# I will never have to buy another birthday gift for my husband! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2012, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398 "2012-02-20T06:08:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/21 "2012-02-20T15:05:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > This is the mark of a dedicated Doper, posting while she’s in labor. > > Didn’t someone do that before? I think so, but can’t remember who it was. > > Take care! 😃 Not dedicated so much as bored right now. I’m too distracted for a book, can’t easily do much beyond surf the net and try to keep my MIL and oldest kids posted on events. If my prior labors are any indication, there will be a decent 30-60 minutes of exciting stuff, but a good bit of waiting around beforehand. And I know that I don’t want the whole fam damily descending on the hospital while I’m in labor, so I’m posting here instead of calling the gang: the Dope provides the right balance of support + staying the hell away! Hmmm, while typing this reply, things seem to be progressing toward the exciting bits. I’m keeping my fingers crossed! ETA: not the “exciting bits” referred to by WhyNot, whose good advice I’m not going to take. Poor Tony is too nervous to try that, so I’m letting him sleep while he can. It’s better this way! ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/22 "2012-02-20T15:12:54Z")
Guess it’s too late to bake a birthday cake? good luck happy pushin ;)🙂 ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/23 "2012-02-20T16:14:22Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Your fourth kid? **Why, you should be able to just lift your leg and shoot him out by now**! I predict a smooth and easy labor, once you get down to business. Good luck, when come back bring pictures! Name it Alice, even if it’s a boy, kay? That made me think of this video I just saw recently: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucs\_SjfIBwM](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucs_SjfIBwM) WARNING: this is a video of a aboriginal lady giving birth in the jungle. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/24 "2012-02-20T16:39:25Z")
Don’t be afraid of the pitocin drip. It isn’t any worse than natural transition labor, and it gets things OVER WITH. Just imagine, it will help you STOP BEING PREGNANT sooner. Isn’t that awesome? ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/25 "2012-02-20T17:59:20Z")
I think we’re missing a great opportunity for an “Ask the…” thread… Good luck! -D/a ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/26 "2012-02-20T18:24:29Z")
My younger son was born two days after my birthday. Like that of his older brother, his birth was a planned induction a little early due to my wife’s gestational diabetes. The inductions were scheduled for days when my wife’s regular obstetrician would be working. So, basically they both owe their birthdays to whatever administrator at the OB practice handles scheduling. There was a possibility that the younger one would be born on my birthday. As a friend of mine said, nothing says “You no longer count” like sharing a birthday with your child. I owe the fact that my birthday means anything at all in our family to that same administrator. Hope everything’s going well! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/27 "2012-02-20T18:33:38Z")
Wishing you luck and joy with your new family! ---
**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:** [February 20, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/28 "2012-02-20T20:16:59Z")
> [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](#): > > I think we’re missing a great opportunity for an “Ask the..” thread… Ask the newly-arrived Doper? 🙂 Good luck! May everything go well! ---
**Author:** ![maggenpye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@maggenpye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maggenpye)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/29 "2012-02-20T20:23:12Z")
- 5 hours without a post. I’m assuming **Littlest Doper** is here. Welcome! ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/30 "2012-02-20T21:13:13Z")
Happy Birth-Day! ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2012, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/31 "2012-02-21T06:29:23Z")
Was Alice born yet? I hope everything is good and you’re now resting comfortably. Thinking of you! ---
**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:** [February 21, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/32 "2012-02-21T14:18:27Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > I know this is the LAST thing on your mind right now, but if you can convince hubby to give you some nice lusty kisses and twiddle your nipples a bit, it can release your body’s own version of pitocin (which doesn’t hurt nearly as much as the IV kind) and perhaps kick that labor into the active mode. > > Doubleplus bonus points if he can bring you to orgasm. But I’m guessing that’s asking a bit much! 😃 Hopefully this has long since become a moot point… but many years back, when friends were having a midwife-supervised home birth, the midwife at one point said “I’m going to leave the room for a while. You need to have an orgasm and I don’t care how”. 😕:eek:;). ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/33 "2012-02-26T15:27:17Z")
so have you cut the cake yet? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/34 "2012-02-28T04:36:08Z")
I hope that the OP is just so incredibly busy with her new baby that she hasn’t had a chance to come back. Whenever you get time, we’re waiting! ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/35 "2012-02-28T12:23:22Z")
I’d love an update too, although it’s understandable that you’ve probably got better things to do 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![velvetjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/5f9b8f/32.png) [@velvetjones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velvetjones)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2012, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/36 "2012-02-28T18:43:13Z")
Better things to do? I can’t imagine it! 😉 It’s been a week though, I hope things are OK. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 8:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/37 "2012-03-01T08:45:13Z")
Sorry, y’all - I got a little distracted there! Michelle Tracy was born at 8:29 pm on February 20 - 7lbs. 14 oz., 20.5 inches long, and just as [cute](https://picasaweb.google.com/103971772112701470673/Pictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCMrSktGT8szKvAE#5714844323610558498) as a [button](https://picasaweb.google.com/103971772112701470673/Pictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCMrSktGT8szKvAE#5714843983966892146)! My [big sister](https://picasaweb.google.com/103971772112701470673/Pictures?authkey=Gv1sRgCMrSktGT8szKvAE#5714844091404117058)just adores me too! Seriously, she’s an awesome baby - good-tempered, wants to be held a lot, not too fond of diaper changes, though. Good appetite, though, so lots of diaper changes are necessary! 🙂 Incidentally, the hospital sucked more than I remembered… perhaps because the last time I had a baby at a hospital, I had drugs! My last two were at birthing centers vs. traditional hospitals, and now I remember why: When I got to the hospital, it was immediate - lay down in bed, hook up an IV with a nice large-gauge needle\*, since “30% of deliveries end up C-sections, so we need to be prepared,” no you can’t walk around to speed things up, yes, we’re gonna start the Pitocin drip first, then discuss it with you. And then two days of crummy food, being awakened every hour, laughing at the doctor who says (unironically) “you and baby need to stay one more day, but that way you can get some rest!” I’d have taken my baby and left AMA except that I didn’t want to risk insurance not covering my stay. But, my delivery was uncomplicated, I have a beautiful healthy little girl, and I shouldn’t complain too much… but that train already left the station! \*5 needle sticks. The first was forgiveable - trainee nurse, first ever attempt at an IV, and I agreed to let her poke me, since she needs to learn, and being poked by a needle wasn’t gonna hurt nearly as much as the impending childbirth thing. However, I did tell the trainer that I knew from experience that an IV would go in my arm far more easily than in my hand. She didn’t listen. The poor little trainee felt terrible about her “failure” in my hand. The trainer then attempted my wrist, and my other hand. Then they called in the “expert,” who attempted my other wrist before finally getting the damned IV into… you guessed it… my arm. And then taped the needle in place with a whole freaking roll of tape, because by God, they weren’t getting near me with another needle. The “expert” tells me that it must be because I’ve had so many IVs before. :rolleyes: Counting the one that was in my arm that moment, I’ve had three in 42 years… ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/38 "2012-03-01T10:40:33Z")
Congratulations on the beautiful baby girl! I’m sorry about all the needle sticks, though. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/39 "2012-03-01T11:09:01Z")
One of the cutest babies I’ve ever seen, congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-will-never-have-to-buy-another-birthday-gift-for-my-husband/613398/40 "2012-03-01T11:37:54Z")
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