And Now, Mummy is a PROUD Mother of TWO...

My little sister, Shannon, finally arrived on August 18, 2009 at 1821 hours. Mummy's birth story is simply so short and sweet as the entire process from the point where pain and contractions started to the arrival of little Shannon, it only took 5.5 hours. This is really "chickenfeet" compared to my delivery, since Mummy was in pain for 5 hours at home before she made it to the hospital and then it took another almost 15 hours for me to arrive...

Here's Mummy's birth story...

At close to 1PM, contractions started, about 8-12 minutes apart. As it took a long time from the time contractions started to my delivery, Mummy had thought that she needn’t hurry to the hospital. So she slowly packed the last few items she need in her hospital bag and took a bath first. She also called the nurse at Dr Chan’s who suggested that she gets herself monitored at the clinic first. By the time Mummy had her contractions monitored at 415PM at Dr Chan's, her contractions were 5 minutes apart and she was already 6cm dilated. Mummy was admitted into the hospital immediately. It was fortunate for Mummy 'cos she made it in time for epidural. If she had been dilated for more than 6cm, it would be too late for epidural. Thank goodness... At 6PM, Mummy was 9cm dilated and the midwife had asked Mummy to start pushing. At 2 pushes, Mummy’s waterbag broke. Dr Chan arrived at 605PM. After 2 pushes, Mei Mei was delivered at 621PM.

Here's some photos taken at the hospital...