Jasper's first videos

It's a... BABY!

Auntie Sarah came to our home very early (6am!) Mummy, Daddy and I got to the hospital at 7.20am.

Here is a picture of Mummy trying out the bed in the waiting-to-have-a-baby ward.



And here's Daddy too:


Mummy had been told that she was going to be the last caesarean of the day. But she was first! At 9.15am, she went into theatre. There was a bit of a delay while a scrub nurse was found. Then there was a bit of difficulty in doing Mummy's spinal anaesthetic. Things eventually got started at about 9.45am.

At 9.58am, I was born. Hello world! How do you do? My name is Jasper. My birth weight was 7lbs 7oz. This is equivalent to 3.36kg at sea level. My head was measured at 34.5cm (just over 13½"). And here I am...


I am proud to tell you that I am much more NOISY than my big brother Dirk was when he was born.


And here is Mummy giving me a cuddle. The consultant was still elbow deep at this point.



After a bit of fuss (she lost so much blood that she needed 3 litres of fluid to make it up), Mummy was all stitched up. At 11.18, we all went to a nice quiet room where we could have a proper cuddle.





Here I am having a peep at the world. What's that you say? Well, let's just say the jury's out!





A while later, we were taken up to the proper ward.




Peace at last!



Mummy and Daddy would like to thank all the staff involved in bringing me into the world. The anaesthetist and midwife in particular were outstanding professionals and a credit to the hospital.



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Scorpio's horoscope for 2 November 2007: Your day is a bigger challenge than you may be used to, but of course you can rise up and meet it with relative ease. Try not to get too cocky about it, but make sure that the right people know you're still in the game.

Thirty-nine weeks pregnant.

Getting bored now...




...can't wait for tomorrow!

OMFG!!!!

Thirty-eight Weeks Pregnant

I have really plumped up. I weigh between 6 and 7½ pounds (boys tend to be slightly heavier than girls), and I'm nearly 20 inches long. I have a firm grasp, which you'll soon be able to test when you hold my hand for the first time! My organs have matured and are ready for life outside the womb.

Wondering what colour my eyes will be? You may not be able to tell straight away. If I'm born with brown eyes, they'll probably stay brown. If I'm born with grey or blue eyes, they may stay unchanged or turn green, hazel, or brown by the time I'm nine months old. That's because my irises may gain more pigment in the months after I'm born, but they won't get "lighter" or more blue. (Green, hazel, and brown eyes have more pigment than grey or blue eyes.)

Last Visit to Midwife

Today was Mummy's final pre-partum midwife appointment. Everything is fine:

• My head is now fully engaged (or "brim.")
• My heartbeat is so loud that the listening device had to be placed in an adjoining room. Almost.

Thirty-seven Weeks Pregnant

I AM NOW FULL TERM! This means that if I decide I've had enough of waiting in Mummy's tummy, my lungs are fully mature and ready to adjust to life in the outside world.

I weigh a little over 6 pounds and measure just about 20" inches, head to heel. Although many babies have a full head of hair at birth, with locks up to 1½" long, I'm not going to give you any clues about my style or colour here. You'll just have to wait like Mummy and Daddy.