Wan Dahlia Amira Chan arrives

Made in Singapore and born in Melbourne, Wan Dahlia Amira Chan was born on Oct 11th, 2006.

She was born premature at 31 weeks, but has come along strongly and is growing steadily and is very healthy. She is now close to 35 weeks.

She is placed in an "isolet" or ïncubator" to regulate her temperature and keep her warm. Being premature, she did not have a lot of body fat yet.

Wan Dahlia was initially fed via an intraveneous drip of glucose and other vitamin/nutrient solutions until she was ready to take on EBM (expressed breast mlk). She started with just 2ml every 2 hours. Today (neing 5th Nov, 2006), she is on 33 ml every 3 hours. She's come a long way in a short amount of time.