I'm a Daddy as of December 27th! (See post #99.)

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Make sure you take a picture of yourself cutting yourself... I mean, like, the umbilical cord and stuff.
 
As of last Thursday, another sonogram still don't know what sex it is. Perhaps it's shy. Due date appears to be the first week in January, which means I'm not going to use my vacation until the end of the year at the soonest.
 
Cool! Try to get the kid in before 12/31 to maximize your 2006 tax deduction...

How's everything going?
 
It's cool hearing about this kind of stuff. Still doesn't make me want a kid though, and fortunately (for me) Charlottes not been very broody. At least not so far anyway. If she get's that way I'll just buy here a kitten, or a puppy ;). I'm not totally against having kids, but I'm only 24, near enough. A few more years maybe. Though the idea of a little me running aroung would always be disturbing :lol:. Keep us updated Pupik 👍.
 
Pupik
As of last Thursday, another sonogram still don't know what sex it is. Perhaps it's shy. Due date appears to be the first week in January, which means I'm not going to use my vacation until the end of the year at the soonest.
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Show me a pic, and I can tell you. Better yet, would be a video. Still, I'm good at looking at things on monitor (TV).

What you need to look for is a tiny marble-looking thing near the pelvic area. If you see that, it's a boy. Don't have that, it's a girl.
 
The image was too fuzzy around the tummy...so we're going to a specialist (with a more acurate machine, apparently) in a week or two.

The morning sickness is gone, but the food cravings, although nothing unusual, just keep me prepared to run out for food. She never knows what she's in the mood to eat, which is kind of inconvienent. Yours truly once worked in a supermarket, so I have no trouble buying a ton of food in about 30 minutes, since I pretty much know where everything is. The best part of that is so I can buy whatever I want...

She's hardly gained any weight, and she sometimes tells me that she doesn't "feel pregnant". A lot of mothers have told us that the 2nd trimester's like that, it's comparatively easy-going.
 
Picked any possible names yet be it a girl or boy?

Only you can't call him (if it is a boy) Batman, or Batboy, a couple in Germany tried, and failed.
 
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Maybe he chose one from here? :p:

https://www.gtplanet.net/forum/showthread.php?t=17197
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Hmmmm... got to admit, M5Power is quite a memorable name.

Pupik, you could always do what they used to do in the olden days - many men assumed that their offspring was going to be a boy, and therefore had the birth certificate written up before they knew either way. But if the baby turned out to be a girl, they'd simply add "-ina" to the end of the name, like Williamina, Robertina etc... ok, maybe not... What ideas for names have you got so far then??
 
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What ideas for names have you got so far then??
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Plausible Deniability has been enforced by the Offspring Department. I'm under oath.
 
Lion-o if it's a boy, Cheetara if it's a girl, beat that. Well actually copyright probably already has beat that :lol:.
 
How about IM IN UR FAMILY, BEING UR OFFSPRING?
 
There's a lad I used to work with called Eddie Wearing, he said that if he had a kid he was going to call him Notworth.

And he was being serious. Cruel bastard.
 
We haven't heard much from Concept/unsanctified in a while, at least at GTP. Most of my time here is spent thanks to work, in any case.

Babies and kids take up your spare (wasted) time, anyhow. I've got to get used to that...
 
Yeah babies take a hell of a lot of time, and responsiblity, two things I currently don't have enough of. It's the lack of sleep you'll get in the first few months that'll probably grind your brain the most.
 
Congratulations, bud. 👍

Just give your kid as much wisdom as possible, because it'll come back to help them in the future. There will be some seriously rough times, especially when they hit their teens and start acting all rebellious and stuff. Just stick in there, and be as calm and collected as possible, and you'll do fine. :)
 
Well, as I have exactly one week to go (we're set to induce labor on the 27th, which was right on time), I'm sort of just ready for it, almost to the point of impatience. We want the baby to come out already!

There's so much pressure and stupid questions vaulted at me, that I've just decided that I'm tired of waiting. The reason for the scheduled induction date is because my workplace is switching insurance companies, effective January 1st. They don't have my wife's doctor on my plan, and they still haven't given us approval for a one-month extension based on the fact it's a pregnancy. Rather than deal with all the agony and he-say-she-say of possibly dealing with two different insurance companies, we're trying to make it so we're out the door by New Year's Eve.

In any case, I'm psyched, but I can't help notice that my fuse is so much shorter than before, especially at work, an in dealing with stupidity in general (see work). Oh well, I'll just transfer my anger to Stella Artois.

Unlike many over-hyped things, though, this newborn girl will not be anticlimactic in any way.
 
Good luck to all parties concerned! I still remember the countdown. If you need advice, don't hesitate to ask. It's quite an adventure.

I'll also make my pitch in favor of breastfeeding - it offers a huge array of advantages for mother and child (not to mention daddy - no heating bottles at 3:00a) that I always recommend it. My wife would be happy to offer advice if things don't work immediately (and sometimes they don't).

Good luck!
 
I dunno if this is what you want to hear but I'm going to put it in. Throw me a PM if you want it removed.

But my opinion. If it's a boy and it becomes rebellious, like he's disrespectful to you and your better half or whatever, there's only a few ways to do anything. I can tell you one thing that is 100% for sure. If he thinks he can take you, take him outside and have him prove it. [Chris Titus's dad] *drinks out of beer can* Yep, won't do that again will ya? [Chris Titus's dad] I know it's not ethical but it works. I'm not saying if he won't clean his room drill him in the mouth or something, especially if he's like me and has $5,000 in his mouth.

Sorry, it's getting late and I don't know what I'm talking about. Stay in there and good luck Pupik!
 
Oh, cool. He is back to "Pupik". 👍

Guy I work with had a baby with his wife(just in case, I'll put that in there) over the summer, and man, I lost a friend for couple of months, there. We went from talking about everything like Danny Boyle's new film, latest PS3 rumors, to doctor visits and Babies "R" Us. :rolleyes: j/k

I hope for a healthy and timely delivery of your daughter. ;) Good luck, Josh!
 
I went through this just six years ago with our youngest boy. Delivery date was the 24 of December, I believe, but he didn't come until Christmas night. We waited to go to the hospital as late as possible, so we would have him on the day after Christmas. We didn't want him born on Christmas.

GOOD LUCK! 👍
 
Good luck 👍

Hope everything goes well and she isn't an awkward bugger like I was at birth. Pulling out the placenta at birth, not a good idea.

And a birthday on Dec 27th? Imagine what will happen when she reaches legal drinking age! :dopey:
 

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