It's a girl!

[Jayce]

I don't get over this way often, but I am glad I did today...


Congrats!

[Strazos]

Yeah, congrats, best wishes, etc etc.

Malpractice?

[Rasix]

Everyone I know has been poppin' out kids left and right.  That may be the cutest of the bunch.  Great looking kid. 

 

Grats!

[Strazos]

Oh, just went back and saw pics....

WTF the kid looks normal? Where's the evil goatee?

[WayAbvPar]

Scottish women don't grow their facial hair until menarche.

[Kenrick]

Don't the cute babies turn out to be ugly adults, and vice versa?

I was admittedly a very cute baby, and dear god that didn't turn out to well...

[eldaec]

Congratulations and good luck to all three of you.

[Samwise]

Congrats!  /agree on that being the world's cutest baby.

[Bunk]

Congratulations on a beautiful kid Iron, and a great choice on the name. And I'll wish a speedy and easy recovery to your lady.

I don't have any rugrats of my own, but I have two friends both with newborns. It's amazing the powers they have to melt the heart of even a bitter bastard like myself.

Enjoy it.

[Yegolev]

Elena Marie Pieroni was born at 9:15 this morning, weighing 4pounds 4 ounces.  She's perfect.

Congratulations!

Alas, due to complications my wife is currently in a hospital bed drugged out of her mind with tubes sticking everywhere.  Her liver Ruptured during an Emergency C-Section.

I may not have mentioned this but my advice would be to immediately ask for a section.  Waaaay too late for me to mention this now, of course.  You'll know for next time, demand one when you walk in the door.  That goes for everyone else reading this, too.

She looks great.  Seriously, that's a nice looking baby.

[Flood]

Congratulations and blessings on you and your family IW!


>>initialize recreational time termination cycle
>>cycle duration (18 years)
>>run program

[Jeff Kelly]

Congratulations and best wishes to you and your wife.

Remember you now have only 15 years until you have to beat up her first boyfriend ;-)

[Triforcer]

Congratulations Ironwood!!!!  Cutest baby I have seen in a long while 

[Signe]

When we lived in New Jersey, our neighbour had the ugliest baby I've ever seen.  Actually, all their kids were beastly looking.  They were terrible neighbours, too.  I'm glad their kids were ugly.

[Strazos]

NJ tends to do that to the natives.

[Ironwood]

I may not have mentioned this but my advice would be to immediately ask for a section.  Waaaay too late for me to mention this now, of course.  You'll know for next time, demand one when you walk in the door.  That goes for everyone else reading this, too.

Like to thank everyone for their kind words.  I'm actually touched.  I may almost smile at some point in the future.

However, there are medical reasons why a Section is not the immediate choice for delivery.  Talk to your doctor in full before making any decision.

Baby and mother continue fine.  Elena was wearing a wondrous outfit that last night that, due to her relative size and the bulkiness of the woolen cardigan, made her look totally 'pimp'.  Snoop would have approved.  I wish I'd had my camera for the inevitable 'This is How We Do It' caption.

:)


(The Royal.  What a fucking shithole.  You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany.  Fucking Ned Heaven.  What bothers me most about it is watching at least 20 young mothers a day outside on the steps smoking and using their fucking bumps as ashtrays.  These cunts need sterilised.)

[edlavallee]

Congrats Ironwood, truly a wonderful gift. My family's best wishes to yours...

C-Sections are never good, although they do save your child from having a conehead. Bitch of a recovery for your wife though. Stay strong mate.

[HaemishM]

Sorry for the late congrats, I was in jury duty all yesterday.

Great name, terribly cute baby. Glad to see you found the "This Way Up" directiong God left on the box.

[Yegolev]

Not sure I want to prolong this discussion, but I will qualify my controversial statement (for a change) by saying that there is a certain point where you should abandon the ideal of a vaginal birth, and there are many opinions on when this is.  If you think you need a section for whatever reason, don't hesitate to bring it up, otherwise you might end up at 8cm after thirty hours with some unpleasant readouts on the monitor.  Yeah, give it a go if you don't expect any issues, however if you have already had one I'd say that you should seriously consider one as an early option for any future delivery.  My wife isn't what you would call tough, but she was on her feet and working again one week after her section.

I will also point out that, in my experience, no one knows anything incredibly significant about pregnancy.  It seems to be treated as a temporary ailment, like a nine-month flu.  YMMV and whatnot, maybe my expectations of medical professionals is too high.  Just don't blindly assume they are right all the time.

