Baby Pics

[Voltaire 5,316]

Her name is Rhiannon Frances born May 18th. These pictures are from the first her first three days or so, she opens her eyes wide now and has enough strength in her legs to rotate a bit. It took me this long to post because I'm technologically incompetent.

 

Baby is really laid back and peaceful. Mom's doing fine enough as well I guess but had an episiotomy (they cut the vagina to make the opening bigger) so she has been far and away the crankier/grumpier of the two.

 

http://public.fotki.com/jeffandshenjuan/baby-pics/

[naomi 356]

She's gorgeous. Her name is interesting in a good way.

[Voltaire 5,316]

She's gorgeous. Her name is interesting in a good way.

 

'Rhiannon' is such a sweeeet awesome Fleetwood Mac song. I always loved that name, always thought it was beautiful, but it never caught on. I've never met anyone who had it and seldom see it. Frances is my mother's name.

[naomi 356]

'Rhiannon' is such a sweeeet awesome Fleetwood Mac song. I always loved that name, always thought it was beautiful, but it never caught on. I've never met anyone who had it and seldom see it. Frances is my mother's name.

 

Yeah it's a really pretty name. I only know one Rhiannon and she's english. There's a wiki entry on the name, if you're curious and can't access it, I can c&p it for you.

[GettnHuge 2]

Way to go, V.

but who taught you how to hold a baby? rink

 

A friend of mine had a boy just 3 weeks ago. cute wiw pudgeball

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

btw the only Rhiannon I know of is definitely 1000% NSFW ( o )( o )

[Franknbeans 46]

Nice work Voltaire, she looks Asian.

[MDC 7,428]

Sure that's your kid Voltaire? She looks asian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

j/k Beautiful kid, congratulations.

[footballpowers 0]

Congrats!

 

 

Here's a pic of me when I was a baby. NSFW!!!

 

http://img521.imageshack.us/my.php?image=babypic9jdyy9.jpg

[Riddlen 1]

congrats Vol. cute kid. I grew up with a rhiannon.

[Patriotsfatboy1 1,432]

Congrats!

 

When do we get our cigars?

[mighty_thor 115]

congrats!

[Voltaire 5,316]

Everybody here says she looks white, not asian at all. My observation skills are all out of whack myself because I uh don't see many white people anymore and so (ahem) I agreed with them. Certainly looks way more like me than her mom.

 

Now you guys are saying she looks Asian. Really throws me for a loop. I mean when I married an Asian, I was expecting slanty eyed kids, but I don't think she's got slanty eyes. Actually I'm not sure. She kept her eyes closed the first few days when all the pics were taken but now they're wide open when she's not sleeping.

 

I dunno. I'm happy, she's healthy and looks great to me. My wife, as expected, is a really great mother.

[Artist Formerly Known as Big O 0]

Congrats!

 

 

How scary was the Chinese hospital? Having a kid over there has been a major discussion point for me and the wifey, in case we relo. The local health system never gives me good feelings.

 

 

and why do Asian people always give the peace sign in pictures?

[Voltaire 5,316]

Yeah it's a really pretty name. I only know one Rhiannon and she's english. There's a wiki entry on the name, if you're curious and can't access it, I can c&p it for you.

 

A friend taught my how to bypass the Chinese block of Wikipedia. thefreedictionary.com . Very useful.

 

http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Rhiannon

[GettnHuge 2]

1000% nsfw

a role model for your lil girl

[Voltaire 5,316]

Congrats!

How scary was the Chinese hospital? Having a kid over there has been a major discussion point for me and the wifey, in case we relo. The local health system never gives me good feelings.

and why do Asian people always give the peace sign in pictures?

 

The Chinese hospital looks and smells kinda bad but I was always surprised by the care and how decent it was. The hospital staff had modern equipment and they kept exceeding my expectations. So while I had serious reservations at first, they were performing well

 

Then the day of birth came and it was a huge huge letdown. We induced labor because the kid was six days overdue. I couldn't sit with my wife at any point from when I escorted her there. Notice Redtodd's baby pics all have delivery room pics. He cut the cord, all sorts of stuff. Not me..

 

They took her in to induce labor and shut me out of the whole process. Never kept me updated. I talked to my wife by cellphone. Meanwhile she was in labor and had nobody attending her. They were too busy- why induce labor if you don't have the staff to cover? When I told this to my mother she says -since I was born on Christmas- the hospital was also short staffed, they had my dad in there helping.

 

We wanted a 'natural birth' I found out in China most babys are delived by cesarian section, a 'natural birth' is actually an episiotomy which are going out of vogue in the west but are routine in back-assward countries like this. This is when they cut my wife (30 stitches) to expand the vaginal opening. Tons of blood. She was in so much pain for a week and still can't sit down for long periods. We were promised anesthesia, but she was in terrible pain, if they gave her any at all, it was way too small a dose.

 

The hospital is overcrowded. Now that room we have in the pics is nice, just one bed and nicely furnished. Looks good, was good. But we were lucky, we only got that at the last minute because of some guanxi (bribe/connections) we had over there (the woman in pic 14 is the friend who pulled the strings for us). That whole week we were renting a bed in a converted office. The office was moved into the hallway. Desk, filling cabinets, phones whatver outside the door. There was room for two beds so that's what was in there. Some rooms have six or eight women in them. No furnishings, two beds two chairs, one table. No TV. Bathroom down the hall. Microwave in the hall, people cooking in it all the time.

