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<\/p>\nOne of the big transitions new parents have to get through is that you\u2019re no longer in just a world of two persons. Truth to tell, we\u2019ve had a very peaceful, quiet and pretty easy marriage in the first 2.6 years. We\u2019ve experienced very little of the arguments that we\u2019d been expecting as a newly married couple. Oh, occasionally now and then, we\u2019ve got on each other\u2019s nerves for an hour or so \u2013 but that\u2019s been as bad as it ever gets before we\u2019ll kiss and makeup.<\/p>\n
We\u2019re still marveling at how blessed we\u2019d been in the last 38 hours; a very smooth and easy delivery, and Ling\u2019s steadily recovering from the episiotomy.<\/p>\n
The above was a quick snap I took in the birth room when Ling was in pain prior to the epidural. Think Ling was too dazed to see I was holding her with one hand while balancing a quick shot with the other.<\/p>\n
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What was the father\u2019s role in this whole baby delivery business? Well, basically it\u2019s just to do physical labor: like carry things, do hospital admission and baby registration, fetch pillows and cushions, hold oxygen mask, boil water, make milo for mummy, carry Hannah while mummy gets ready for a feed, buy whatever sort of food mummy has craving for LOL.<\/p>\n
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There were loads of congratulation and well-wishing messages too coming on emails and Facebook for me, and SMSes for Ling. One of the most funniest messages though came from a colleague, who wrote on FB:<\/p>\n
\u201cYou mean you are facebooking while your wife is in labor, and giving birth? You’ve taken using the new media to new heights!\u201d<\/p>\n
Matt followed that up later with:<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the next step has to be getting the fetus online, so it can twitter. \u2026 I half expected Hannah would be tapping away at the keyboard by now.:)\u201d<\/p>\n
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Whenever I was free too at every point, I went about recording as much as I could of the delivery. The best pictures came on the D300 with the SB600 doing bounced flash, and not unexpectedly so too. Unfortunately the entire camera apparatus was too cumbersome in the birthing room, so the Panasonic DMC-LZ8 and HDC-SD20 was used for all the picture and video taking respectively during actual delivery.<\/p>\n
As for the by the hour blogging and Facebook status reporting, that was through the MSI Wind netbook \u2013 best $700 I\u2019ve spent this year \u2013 and iPhone respectively.<\/p>\n
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What’s the deal with doing so much recording both in imagery, video and the written word though?<\/p>\n
Well it isn\u2019t for Ling and me, honestly. It\u2019s for Hannah. We hope she\u2019d treasure these moments we\u2019ve taken of her first days when she\u2019s one day able to understand them.:)<\/p>\n
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\u201cAnd then there were three.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
One of the big transitions new parents have to get through is that you\u2019re no longer in just a world of two persons. Truth to tell, we\u2019ve had a very peaceful, quiet and pretty easy marriage in the first 2.6<\/p>\n