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Having a baby (09/20/02)
09/20/02 | #1CTYankee

Posted on 09/20/2002 6:05:53 AM PDT by #1CTYankee

Arrived at the Hospital 6:20 this morning.The due date was 9/18 but the date came and went.
The doctor started the IV drip to induce labor at 8:30. Will keep you up to date on the events.


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To: areafiftyone
Thanks, I'll try to keep you all up to date if possible.
She could get sick of my typing
21 posted on 09/20/2002 6:21:34 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Pant-blow-type
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Isn't that what's going on at Wall St these days?

22 posted on 09/20/2002 6:24:07 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee
Good luck, #1CTYankee! It's a ride....
I just had li'l Principled 17 months ago. I still haven't slept... but li'l Principled is the greatest. I know li'l #1CTYankee will be your sunshine.
23 posted on 09/20/2002 6:25:21 AM PDT by Principled
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To: #1CTYankee
Think she'd be upset if I watched from home?

I always thought that the old-fashioned way was the best way - the way they did it 40 or 50 years ago. You know, where the mother's job was to go in and have the baby, and the father's job was to sit in the waiting room and smoke cigarettes while leafing through old issues of National Geographic. ;)

Anyway, this your first?

24 posted on 09/20/2002 6:25:35 AM PDT by general_re
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To: Principled
Good luck, #1CTYankee! It's a ride....

I'm having flashbacks to when my son was born back in 97

25 posted on 09/20/2002 6:28:30 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee
Do everything you can to read her mind and stay off her nerves. If I recall- ice chips, back rubs, soap opera digest. Any thing else and you're probably in trouble.
26 posted on 09/20/2002 6:29:22 AM PDT by R2
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To: #1CTYankee
Congratulations!!

My husband enjoyed going to the hospital with me when I had my two jedis, because the hospital had cable and we didn't. He usually got to watch a hockey game.
27 posted on 09/20/2002 6:31:10 AM PDT by 2Jedismom
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To: #1CTYankee
She could get sick of my typing

She could grab that laptop and whop you over the head with it, too.

Watch for signals that she is no longer a happy camper.

28 posted on 09/20/2002 6:31:27 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: #1CTYankee
My husband watched a Three Stooges marathon in the labor room.
I would have preferred typing.
29 posted on 09/20/2002 6:33:38 AM PDT by EllaMinnow
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To: general_re
I always thought that the old-fashioned way was the best way - the way they did it 40 or 50 years ago. You know, where the mother's job was to go in and have the baby, and the father's job was to sit in the waiting room and smoke cigarettes while leafing through old issues of National Geographic. ;)

I'll admit,not having to walk this far for a smoke is a pain.
But she's putting up with a little more then me. ;-)

30 posted on 09/20/2002 6:34:36 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee
FReeping at the hospital, eh? Best of Luck! Say hi to the hospital staff from FR!

PS: Bring cookies and snacks for the nurses ; )

31 posted on 09/20/2002 6:37:09 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: redlipstick
My husband watched a Three Stooges marathon in the labor room. I would have preferred typing.

Three stooges, I love those guys!

We brought some movies, they have a VCR in the room.
I thought of bringing the movie Rosemary's baby but didn't think she'd find the humor in it.

32 posted on 09/20/2002 6:39:54 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee
Prayers for all.
33 posted on 09/20/2002 6:41:48 AM PDT by Salvation
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To: #1CTYankee
Trust me - in a little while she won't be finding humor in anything.
34 posted on 09/20/2002 6:41:50 AM PDT by EllaMinnow
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To: stainlessbanner
PS: Bring cookies and snacks for the nurses ; )

I'm didn't drive the black sedan.
(Although I am a loveable man)

35 posted on 09/20/2002 6:44:38 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: redlipstick
Trust me - in a little while she won't be finding humor in anything.

As I recall, she did a pretty good impersonation of Linda Blair last time.

36 posted on 09/20/2002 6:47:24 AM PDT by #1CTYankee
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To: #1CTYankee
But she's putting up with a little more then me. ;-)

Don't sell yourself short, now - the "emotional support" thing is the hard part, really. Don't be fooled by all that grunting and sweating - it's all an act, and the next time you get up to go to the bathroom or something, your wife and all the nurses will be laughing and joking about the fact that you bought it. So, when it looks like she's in the most terrible discomfort and pain near the end, you just go ahead and lean over and whisper "I'm on to you - I know you're faking it"....

That should get you a few years of sleeping on the couch ;)

37 posted on 09/20/2002 6:48:33 AM PDT by general_re
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To: #1CTYankee
Do you already know whether it's a boy or a girl?
38 posted on 09/20/2002 6:50:06 AM PDT by EllaMinnow
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To: #1CTYankee
What ever you do, don't tell her you are going to the cafeteria....and don't tell her *I wish I could do this for you*....

We are having a Birthday Party on FP.

39 posted on 09/20/2002 6:51:18 AM PDT by mystery-ak
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To: #1CTYankee
Too cool. My wife would have beat me to death with that laptop, but this is fun!
40 posted on 09/20/2002 6:59:10 AM PDT by patton
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