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Man I was 45 when the last one popped the hatch, so you ain't old yet, besides they are a lot more fun when your a bit more MATURE, (pc way of saying an old fart)
Congratulations
 
Thanks again everyone..

Yeah, I know, 37 isn't "old".

When I was a kid (high school), I was a big local football and lacrosse star. I pushed my butt off to get my college scholarship. In the long run, I tore my Achilles TWO DAYS before signing my paperwork for Syracuse.
Scholarship off.
I did get signed a few months later with a local school, but it was on the hockey team. haha

Anyway, I did a lot of abuse to my body and feel the pain now. Constant ankle, knee and back pain.
I guess that's my biggest fear.
Other than the ridiculous money we're about to spend!

At the same rate, the money is minor.
My aches and pains? I don't think i'll even know they're there when faced with chasing after a running kiddo, or throwing a ball with my son or daughter.
 
Well, yesterday was the ultrasound.
I have good news and good news.

There's just one in there. 2 would have been great, but 1 was even better.
That's a big relief.

I got to see the baby! The ultrasound was amazing. The baby is 9 weeks old and has a great heartbeat!
You can see the little arms/legs! That blew my mind when they pointed them out.
And the heartbeat... We could see the little heartbeat, just chugging along!

The coolest part was when the baby image was moving. Not the entire screen, just the baby. The nurse said "well, that's a wiggling baby!" and I realized what was going on.. The baby was moving like the gopher in caddyshack!

A great experience and it made me even more excited!
 
Been REALLY busy at work and then taking care of baby momma as she goes through the "fatigue" stage of the pregnancy..

So, here's the update!

We're 1 week away from the 2nd trimester.
Tomorrow is the first prenatal appointment with the doctor where we actually get to sit with him and talk, learn, etc etc
She's also got to meet with a high-risk doctor. That being because she's over 35 years old (Lori's 38). It's just a precaution, but it's one that you can't have too much peace of mind with.

Ultrasound pic (THAT'S MY BABY!!!!)
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I mentioned earlier about our idea to tell her parents at Thanksgiving, just as I was snapping the family picture. It didn't work "perfectly".. Everyone thought I was screwing around and just telling a joke. So I said it again, that's when it set in.
These are the 2 pictures showing the reactions.. (The family is all standing. Far left is my sister in law.. More on her in a second).. The 2 people who are perpetually smiling are family friends...

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And my sister in law..
About a week and a half ago, she called Lori (wifey) and said right away when my wife answered her phone: "Pregnant!"..
My wife was BAFFLED... Wondering how she knew.. So she said "What pregnancy?"
"I'm pregnant! I'm on my way to the doctor now for my ultrasound"..
That's when my wife breathed a 20 second sigh of relief knowing her secret was still safe.
Turns out my sister in law is pregnant as well and that she's about 3 weeks behind us.
She didn't wait till Thanksgiving to tell everyone know, so our surprise was still intact.

It's nice having the secret revealed. Lots of good things still to come!
 
Congratulations a thousand times over.

I was 42 when my first was born, 45 when the twins came. Now I'm 62 and the twins are high school juniors. Its been a heck of a ride, you are going to love it.
 
Chasper said:
Congratulations a thousand times over.

I was 42 when my first was born, 45 when the twins came. Now I'm 62 and the twins are high school juniors. Its been a heck of a ride, you are going to love it.
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Thanks!

I think i've come to grips with being "old" when the baby is born.
I'm such a kid myself, that I act like i'm 21, not 38.

The other day, while laying in bed my wife mentioned "all the things we get to do with our own child now" and I had to stop and think..
For years we've talked about (and done) doing things with the nieces and nephews when they were in town or when we were babysitting..

But now we get to do it with our own child! Trips to the zoo, baseball games where the kids get to run the bases, going to see Santa, circus in town, DISNEY! etc etc
That opened up a whole new level of excitement for me, which I didn't think was possible.

Time is moving too slow. I'm spending the next month doing some much needed repairs to the house in prep for the baby and just to renovate in general. Once that's done, i'm in waiting. But, at least the next month or so will go quickly!
 
Rich,
I want to offer my congratulations too.... I still remember when my wife told me she was pregnant with my son... 'course I was a lot younger than you... I was only 30. It was a great and wonderful time being a father and seeing your kids grow. My first marriage didn't last and in the divorce I took custody of my son when he was 5... it was a really hands on experience... all the little things in his life... sports, scouts, school ... wouldn't take for one second of it. The first 5 years I had him alone, I nearly raised him at work. I would pick him up from day care and go back to the office where he played until I finished for the night.
I was only 48 when he was 18, so not a vast difference... I remarried the year he was 19 and it took him a couple of years to adjust to that, but he did adjust and I think he's accepted his step mom well.... He's 37 now, married and has a great job... and I got another great son with the new wife... the boys are almost 10 years apart in age, chronologically, but about the same age otherwise... they hit it off and get along as if they were blood related brothers....

