The timing was nearly too good.
Mona Wang and husband Jamie Kum welcomed their new child boy on Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, at … look forward to it, however don’t look forward to it too lengthy … 2:23 a.m.
As little Kian made his entrance, nurses at Kaiser’s Walnut Creek medical heart gathered outdoors the supply room questioning if the brand new addition would arrive on the minute when deuces had been really wild. As a substitute, he arrived on Kian time.
For his mother, Kian’s first breath couldn’t come quickly sufficient.
“Pushing was so tough, however we made it by means of,” the 34-year-old stated Tuesday afternoon from the hospital the place she was recovering from the 23-hour beginning course of, dad by her facet, the infant cooing within the background.
“It went OK. It was high-quality,” she stated of labor and supply, particularly after she opted for an epidural.
The 7 pound, 10 ounce bundle’s due date was March 1, however the prolonged household is thrilled Kian arrived on such a memorable date.
Wang’s mother, she stated, was even “secretly hoping it might be right this moment.”
The household is Chinese language American and, Wang’s mom defined to the couple, the Lunar and Gregorian calendars lined up Tuesday. There are additionally 9 2s in Kian’s birthday, thought of an auspicious quantity.
“It’s form of good it brings collectively our two cultures,” Wang stated. “That’s actually cool.”
Sometime, the Nice Hill couple will inform their first baby about how he arrived on a uncommon “palindrome” day, together with 1000's of different infants throughout the nation. One couple in North Carolina welcomed a daughter, Judah Grace Spear, at 2:22 a.m. Japanese time in room 2 of their native medical heart.
Right now is an additional particular “twos-day” for this new child and her household! Judah Grace Spear was born on 2/22/22 at 2:22 a.m. at Alamance Regional Medical Middle – in labor and supply room 2! (1/3) pic.twitter.com/4t15siWeRY
— Cone Well being (@ConeHealth) February 22, 2022
Whether or not Kian’s 2/22/22 birthday has any bearing on his future stays to be seen. However for now, his dad and mom are having fun with the early hours of recent parenthood and dreaming concerning the future.
“I hope he’s joyful,” Kum, 45, stated.
“I hope he’s joyful and wholesome,” Wang agreed.
“He’s a candy child,” she stated adoringly. And, the nurses informed her, already a professional at consuming. “He’s a superb latcher.”
On Wednesday, they’ll depart the hospital and start life at dwelling … as a household of three.