 

Big clusterfock.

 

One nice thing is they have bedside attendants availible to take care of everything. The woman in pic 13 is a professional nanny. She has stayed with my wife the whole time and is still right now living in my house in the guest bedroom, will be with us for a week. Super extremely competent capable woman, baby care extraoridnarre ($200 for a month which is a very good wage in China but easily affordable to me).

 

Health Insurance isn't a Chinese thing. Everything is paid for out of pocket. And that's kind of cool because for two weeks of hospital care, there it cost me $500 plus the nanny's wage.

[TheNewGirl 1,491]

Congrats!!!

 

She's just beautiful!!!

[redtodd 7]

Very nice!!! I love the outfits, very cute.

[wiffleball 4,790]

In Asia, it is common to stir fry the afterbirth for good luck!

[pingpong 0]

Beautiful girl.

Thanks for not including pics of the stitched up bagina.

[Sparkling Wiggles 0]

Cute kid, Voltaire. You need to get a baby photo of her with the statue of Mao that faces the Wal-Mart.

[porkbutt 893]

 

congrats. beautiful girl ya got there!

[jerryskids 6,799]

Congrats Voltaire. I know you were worried about the hospital system, glad it all worked out.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

The Chinese hospital looks and smells kinda bad but I was always surprised by the care and how decent it was. The hospital staff had modern equipment and they kept exceeding my expectations. So while I had serious reservations at first, they were performing well

 

Then the day of birth came and it was a huge huge letdown. We induced labor because the kid was six days overdue. I couldn't sit with my wife at any point from when I escorted her there. Notice Redtodd's baby pics all have delivery room pics. He cut the cord, all sorts of stuff. Not me..

 

They took her in to induce labor and shut me out of the whole process. Never kept me updated. I talked to my wife by cellphone. Meanwhile she was in labor and had nobody attending her. They were too busy- why induce labor if you don't have the staff to cover? When I told this to my mother she says -since I was born on Christmas- the hospital was also short staffed, they had my dad in there helping.

 

We wanted a 'natural birth' I found out in China most babys are delived by cesarian section, a 'natural birth' is actually an episiotomy which are going out of vogue in the west but are routine in back-assward countries like this. This is when they cut my wife (30 stitches) to expand the vaginal opening. Tons of blood. She was in so much pain for a week and still can't sit down for long periods. We were promised anesthesia, but she was in terrible pain, if they gave her any at all, it was way too small a dose.

 

The hospital is overcrowded. Now that room we have in the pics is nice, just one bed and nicely furnished. Looks good, was good. But we were lucky, we only got that at the last minute because of some guanxi (bribe/connections) we had over there (the woman in pic 14 is the friend who pulled the strings for us). That whole week we were renting a bed in a converted office. The office was moved into the hallway. Desk, filling cabinets, phones whatver outside the door. There was room for two beds so that's what was in there. Some rooms have six or eight women in them. No furnishings, two beds two chairs, one table. No TV. Bathroom down the hall. Microwave in the hall, people cooking in it all the time.

 

Big clusterfock.

 

One nice thing is they have bedside attendants availible to take care of everything. The woman in pic 13 is a professional nanny. She has stayed with my wife the whole time and is still right now living in my house in the guest bedroom, will be with us for a week. Super extremely competent capable woman, baby care extraoridnarre ($200 for a month which is a very good wage in China but easily affordable to me).

 

Health Insurance isn't a Chinese thing. Everything is paid for out of pocket. And that's kind of cool because for two weeks of hospital care, there it cost me $500 plus the nanny's wage.

 

Congrats on the baby..........

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and congrats on being the first Geek to survive Hillarycare.

[swirvenirvin 25]

congrats

[JT 137]

Wishing all good things for you and your family. Congrats!

[TommyGavin 790]

congrats on the beautiful baby girl !

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HOWEVER

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm worried aboot your wife's bagina - Hows THAT doin??

 

 

(seriously good luck and health to all)

[Spider fantasy 0]

The baby is beautiful. And good luck to your wife on a speedy recovery. Since you live in China, this is your only child, right, you can't have any more?

 

Nice yamrulke!! I didn't know you were Jewish!

 

http://public.fotki.com/jeffandshenjuan/ba...s/dsc00366.html

 

 

PS I thought Rhiannon was Irish but it's Welsh http://www.babynames.com/name/RHIANNON

[peenie 1,915]

episiotomies are done almost always here. that way the doctors get to charge you for surgery.

rarely are they not done. the doctors claim it's easier to repair a cut than a tear.

 

you baby looks asian to me, but then again she seems larger in size than an asian child and her face shape and complexion looks like yours. i can't tell which one is the mother. you should've titled each picture. you can go back and edit each one.

 

when will your family get to see the baby?

 

congratulations!

[needshelp 0]

The baby is beautiful. And good luck to your wife on a speedy recovery. Since you live in China, this is your only child, right, you can't have any more?

 

Nice yamrulke!! I didn't know you were Jewish!

 

http://public.fotki.com/jeffandshenjuan/ba...s/dsc00366.html

PS I thought Rhiannon was Irish but it's Welsh http://www.babynames.com/name/RHIANNON

 

First major congrats on the baby. You've been blessed with a wonderful thing.

 

Spider, I believe that since its a girl, they can keep trying until they have a boy, they just have to pay the fine.