Enough of my life story... keep us up dated on "Our" new babies.... Congratulations again.
 
I missed this when you first posted, but wow Rich! What great news! Congratulations. I'm happy for you guys. My wife had a laparoscopy (laser surgery) for endometriosis back in '06. And coincidentally she got pregnant with our first right around the same time. We still haven't figured out exactly how it happened, because we couldn't do anything either for two weeks AFTER the surgery, so we're thinking that she must have been pregnant during the surgery. If that's the case, it's a miracle that our daughter survived. Congrats again!
 
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I missed this when you first posted, but wow Rich! What great news! Congratulations. I'm happy for you guys. My wife had a laparoscopy (laser surgery) for endometriosis back in '06. And coincidentally she got pregnant with our first right around the same time. We still haven't figured out exactly how it happened, because we couldn't do anything either for two weeks AFTER the surgery, so we're thinking that she must have been pregnant during the surgery. If that's the case, it's a miracle that our daughter survived. Congrats again!
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That's exactly what we went through, which is why we're able to hammer out the timing on the baby being conceived. It was that surgery/the meds that followed that made this possible.
 
Penman1's wife here...I came down to the shop (man cave) this evening to visit and my first question was did you post the pictures from Thanksgiving and "The Announcement?" Of course he had to stop what he was doing and find the thread for me! HAHAHA but I love it! This is so very exciting. Thank you again for sharing!
 
PenMan1 said:
Penman1's wife here...I came down to the shop (man cave) this evening to visit and my first question was did you post the pictures from Thanksgiving and "The Announcement?" Of course he had to stop what he was doing and find the thread for me! HAHAHA but I love it! This is so very exciting. Thank you again for sharing!
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haha, no problem!

I don't know what made me think of posting that this morning.
Now i'm glad i did!
 
Ridiculously late update since i've had so many PM's for news!
Mom and baby are doing well. She's just about at 36 weeks, which means she's can drop at any day!

Things have been VERY hectic around here. In January, I was in a motorcycle accident and broke my back. A long stay in the hospital + a 2nd trip when the original surgery failed had me away from home (and my wife!) for too long.

Through all this, we found out we're having a girl. Which is awesome, i'm really excited about a daddy's girl! Daddy has been spoiling her rotten already, getting her room all girly and ready for her to come home.

I originally thought time was going too slow. After being in the hospital and then coming home and being laid up, getting the room and house ready has been very difficult. Quite often I sit back at night and realize that we're one day closer and I get into a panic. Now that the room is done and everything is bought and here for her, I feel better.

We also had a scare about a month ago when a normal ultrasound turned into my wife being admitted into the hospital (2 weeks after I got out). She was having 12-14 contractions an hour. Turns out baby is impatient like daddy ;)
They put my wife on a medication called procardia, which stops contractions. That worked great. Now we're at the point where she comes off the procardia this weekend. A lot of stories that we've read from other moms on procardia are that they delivered 2 days to 2 weeks after they stopped taking it.
Either way, the doctor was thinking if she's not here by June 9th, they'll induce and bring her out on the 10th!

VERY excited dad still. Very anxious.
I can't wait. 21 years later, we're getting an amazing gift!
 
Rich,
I vote for June 9.... that's my son's birthday... it's a great day to have a baby. Hopefully yours may be a little more controlled than mine... the night Jason was born, I worked a late swing shift at the airport and had just gotten home and in bed, dropped off to a very sound sleep when I was rudely awakened by a swat across the chest and then suddenly realizing the bed was all wet... my wife's water broke in bed... she called the doctor who said get to the hospital... which was 15 miles away, plus we had an 8 year old we had to get a sitter for... so we called the mother in law who lived 15 miles away... had to wait for her to arrive... meantime, I'm packing the car, getting it running so it won't be cold (June in Bay Area is cold at 3 or 4 a.m.....)MIL finally got to the house, we started to Burlingame and I think by now I was almost awake enough to actually talk to my wife.... I don't think I had said a word up until this time... I finally asked her how far apart her contractions were.... no contractions... just that the water had broken. We got to the hospital about 5 or 5:30 am... they send us from the emergency room to admissions.... got most of the paper work done and the hospital staff wheels her off to delivery while I finish the admission paperwork... they then send me to the delivery/labor room, only I got lost in the hospital and was about 15 minutes finding my wife again.... the doctor is there checking things, then said it would be a while...he left, the nurse is checking her dilation's.. not much dilation, so will be a while, so the nurse left..... 5 minutes later, my wife groaned and said she was in contraction... they were 2-3 minutes apart and she felt she was baring down... I run to find the nurse... no nurse... no doctor... finally found the nurse and she says.... Uh-oh...we got a quick one..... runs back to delivery and wheels her into the delivery room... the doctor comes running from somewhere... I have to go to the waiting room - now I'm in a total panic..... 5 or 10 minutes later (at 7:27 am) they come out and show me a beautiful little boy.... from first contraction to delivery was less than 30 minutes.. pretty appropriate.. I worked for an airlines and he arrived like a Boeing 727.....

