The Beginning

Hi! This is a blog set up for our son Jerard Tan Yong Jin (littlejerard).

Egged on by JustXimplyMe, moshi ng and others, we decided to use our whatever zero skills we have at Photoshop and what nots to create this. All for the sake of fun and memories of how littlejerard would grow up in the days to come.

The Beginning

It was some time in Dec 2006 when choo and I went for a short trip in Bangkok and with the relaxed setting away from work, the rest was history.

On 5 Sep, as choo was going for lunch at Alexandra Village, she decided to climb the overhead bridge which we suspect was the reason for her water bag burst. Initially, she was adamant to follow through with her swimming plans. In the end, swimming was cancelled and she decided to stay at home to wait and see. The very next day, choo started to have labour pains and was sent to Thomson Medical Centre for an emergency c-section. This was as she was about to be pushed into the delivery suites.

And so, while I was waiting impatiently outside the gowning room for my turn to join choo, I started to snap some pictures.

Soon after, I was led into the gowning room to wear the oversized gown and shower cap. In fact, I actually forgot to sanitize my hands and only realized much later after the operation when I was putting my clothes back on that there was a sink right at the entrance of the gowning room.

After gowning, I was led into the theatre to witness the birth. Though armed with my camera and words of encouragement for my wife, I admit I was a little dumbfounded when I saw our gynae cutting and snipping away before yanking littlejerard out with little success. With barely much eye contact, he allied with the anaestatist, one from each direction to wring out the little fellow. After much tugging, littlejerard managed to emerge from his mother's womb unscathed. I thought they must have elongated another 2cm out of him in the process.

After his lung functions started kicking in, due to the long time stuck, littlejerard inevitably took in some of his poo poo and had to be pumped out through tubes inserted into his nose(ouch!) and his mouth. I was too flabbergasted to remember to take photos.

After some minor drying up, littlejerard was presented to his mother for the 1st time. Here you see the proud mother holding littlejerard gingerly while the doctor was simultaneously stitching her up.

After which, I was led to the weighing section where littlejerard was to be weighed and measured. 2.77kg and 49cm. A little small but I guess he'll get bigger later.

Shortly, I was whisked to Room 609 (same day) to check our the mother while littlejerard was greeted by many other babies in the nursery.

And this marked the very beginning of littlejerard's adventure on Planet Earth. WELCOME LITTLE GUY!