There are also unpleasant possibilities associated with a vaginal birth.  Just consider all the options, you know.  I could give examples and whatnot, but this is supposed to be a happy occasion.  Let's just celebrate the new family and be glad that everyone is coming out OK.  I'd MUCH rather talk about fatherhood than this sort of thing.  Really.

Fatherhood rocks the fucking planet.

[Merusk]

Fatherhood rocks the fucking planet.

Except for potty training and those infrequent 'explosive' diapers where you wind-up cleaning half the room.

Ugh.

At least my kids never pulled the "monkey act" my nephews did.

[Yegolev]

My son literally -- literally! -- blasted shit onto my face directly from his anus.  It was 99% my fault, of course.  Fatherhood still rocks.  Also: I am immune to shit now, which is kinda like a superpower.

It's important to have a positive attitude.

[Strazos]

Green-Apple Splatters?

[Ironwood]

Not sure I want to prolong this discussion, but I will qualify my controversial statement (for a change) by saying that there is a certain point where you should abandon the ideal of a vaginal birth, and there are many opinions on when this is.  If you think you need a section for whatever reason, don't hesitate to bring it up, otherwise you might end up at 8cm after thirty hours with some unpleasant readouts on the monitor.  Yeah, give it a go if you don't expect any issues, however if you have already had one I'd say that you should seriously consider one as an early option for any future delivery.  My wife isn't what you would call tough, but she was on her feet and working again one week after her section.

I will also point out that, in my experience, no one knows anything incredibly significant about pregnancy.  It seems to be treated as a temporary ailment, like a nine-month flu.  YMMV and whatnot, maybe my expectations of medical professionals is too high.  Just don't blindly assume they are right all the time.

There are also unpleasant possibilities associated with a vaginal birth.  Just consider all the options, you know.  I could give examples and whatnot, but this is supposed to be a happy occasion.  Let's just celebrate the new family and be glad that everyone is coming out OK.  I'd MUCH rather talk about fatherhood than this sort of thing.  Really.

Fatherhood rocks the fucking planet.

I don't disagree with anything you say.  For Christine, the choice was an illusion of choice anyways.  She was bleeding into her abdomen and her sats were dropping.  That wean was coming OUT.

As for her recovery, people should note that she will be in at least a week and a half - she did have a major incision vertically to her breastbone to allow the repair of the liver.  It wasn't a normal pregnancy by any means.  Further, women on these boards should be aware that Christine's condition was a freak occurance that the head of surgery had only seen once before in his life.

[Tebonas]

Its a very invasive procedure. Too invasive to do it "just in case". Maybe my expectations of medical professionals is even higher, I expect them to know when it is needed.

There was a BBC podcast I heard recently with the difference of childbirth in England and the USA. Usually US doctors do everything to cover their asses to avoid possible lawsuits. That podcast was very enlightening for me.

[Lantyssa]

Thank you for the warning, Ironwood.  Fortunately it is something around half (by percentage of activity, not by the numbers) of our regular female posters do not have to worry about anyways.  You are not turning us into non-sprog poppers, we already are.

With a few more pics of that cutie, I might try to find a way though!  (hint, hint -- more pics)

[Signe]

I can't believe how pretty his baby is... it just seems wrong, somehow.  I was expecting glowing, red eyes.  His wife must be gorgeous and have really, really overwhelmingly strong genes.  Seriously, IW, that is a beautiful baby.  My cousin was my favourite baby, though.  She was born with soft coating of black hair everywhere.  Now that is cool!  (Her name is Donna, by the way, which Italians would have ended up calling your sprog, anyway, so Elena was probably a good choice)

[Ironwood]

I have tons more pics and also quicktime video (one of which may just hurt you with the cuteness burn).  I'm just very wary about turning this board into all about me and mine.

:)

Oh, all right.  How about this :

http://homepages.enterprise.net/pieronip/images/p1010013.mov

Not the best, but I haven't uploaded them all yet.  And I'm trying to keep pictures of me or Christine well out of it.

[Trippy]

Aw, what a adorable sleepy-head!

[Engels]

That's not a baby. That's in game footage of the new EQ expansion, Raid on Steamfont. Its been a ruse all along, I knew it.

[Wolf]

Congrats Ironwood!

She's even more cute than my cousin when she was born, and she was SERIOUSLY cute.

[Ironwood]

Cuteness

[Trippy]

Ninja DB edit for teh win! (But only for Elena)

[Ironwood]

eh ?

[Trippy]

Modify your above post (not the one with the Cuteness link) and put in another FTP link and check out the HTML that gets generated.

[Ironwood]

I'm too tired.

I fucked something up right ?