• I have a few to add:

    1.  If it’s a vaginal birth, especially in a birthing “pool”, I DEFINITELY recommend the enema (think about it).
    2.  Bring a good book for the delivery – it could take A WHILE and you’re wife may not be all that chatty under the circumstances.
    3.  If you have a weak stomach, do NOT look over the curtain if it’s a caeserean – but if you don’t, it’s kinda cool to watch.  (Think Alien :lol:).
    4.  Catch up on all the movies you want to watch and visit all your favorite restaurants now – “dinner and a movie” pretty much went out the window after birth #1.


  • @Gamer:

    I have a few to add:

    1.  If it’s a vaginal birth, especially in a birthing “pool”, I DEFINITELY recommend the enema (think about it).
    2.  Bring a good book for the delivery – it could take A WHILE and you’re wife may not be all that chatty under the circumstances.
    3.  If you have a weak stomach, do NOT look over the curtain if it’s a caeserean – but if you don’t, it’s kinda cool to watch.  (Think Alien :lol:).
    4.  Catch up on all the movies you want to watch and visit all your favorite restaurants now – “dinner and a movie” pretty much went out the window after birth #1.

    All good advise - as someone who has delievered a lot of babies, i really like #1.  Also for #3 - shortly after the walls were redone in the St. Boniface L&D rooms, a father passed out and wrecked the wall. 
    Also - a birthing plan is nice - if you have any questions, by all means you are welcome to give me a shout - just keep in mind that some “wishes” are often exceedingly impractical/dangerous/noxious to other birthing moms.  Having said that, the crew at St. B. tend to be quite accomidating, the rooms are very nice, and they really work to optimize the “experience”.

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    My wife had a C-Section with both of my Girls and although I watched it’s not something I’d want on video… :|

    My wife also had a tubal ligation immediately following the last C-Section that, combined with her history of endometriosis is the reason that while I was holding my baby for the first time I looked over and saw the Doc holding my wife’s uterus, that tends to fall into the “Images burned in the brain” category.

    Even with all the gross stuff Like the first baby turd, which looks something like tar squeezed out of a tube of toothpaste, it’s an “interesting” experience.

    :-D


  • Oh, and don’t forget that you can have sex pretty much up until labor (and it can help induce it around the 9months mark).  Just don’t force anything.  :wink:

    And baby poop isn’t bad at all if you breast feed.  It looks kinda gross but doesn’t really smell at all for the first weeks/couple of months.  Not until you eat “real food.”


  • From one parent to a future one… congratulations and best of luck!

  • '19 Moderator

    @Jermofoot:

    And baby poop isn’t bad at all if you breast feed.  It looks kinda gross but doesn’t really smell at all for the first weeks/couple of months.  Not until you eat “real food.”

    LOL, aslong as your not a big fan of mustard…  Fortunately I am not :wink:


  • @dezrtfish:

    @Jermofoot:

    And baby poop isn’t bad at all if you breast feed.  It looks kinda gross but doesn’t really smell at all for the first weeks/couple of months.  Not until you eat “real food.”

    LOL, aslong as your not a big fan of mustard…  Fortunately I am not :wink:

    And that mustard would be “stone ground.”


  • Hope you are ready for all of the expenses of having a child.

    Just what society needs, another individual to pay for my social security and fight to protect my freedom.  Cool.  Thanks for having a childing so I do not have to fight or work until death.


  • <–— NO KIDS!

    I like Mustard, and want to keep it that way!

  • 2007 AAR League

    @Nuclear:

    Hope you are ready for all of the expenses of having a child.

    Just what society needs, another individual to pay for my social security and fight to protect my freedom.  Cool.  Thanks for having a childing so I do not have to fight or work until death.

    Only if you’re in Canada…

  • '19 Moderator

    LOL, You could always move, god knows we need more lawers in the US… Well… we could always use more pretty women and strait men anyway…  :-D


  • @Gamer:

    Yeah, don’t knock daddy-hood until you’ve tried it – I’ve got two girls and they are grrrrrreat!

    (straight-faced) How old are they?

  • '19 Moderator

    @newpaintbrush:

    @Gamer:

    Yeah, don’t knock daddy-hood until you’ve tried it – I’ve got two girls and they are grrrrrreat!

    (straight-faced) How old are they?

    LMAO
    Here’s a recient pic of Gamers daughters-

    -jk Gamer-

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  • 2007 AAR League

    Ummmm…. for now I’ll just say that I’m satisfied with my wife?  :oops: :oops:

    You guys are icky! Shame! Bad!

    Seriously tho I think Maggie’s pretty hawt.  :-) She keeps saying she’s not so I’ve thought about putting a pic of her on hotornot.com. Dressed right, I think she’d be a solid 9 at least. But of course I can’t do that without her permission, and she’d never agree.

    She thinks I’m “not objective”  :-P and apparently so are all my friends who tell me I have a smokin’ hot wife.

    What’s a boy to do? I guess I should just let her stay humble.


  • :-D
      Congrats to you and your lovely wife! My oldest is 22 now and I can still remember when we found out she was on the way, the day she came into the world, ( a C-Section) and the day she moved back into the house, (but that is a different story I’ll share later).
      I have 3 grown children, all good gamers. That is my contribution to the world.  :wink:
      Honestly though, these are the days of magic and wonder. Take lots of pictures of every moment, ( good ammunition later) :lol: and get some, no, a lot of gaming in now cuz you won’t be able to after the baby arrives.  :-o
                              :roll:

  • '19 Moderator

    @Ender:

    Ummmm…. for now I’ll just say that I’m satisfied with my wife?  :oops: :oops:

    You guys are icky! Shame! Bad!

    Seriously tho I think Maggie’s pretty hawt.   :-) She keeps saying she’s not so I’ve thought about putting a pic of her on hotornot.com. Dressed right, I think she’d be a solid 9 at least. But of course I can’t do that without her permission, and she’d never agree.

    She thinks I’m “not objective”  :-P and apparently so are all my friends who tell me I have a smokin’ hot wife.

    What’s a boy to do? I guess I should just let her stay humble.

    Well, post some more pics and you can tell her my oppinion. :D


  • @dezrtfish:

    Well, post some more pics and you can tell her my oppinion. :D

    (straight-faced) in order to make the best assessment, she must be clad in as little as possible.


  • Seriously tho I think Maggie’s pretty hawt.  smiley She keeps saying she’s not so I’ve thought about putting a pic of her on hotornot.com. Dressed right, I think she’d be a solid 9 at least. But of course I can’t do that without her permission, and she’d never agree.

    You should tell her you posted her pic on a boardgame forum and it got raving reviews!  :-P


  • @newpaintbrush:

    @Gamer:

    Yeah, don’t knock daddy-hood until you’ve tried it – I’ve got two girls and they are grrrrrreat!

    (straight-faced) How old are they?

    Did I mention my shotgun? :x

    :-P

  • 2007 AAR League

    i like shotguns.  and pretty girls.  how about pretty girls holding shotguns.

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