Contractions didn’t stop this pregnant Taylor Swift fan from enjoying 3-hour concert, giving birth 13 hours later

Swift is midway through the Singapore leg of her Eras Tour, with her final three shows here scheduled from Thursday to Saturday.

“It’s so surreal. My body is still aching from the stitches, but I’m really happy,” she said of her experience.

Last year, another woman in the United States also went into labour at 20 minutes after Swift left the stage at an Eras Tour concert in Cincinnati, Ohio. The woman gave birth after calling for emergency services.

PERSEVERING THROUGH THE PAIN

When TODAY asked Ms Wong how she put up with the pain during the concert, she said her contractions came and went throughout the three-hour concert, which meant that she had to alternate between sitting and standing up.

“My energy was at about 60 per cent throughout the show, but thankfully I could sit down when I had a contraction,” she said.

“Otherwise, I was my usual Swiftie self, standing and singing along when I felt fine.”

During Swift’s final set, in which the singer belted out songs from her tenth album Midnights, Ms Wong said she felt the frequency of her contractions increase to once every five minutes. This was when she started to question herself whether she should start heading for the hospital.

“I was really trying to ‘tahan’ and persevere through the pain. I thought to myself: ‘Am I really going to make it through this?’, she said.

“But I knew in my gut that (it wasn’t time yet) and I trusted my baby to hold out,” added Ms Wong.

Her husband was far less composed. He recalled being anxious about his wife and repeatedly asking if they should leave the concert for the hospital.

“In the end I trusted my wife. She gave me assurance, so I was trying to be as supportive as possible,” Mr Goh said.

As it turns out, Ms Wong had time to spare. The couple made a brief stop for food after the concert, before heading to Thomson Medical Center, where she gave birth to baby Emma the next day at about 4pm.