[OT] It's a girl!

[Broken Fang]

As everyone else has said...Congrats!

My wife and I have two girls (one just turned 7 and the other is just about to turn 3). They are the most frustrating and fun things in our lives! The youngest is undergoing her potty training days...arrrgggghhh...tonight at our pastors house she pee'd on the floor, I thought I was going to kill her!
They are the best things inthe world though...and don't ever lose the chance to have a daddy daughter day! They are the best. Both of mine "jump" me when I get home from and we have a 5-15 minute wrestle mania fest that goes on. It is much more dangerous with two...the 7 yr old will run in and jump on me and her sister as the trailer has landed in some "sensative" areas as she gets in under my radar.
Have fun, take pictures, do what I did and start a journal for her of "daddy thoughts" and give it to her when she is older, read the comics and cut things out that remind you of her, etc.

"Do me a favor and be sure and help your wife out all you can, even if you're tired from working all day...being a mom is the hardest job ever imagined, but being a loving and supportive husband strengthens the bond of family that seems to be in short supply these days -- there are too many children born without the love and support of two parents."

Agree whole-heartedly with this one! Take care of the wife as well she works the hardest!

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As to when we had ours after getting married, the first was about 2 1/2 yrs after we got married.

Again Congrats!

Ray

 

[ArcOfCorinth]

Congrats!

 

[Steve Jung]

Congratulations kengar.

 

[Knightfall]

Congrats... now where's my cigar? Oh wait, I don't smoke.

Congrats!

 

[Angcuru]

*Shoves a cuban in knightfall's mouth and lights it with a zippo set to flamethrower.*

This is one occasion where EVERYONE lights up, even you!

 

[Eosin the Red]

Congrats and many wishes for uniterrupted sleep.

 

[Frostmarrow]

Congratulations! I'm still counting down... D-19.

 

[Gez]

Congratulations for bringing in a new girl on the world!

 

[kengar]

Thanks all!

Angcuru, in answer to your question, my wife & I have been married nearly seven years (we're in our early-to-mid 30's) and this is our first. I don't know how typical that is overall, but isn't so unusual for our group of friends & relations.

Southern Oracle, I'll try. I took 4 weeks off to be at home, so I hope that'll at least make the first few weeks easier on my wife. She had a short but very intense labor (7 hours). She performed like a champ, though, and had the natural birth we both wanted. It was great to be able to bring the baby home the same day, too. Also, I cleaned up that web page and the images, they should load easier now. http://mywebpages.comcast.net/bighara/rachelnews.htm

For all those expecting a low-risk pregnancy/delivery, I highly recommend a birth center with Certified Nurse Midwives as opposed to the "normal" hospital setting.

 

[The Forsaken One]

Gratz m8! I'm just nineteen and ever doubtfull of wanting to be a parent but with my girlfriend I had for the last year she's making me want to be a dad.. so hopefully this goes well and one day I'll be a dad myself!

Seems like to biggest compliment and token of love someone can give you when they choose you to be the father of her child.