A C-section is a scary thing, there's about 8 people in the operating room who talk English, but you don't quite get what they're saying. It's like two nerds debating the advantages of different Operating Systems... Just techno-babble. It is done quickly (15 mins all in all). Once done the doctors insist on showing the baby to us.
Well, let me tell you: No, it doesn't look cuddly, cute or even remotely nice. It looks like an evil purple alien, slimy, bloody, ugly and yes... gross. (seen the movie Alien?) Unfortunately, what has been seen cannot be unseen.
Yes, it only takes 10 minutes to clean up the baby, and turn it into the cute little thing our genes have been designed to love, but until then I'd recommend any father not to look. Just look at your wife or look away. It's like medusa, don't look at your child directly but wait till they clean it up. That feeling is a good one, the first one is not.
So, now what?
Well Kieran will stay in the hospital for a few weeks to come. He is doing very very well as is his mother. Emma is a pretty strong woman and she's already been discharged from the hospital.