Good luck and we want pictures as soon as she's here..
 
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Congratulations. At any age kids are great. I am 62 and have a daughter who turned 17 last Thursday. It isn't much different then having a 27 year old. I have one of those also.
 
Rich, congratulations on the news. Great story. Prepare yourself for the most incredible journey. My daughter was born when I was 40. She will turn 18 this fall shortly after I turn 58. It has been amazing. Kids will take you places you never imagined you'd go if you just let them. Embrace it I promise you will not regret it. Congrats again and good luck.

Wayne
 
Congratulations

Congratulations....being a Dad is OK. Speaking from a little experience here. I have 6. 2 sons, 4 daughters. Daughters are harder to raise than sons.

From what all these guys seem to be saying I missed the boat, I was only 33 when my last pair came along. My dad on the other hand must have been happier than a pig in mud when I showed up 2 weeks before his 50th birthday.
 
Well, my baby girl is here!

On 6/13 my wife and I woke up at 4:30am. No clue why.
We sat up together, watched the news, ate a bagel and then went back to bed about 6ish. Well, I did. She sat in bed, counting contractions.
When I woke up again at 10am, she was up and cleaning. She said that her contractions had been 6 minutes apart for about an hour.
No biggie, we're waiting for them to be 3-5minutes apart for 2 hours straight. She's had a lot of contractions over the past month, so we weren't fretting.
At 11:30, I had enough. They were 5-6 minutes for 3 1/2 hours. That's good enough!
So, we both showered, grabbed the bags and headed to the hospital.

They checked her when we got her and she was at 4 1/2 cm dilated, 100% effaced and ready to go! So, we were admitted and the wait was on.

At 8pm, her water broke. At this point, she was at 8cm. This was a very HOLY **** moment. She was FLYING through labor and was handling it like a champ!
At 8:30pm, her "handling it like a champ" went out the window. She went from "breathing through the contraction" to "GET ME THAT DAMN EPIDURAL NOW"...
It was actually kind of funny to see, but I felt for her, because in 21 years, i've never seen her in pain like this.

So the pushing began.
And it still went on.
And on.
And on.

Finally, after 4 hours of pushing, they pulled the plug and said it was c-section time.
The baby was sitting so low, but couldn't clear the pelvic bone. They equated it to trying to push a car out of snow. You push and push and push, but all you're doing is rocking back and forth.

At 2:11am, my little girl was born. It was amazing to experience, even if it wasn't "natural". I held her for the first time about 2:25am and didn't want to give her up.
I cried like a schoolgirl (again).
It was SO emotional for me, let alone the 2 of us together.

And at that point, Lily Marie was brought into our life on 6/14/2011 at 8lbs, 2oz.

The following week was a bit stressful.
Tuesday morning about 11am I was falling asleep sitting in the uncomfortable chair, trying to find some kind of comfort, but I couldn't.
Finally my wife told me to go home, check on the dogs and nap for a few hours.
That lasted about 2 hours. I couldn't wait to go back and hold my daughter again.
The entire week was like that. Until..
Wednesday, my wife was being told her blood pressure was very high and they were going to try and control it.
Early Thursday morning, they transferred her to a different section of the maternity ward and put her on a medication to bring down the blood pressure.
Both of us were a little freaked out. We'd come this far in life together, get a gift like this, then all of a sudden we have a major roadblock.

Late Thursday, they said that her BP was coming down and that they thought it was just from the stress of the emergency c-section and the pregnancy in general.

Friday, mom and baby were cleared to come home with me.

That Sunday, I had the greatest fathers day anyone could have had.
I was given a gift at 4:30 that morning, by way of a very stinky diaper.
And I loved it.
I spent the day watching the US Open with my daughter sleeping on my chest.
That's what it was all about for me.

