Over at Mount Alvernia Hospital, a baby boy was born at 12.03am on Tuesday to Mr Tan Jin Kiat, 47, and Ms Rose Nguyen, 27.
Ms Nguyen said that she had experienced slight pain and discomfort the whole day on Monday (Jan 31), but was hoping baby Bryan Tan would not come until Feb 2.
"We were hoping for him to be born on Feb 2 so that he would have a nice birth date, 02/02/2022, we didn't expect that he would be born a day earlier on Chinese New Year instead," she said.
The couple were having a reunion dinner with their family when Ms Nguyen's pain started to become worse, and she had to take breaks in between eating.
"Our family was talking to the baby, saying: 'Wait, let Mama eat dinner first please,' but he wanted to come out to meet us already," she laughed.
The couple, who have been married for three years and have a 16-month-old boy, went to the hospital at 9.30pm and was admitted soon after.
"The doctor was very excited during the birth, telling me to try and push as best as I can so that Bryan would come out at midnight," Ms Nguyen said.