# An early baby is welcomed to Tokyo **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 26, 2008, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296 "2008-08-26T10:21:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/21 "2008-08-26T18:46:59Z")
Gaaaa…don’t _DO_ that!! And keep on sticking, little one! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/22 "2008-08-26T18:50:28Z")
AIGH! Don’t do that to us! Positive vibes sent to your wife, beta-chan and you! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/23 "2008-08-26T18:52:35Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] October 8th. Beta-chan will be born October 8th, because I said so! [/QUOTE] Sending sticky and healthy thoughts your way as well, and I’m going to predict a binary birthday of 1010 for Beta-chan. And may she always have good health and the sure knowledge that she is loved. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/24 "2008-08-26T20:01:55Z")
[QUOTE=mnemosyne] October 8th. Beta-chan will be born October 8th, because I said so! (That’s also my wedding anniversary, and a good friend’s (a doctor!) birthday. It’s a good day!) [/QUOTE] October 7 (my b-day) would also be very cool. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/25 "2008-08-27T00:06:21Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Don’t you **ever** freak us out like that again! [/QUOTE] In all fairness, my wife also thinks I’m evil. Snatches of sleep slid into a slight slumber. Not well-rested, but not dead, it’s the excitement not the dread. We’ll know the news within an hour or so. All fingers are crossed! ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/26 "2008-08-27T00:33:43Z")
That was just MEAN. So when do we get to start the Beta-Chan Baby Pool? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/27 "2008-08-27T00:35:12Z")
:: starts breathing again :: Glad things went well with your friends and are continuing to go well with you! ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/28 "2008-08-27T01:08:47Z")
Congratulations to your friend, and pleased to know Beta-chan is still hanging in there. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/29 "2008-08-27T01:25:30Z")
You are evil! I like that in a person btw. 😃 Congrats to your friend and his wife on the birth of their baby boy! Stay sticky Beta-Chan! ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/30 "2008-08-27T01:38:37Z")
Beta-chan is doing well! The ultrasound measures her at 2090 grams, or 4 lbs, 9 1/5 oz for the Americans out there. The weight is just right! Lots of grey! Lots of boredom! Ordinary! Nothing special! The cervix is firmly closed shut! No danger yet of early labor. Keep sticky little one! At least five more weeks! And all is well with my friend’s baby and the mother. He’s off in outer space, but father’s don’t count. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/31 "2008-08-27T01:45:09Z")
Dangit, **TokyoPlayer** , my heart just about lept out my throat. I second (or third) October 8. That’s my dad’s birthday. Stay sticky till then, **Beta-chan**! ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/32 "2008-08-27T02:01:23Z")
Dammit TP, don’t DO that to us! (oh, and many congrats to your friend and his spouse and new arrival!) ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/33 "2008-08-27T04:27:23Z")
Bad Tokyo Player! BAD Tokyo! Whew. ---
**Author:** ![missred](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/missred/32/14096_2.png) [@missred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missred)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/34 "2008-08-27T05:38:16Z")
Don’t scare us like that!!! Glad that everything’s ok at the Player house. Stay sticky, Beta-Chan! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/35 "2008-08-27T05:52:55Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] October 7 (my b-day) would also be very cool. 😉 [/QUOTE] That’s Lilbro’s birthday and the anniversary of the battle of Lepanto. ---
**Author:** ![janis\_and\_c0](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janis_and_c0/32/21_2.png) [@janis\_and\_c0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/janis_and_c0)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/36 "2008-08-27T07:08:04Z")
Stay Sticky baby girl, & when it IS time for you to make your appearance, please punch your Daddy in the nose for scaring us all half to death! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/37 "2008-08-27T10:47:27Z")
I learned speed reading when I read that thread title. Qi gong breathing helped me calm down. Stay sticky! ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/38 "2008-08-27T15:33:15Z")
Personally, I think October 6 is a wonderful day for a birthday. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/39 "2008-08-27T17:09:03Z")
I rather like October 9 (my grandma’s birthday) or the 11th (on which day I will see my favorite band in the universe) for a birthday. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2008, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296/40 "2008-08-27T18:17:39Z")
Really, the entire week of Oct 4-12 will do, since that first weekend is Canadian Thanksgiving… I think we’ll all be very thankful for the birth of a happy, healthy Beta-chan! On edit, Thanksgiving is apparently the 13th this year… oh well, a happy healthy Beta-chan BEFORE Thanksgiving is still something to be thankful for! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-early-baby-is-welcomed-to-tokyo/461296.md?page=3)