pains and worries. The midwife was only concerned about getting her own checklist ticked (such as being more concerned about getting the name tag of the doctor, or moving the baby warmer to another power socket), and was insensitive to Mummy's pains, and neither was she able to respond to Mummy's request for epidural. Only upon prompting that she checked Mummy and called out that Mummy was 3cm dilated, and assessed that Mummy is not due yet. Nonetheless, she called the Gynae (as she self-confessed "not to get into trouble"). Miraculously, minutes later, Mummy was fully dilated, and the baby was "coming on". Fortunately, Dr Han arrived shortly after, and with a single push, Lleyton's baby sister was born! At 5.32am, she literally popped out, weighing 2.98Kg and measuring 48cm.

Later in the morning, Daddy went home to fetch Lleyton to see his baby sister. Lleyton was delighted to see the baby, whom Lleyton addresses as (bee-bee). After several hours in Mummy's ward, Lleyton was sent home for his afternoon nap, and he spent the remainder of the day playing with the gift that his baby sister "gave" him (a remote control car).