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Ms Pearl Lee and her husband Samuel He with their daughter Lily He, age two (held by dad) and son Leslie, four months old.

PHOTO: COURTESY OF PEARL LEE

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SINGAPORE - When Ms Pearl Lee, 33, was pregnant with her second child, her firstborn, Lily He, would stroke her baby bump, cooing: "Baby, when are you coming? I want to see you."
But when her son Leslie was born four months ago, her two-year-old daughter had a complete change of heart.
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