beautiful babies

Jan 13th 2006
My first week of Obstetrics at the delivery suite and antenatal ward was tiring but wonderful-- Tiring because I was always rushing to be at ward 96 before 7.30am for Q&A sessions (every mon, wed & fri) where we got grilled by difficult mcqs and tutors; Wonderful because of the babies and their mothers (and dads). The joy written all over their faces is just amazing and very contagious! It gives me a rush of something indescribable, like i've just witnessed some miracle taking place. And i just can't help but be thrilled by the fact that we all actually went through such a tiny stage of life! haha

A baby is God's opinion that the world should go on --Carl Sandburg

Babies are such a nice way to start people --Don Herrold

And not forgetting the mothers of course, who i can't help but find really beautiful. You know what they say about mothers looking their worst during labour? It's not true at all! They look gorgeous, even sans make-up or jewellery. I find the whole process extremely touching--that a mother has to go through sooo much to bring her own child into this world. And the serene smile on her face after her baby is brought to her is perhaps the one of the greatest sense of satisfaction one can ever experience!

The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new. ~Rajneesh

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan

Then there's the dad, or rather, dad-to-be. He is the anxious man pacing around the corridors outside the delivery suite before the wife is in labour. He is the loving husband staying by his wife's bed the whole time she is in labour, trying to be strong and encouraging with a brave smile and reassuring words of 'Push, you can do it, push!'..Yet the worry in his eyes betrays the concern he has for his wife and child. To me, it is a handsome picture of love and strength.

There are three stages of a man's life: He believes in Santa Claus, he doesn't believe in Santa Claus, he is Santa Claus. ~Author Unknown

Women's Liberation is just a lot of foolishness. It's the men who are discriminated against. They can't bear children. And no one's likely to do anything about that. ~Golda Meir