Lori recovered (is recovering) VERY well from the surgery. 1 week later, she was walking around, acting like nothing was wrong. I was literally yelling at her at one point to sit down and relax. She's so stubborn that she doesn't want to accept that she needs healing time..

Fast forward to present.
It's been 2 weeks now.
Lily has been an absolute pleasure. She is already daddy's girl. There's already a very strong bond between us, which is awesome. Mommy has a bond too, but she's not important in this post right now ;)
She doesn't cry very often at all.
She sleeps EXCELLENT. She typically takes her last bottle about 11pm, sleeps till 2:30, takes a bottle and goes right back to sleep. Then she wakes up again about 7am.
Not bad!
We've got a great team system working between us right now. Lori wakes up for the 2:30, I take the 7am and throughout the day, its whichever one is there.

With all that said (sorry, that was a little long. haha) here are some pictures from the past 2 weeks.

At birth (the big conehead is from the 4 hours of pushing.. It's back to shape now!)
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About 2 hours after she was born
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I think this was day 2
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Coming home!
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Home at last
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Fathers day
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And just a few other randoms from the past week..

(Sorry about my father in laws foot)
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I'm a proud dad ;)
 
Also, just to say..
Thank you SO much for all the PM's with well wishes and inquires!
It's much appreciated!
 
Congratulations! That is truly a great story. As the father of 5, I can tell you that the only thing that approaches the joys of fatherhood, is being a grandfather...our elevnth is due to arrive on Thursday.

Enjoy her while you can because they growup too fast.

Tomas
 
Could be wrong -- but one of those pictures shows her wrapping you around her finger --- Just like is should be!!!


Blessings -- hang on and enjoy the ride!!!
 
Congrats! I'm happy for both of you :smile:

I know what a joy it is to hold your first child and since that time my three daughters have given me four grandchildren.
 
My very best to you and your wife! There are only a few moments in a man's life that are truly transcendent, and falling in love with your newborn baby girl is one of them. Enjoy every minute, because tomorrow you will be walking her down the aisle and wondering where the years went.

My wife and I have a 29 year old daughter with a 4 1/2 year old son; we also have a 4 year old daughter! There are a bunch more in between.
8 kids, 5 grandkids. We'll be 70 when Fleur turns 20. No empty nest here at Casa de Chaos!
 
WOW, you and wife are truely blessed, and its ok to be old and a father, when my Daughter turns 18 I will be 68 years old......................
 
tomas said:
Congratulations! That is truly a great story. As the father of 5, I can tell you that the only thing that approaches the joys of fatherhood, is being a grandfather...our elevnth is due to arrive on Thursday.

Enjoy her while you can because they growup too fast.

Tomas
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My father, (who I didn't talk to very much; we just grew apart over life) was shocked when we told him. Good shock though. Just like us, he didn't think he'd get this opportunity.
He's excited though, very happy grandpa who can't wait to get up here to see her!
 
KenV said:
Could be wrong -- but one of those pictures shows her wrapping you around her finger --- Just like is should be!!!

Blessings -- hang on and enjoy the ride!!!
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She absolutely does 2 weeks old and incredibly spoiled!
But, it's the way it should be. She's a special gift and deserves it!

ohiococonut said:
Congrats! I'm happy for both of you :smile:

I know what a joy it is to hold your first child and since that time my three daughters have given me four grandchildren.
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Thank you!

MyronW said:
My very best to you and your wife! There are only a few moments in a man's life that are truly transcendent, and falling in love with your newborn baby girl is one of them. Enjoy every minute, because tomorrow you will be walking her down the aisle and wondering where the years went.

My wife and I have a 29 year old daughter with a 4 1/2 year old son; we also have a 4 year old daughter! There are a bunch more in between.
8 kids, 5 grandkids. We'll be 70 when Fleur turns 20. No empty nest here at Casa de Chaos!
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Thanks! I love the name "Fleur"!

OLDMAN5050 said:
WOW, you and wife are truely blessed, and its ok to be old and a father, when my Daughter turns 18 I will be 68 years old......................
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Blessed for sure! I'm well over the age thing.
I don't want to press my luck with another, but for her, it's all well and good!
 
Daddy gonna need a shiny new shotgun in a couple years. She is a cutie, though she will beat your butt for posting the first one some day.
 
Congratulations! And what a cutie!

My son being born was the most amazing moment of my life, as I'm sure your daughters birth was for you. Enjoy the ride :biggrin:
 
Congrats! My daughter just had a baby, she is 40! It was a long struggle, had many loses. But has a beautiful boy now, three weeks old.
 
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