# I'm having a baby! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 3, 2007, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628 "2007-05-03T16:19:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/21 "2007-05-04T01:49:14Z")
Congratulatons on the **Lissalet**! šŸ™‚ ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/22 "2007-05-04T02:01:11Z")
Congratulations!! StG ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/23 "2007-05-04T02:05:52Z")
Congratulations. Mine turns 6 weeks old tomorrow. Itā€™s positively amazing. A piece of advice. It seems to me that the parents who get the least sleep are the ones who do not sleep with the baby. We get sleep most nights and she sleeps cuddled in our arms. ---
**Author:** ![Cerowyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/82dd89/32.png) [@Cerowyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cerowyn)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/24 "2007-05-04T03:02:31Z")
Hey, congrats! And Iā€™ll bet youā€™re gonna try to use this as an excuse not to give any more belly dancing lessons, right? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/25 "2007-05-04T11:52:21Z")
Oh, no, **Cerowyn** , she already said in the MMP that belly dancing is most recomended for expecting moms. So weā€™ll still get those mindboggling descriptions. I can say congratulations again, can I? Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/26 "2007-05-04T11:55:36Z")
Yay! Congratulations, againā€¦well, you canā€™t have too many of those, can you? ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/27 "2007-05-04T11:58:14Z")
[QUOTE=Antigen] Looks like itā€™s Doper Baby season. **Looks frantically around for her birth-control pills** [/QUOTE] Hee. One of my best friends took a complete hissy fit when I told her, because she was convinced she might be pregnant. Without, you know, doing anything that might result in pregnancy. At all. Spontaneous pregnancy. I think she hasnā€™t started breathing normally yet. šŸ˜ƒ Yes, I plan on still bellydancing, although I need to dig up the energy from somewhere. Bellydance is _great_ for expectant Moms. Thank you everyone. Eeee! This is so exciting! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/28 "2007-05-04T12:14:05Z")
Talk about getting into the spirit of being Catholic! šŸ˜› ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/29 "2007-05-04T12:48:49Z")
Yes, we have left ourselves wide open to Catholic jokes. Donā€™t worry- weā€™re not planning on more than fifteen kids. Aaagh. How terrifying that would be. Iā€™m going to go have a lie-down. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/30 "2007-05-04T15:18:14Z")
Congratulations!!! ---
**Author:** ![lisacurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/41988e/32.png) [@lisacurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisacurl)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/31 "2007-05-04T15:57:22Z")
[QUOTE=Lissla Lissar] Weā€™re very happy and terrified. He or she will be our first. The cats display no enthusiasm about the idea of an interloper. [/QUOTE] The hub and I are not breeding, but we had a friend staying with us several years ago who was pregnant, and we were all worried how the Curlcats were going to adapt to the tiny interloper. They slowly adapted to Aā€™s decreasing lap space, with intermittent hilarity as they would get kicked by the baby while perched in what space was left. Once the baby was born, my main concern was my girl cat Newt, who is a jealous fiend about me and thinks nothing of beating the other cats if I acknowledge them too heartily. I thought she might hate the baby when she saw me holding and cooing over him. She just maneuvered into my lap somehow \*under \*the newborn, and allowed me to sort of rest the baby on herā€¦ no lie! She would also sidle up to the baby when he was lying on a blanket on the floor and lick his head. šŸ˜ƒ Oh, forgot to addā€¦ CONGRATULATIONS!!! Yay, babies! I do love them, just donā€™t want to have any of my own. Also, **Hal Briston** , that photo is hilarious! ---
**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:** [May 4, 2007, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/32 "2007-05-04T17:01:24Z")
YAY!!! I know I already said congrats in the MMP but Iā€™m doinā€™ it again here. Commence practising your camera skills immediately. We will demand lots and lots of pics of LittleLissar. ---
**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:** [May 4, 2007, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/33 "2007-05-04T17:17:01Z")
YAY! Doper2.0: The Next Generation. We will be assisting you name this kid, right? {gives a squinty eyeā€™d look } ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/34 "2007-05-04T17:30:44Z")
You KNOW of course, babies are completely indiscriminate in their pooping habits, donā€™t you? No regard whatsoever for what youā€™re wearing, where they are, if itā€™s a convenient time for poo or not. Theyā€™re SO rude that way. And yet, you find yourself, for the first time in your life, thinking that human poo is cute. Welcome to the rest of your life, enjoy! ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/35 "2007-05-04T19:29:57Z")
Again congratulations, Miss Mama. I second sleeping with the babe. It makes for such easy and snuggly night-nursing. ~Says this mama, who last night slept with her 2-year-old, _and_ his toy semi ā€œMackā€ truck from the Pixar _Cars_ movie. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/36 "2007-05-04T19:54:15Z")
Iā€™ve said it before, and Iā€™ll say it again - Yay, **LiLi**!! ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Smith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e95f7d/32.png) [@Winston\_Smith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Smith)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2007, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/37 "2007-05-04T20:00:20Z")
Hoo-ray for you! ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/38 "2007-05-05T03:17:00Z")
Congratulations! May your pregnancy be smooth and your labor and delivery as painless as possible! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/39 "2007-05-05T03:23:09Z")
Have I mentioned how excited I am for you and Mr. Lissar? Yay!!! (Ohā€¦and what **swampy** said; all us cyber-aunts and uncles will want lots of photographic proof.) GT ---
**Author:** ![Lissla\_Lissar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2007, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628/40 "2007-05-05T12:23:50Z")
Of course the cyber-relatives will get pictures. Lots and lots of pictures. Mr. Lissar is bad about pictures now- I can only imagine how much worse itā€™s going to get with a baby. There will be twelve thousand pics before the first hour. I really like the ideas ā€˜smoothā€™, and ā€˜painlessā€™. Thanks. šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/402628.md?page=3)