The first cries

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moons of snuggling and swimming in the comfort of mum’s womb

suddenly, being yanked out into cold, cold, unfamiliar handlings!

scrunching up the little face, hands clenched, kicking lower limbs,

… loud shrieks fill the room

I remember a horrified hawker’s cry many years ago,

“another girl? This will be my eighth girl! My mum- in-law will make my hubby divorce me!”

Otherwise, boy or girl, it’s usually a warm welcome

… for a newborn!

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Vanya Wryter Consulting says:

3rd Nov 2021 at 5:23 am

Must be a shock to the baby to enter the world.

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Chen Song Ping @ TPTan says:

3rd Nov 2021 at 5:27 am

Do we remember crying?

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1. Vanya Wryter Consulting says:
  
  4th Nov 2021 at 3:36 am
  
  I don’t think many remember that moment.
  
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haoyando says:

3rd Nov 2021 at 4:26 am

That’s such a beautiful moment. I have a friend who’s mother gave birth to three girls before she got a boy. She gave a big sigh of relief and gave the boy a nickname, “Last One”.

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Chen Song Ping @ TPTan says:

3rd Nov 2021 at 4:33 am

Haha, last one… Must be a real relief! Nowadays people don’t have so many kids! I will remember this ‘last one’!

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