Double Happiness

That’s it, the big day was today! Little Tristan and Little Célestine were born today at 7h28am and 7h29am respectively. Tristan weighted exactly 3kg at 51cm, while Célestine was 2.46kg at 46cm.

The day started early since we had to be at the hospital at 5h15am to check in. We intended to wake up at 4h30am but Xiao Bao thought it was a good idea to wake us up at 4h15 by meew-ing his heart out… He must have known something was going on .

The C-section happened without any complication, I was present in the operating theater, not so much to witness the birth but to provide support for Yvonne, as we both knew she would be scared. I didn’t see the babies being pulled out from her belly but when the action was taking place, we were looking at each other. It was a very emotional moment when Tristan’s first cry broke the silence. Yvonne cried of joy at that point, and I shed a quarter tear for good measure (because I’m a real man, and real men don’t cry ).

The rest of the day was spent at the hospital, sms-ing and calling friends and relatives to share the good news. We both expected that Yvonne would be exhausted after the surgery but she was surprisingly very energised and without much pain at all. Because of that, we could practice breast-feeding right away. That prooved very difficult and even as I left the hopistal for the day, we were still unsuccessful. Yvonne has not yet produced milk and Célestine refuses to latch on properly. We’ll persevere because we do want the babies to grow on breast-milk.

Yvonne’s family drop by as well around noon. All were very excited to meet the new members of the family.

The other highlights of the day were of course my first time carrying a baby. I was scared to break these fragile little things but after doing it a few times, it went quite naturally. I changed my first nappy as well. It felt very gross but I understand this will become routine soon enough.

Now the moment we’ve all been waiting for: photo time

In the operating theater

After the fact, Tristan is brought to his mom

After the fact, Célestine is brought to her mom

Done!, the 2 babies are out!

A proud Papa!

Here are some pics of Tristan:

Here are some pics of Célestine:

Happy grand-parents: