Arrival of Baby Jonathan Wee - 10 Aug 2007

After an evening of mild contractions and trying to get enough sleep so Kim can "push" on command during delivery, Kim experienced her first few bouts of painful and close periods of contraction on 10 Aug from 7am. But Kim didn't want to go to the delivery suite for the insertion of the catather for epidural administration as she hadn't had breakfast. Smart woman, must eat something first, otherwise how would she have strength to last till delivery.

After breakfast, Dr Mattu said it was time to wheel Kim to delivery suite at 10am for Dr Lim to put in the catather. Since Kim could bear with the contractions, Dr Lim said he will set the epidural to be administered bit by bit. Coz if he administers it all at once, it would last an hour and he would have to top up later.

Then it was a few hours of waiting. Kim got some sleep while I read mags. Then it all began at 3pm. Dr Matthu and the nurses preped themselves and Kim for the delivery. From 3.15pm, it was "On your mark, get set and go!" When contraction started, Dr Mattu would tell Kim to push. It was difficult for Kim as she felt numbness due to the epidural.

It would help if one practices holding one's breath and pushing. But Kim couldn't hold her breath long enough to do a powerful push. After doing a few rounds, Dr Mattu said at 4pm that she would have to deliver Jonathan in the last two pushes or we would have to consider alternatives. We agreed we would not opt for C-section. So both she and I said a silent prayer and trusted God to help. We also agreed on a vacuum-assisted delivery.

Finally, at 4.10pm, Baby Jonathan Wee was delivered. He weighed 3.4kg and measured 55cm long. He's going to be a tall boy, just like his daddy!