Born on Twitter! Hospital live tweets C-section

Well it's too bad someone's apparently already named their baby Hashtag.

A very, very perfect candidate for that social media moniker arrived this morning in Houston, delivered via C-section. And Twitter.

Women's Memorial Hermann Hospital live-tweeted the birth of a baby boy Wednesday morning, in a pretty fantastic online event full of delivery room play-by-play, 140-character medical lessons, and a newborn baby photo album's worth of pictures and videos which are definitely not for the squeamish.

We've already followed along as a Seattle hospital performed a cochlear implant on a woman who'd lost her hearing and as the National Zoo made everyone uncomfortable by live-tweeting a panda insemination.

So now, the social media sub-sub-subgenre of broadcasting fascinating medical events returns with the ultimate one-upping of any parent who posts pictures online after their baby is born: posting pictures online as the baby is born.

Here are some of the best moments (full feed of tweets @HoustonHospital):

Patient is 39 year old female. Today’s #birth is a c-section since her first child was delivered by urgent #csection #MHbaby

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

JUST NOW... Mom and Dad get ready for big moment #MHbaby twitter.com/houstonhospita…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Patient's ultrasound, provided to us by patient and husband #MHbaby twitter.com/houstonhospita…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Anethesia block video #MHbaby youtube.com/watch?v=bB8nEY…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

The pause before surgery AKA "time out” is safety initiative intended for OR team to double check what they are about to do. #MHbaby

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

First incision #MHbaby youtube.com/watch?v=pjb7nK…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

A smaller area of cutting is done in the middle of fat layer until a tough, fibrous layer called “fascia” is seen below #MHbaby

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Surgeon is cautious during this incision as the bladder may be within close proximity to incision #MHbaby

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

The baby’s head is now exposed and can be pushed through the uterine incision into the world #MHbaby

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Happy Birthday #MHbaby ! youtube.com/watch?v=3XdOQ6…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

It’s a boy! #MHbaby

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Mom meets baby for the 1st time! #MHBaby twitter.com/houstonhospita…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Baby boy is 6lbs & 1 ounce, measures 19 & 1/4 inches long #MHbaby twitter.com/houstonhospita…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013

Baby and Dad, Baby Meets Mom! #MHbaby youtube.com/watch?v=sY858P…

— Memorial Hermann(@houstonhospital) February 20, 2013