# I'm having a baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 20, 2012, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815 "2012-07-20T04:33:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/21 "2012-07-20T17:07:27Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > Congratulations! I always love to hear that someone is successful after trying a long time. Thanks. We were just getting ready to try fertility treatments (which I was unsure about, because getting pregnant wasn’t the problem so much as staying pregnant was, we’d had multiple early pregnancy losses), so this came as a surprise. We were pretty steeled to the possibility that we would lose this one as well, so when we went in at 11 weeks and my wife heard the baby’s strong and healthy heartbeat for the first time, she burst into tears. > [@Alice the Goon](#): > > However, can we talk about\* this\*? 😃 Probably not, I’m afraid. 😃 We’ve been discussing various names and “Leo” kind of made me think of Jerry Seinfeld’s uncle, but for the past several weeks she’s been talking and singing “Leo” to the baby, so I’m afraid the ship may have already sailed on that one. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/22 "2012-07-20T17:50:32Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > Thank god you are having a 3D baby. I hear 2D babys are hard to raise. They keep slipping out of the crib. Not true, you can just keep them in a loose-leaf binder. Where was I? Ah yes, **congratulations!** I became a dad last year and it’s wonderful. I think I’ve smiled and laughed more in the past 11 months than in the previous 34 years. (I may have slept rather less though.) ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/23 "2012-07-20T21:13:39Z")
> [@Colophon](#): > > Not true, you can just keep them in a loose-leaf binder. That’s what I did with mine. Just sayin’. CONGRATULATIONS!!! ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/24 "2012-07-20T22:57:31Z")
The 4D ones are the real pain in the ass. They time-travel. Congratulations!!! ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/25 "2012-07-20T23:01:48Z")
Congratulations! Hope the rest of the ride is a smooth one. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/26 "2012-07-20T23:26:52Z")
Congratulations. Sending out a wish for a safe and easy pregnancy. ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2012, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/27 "2012-07-21T01:34:08Z")
::sniff:: They grow up so quickly. I remember when you were still in law school. Now a lawyer and a father. Congrats!! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/28 "2012-10-24T16:24:23Z")
They had to induce labor a little early, so I’m sitting here in the delivery room while my wife goes into labor. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/29 "2012-10-24T16:31:21Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > They had to induce labor a little early, so I’m sitting here in the delivery room while my wife goes into labor. 🙂 Hope all goes well for you all! Please come back with an update and PICTURES!!! ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/30 "2012-10-24T16:38:06Z")
Thanks, I will. I went to grab something to eat and when I got back she told me that her platelet count was too low for an epidural and she was going to have to have a natural childbirth. Then she cracked up and told me she was kidding, and that I should see the look in my face. Har har. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/31 "2012-10-24T16:56:24Z")
Regular contractions, had to step out while she gets her epidural, apparently that’s the only part I can’t be in there for, which is _completely_ fine with me. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/32 "2012-10-24T17:15:54Z")
_taps on watch impatiently_ ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/33 "2012-10-24T17:19:02Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Thanks, I will. I went to grab something to eat and when I got back she told me that her platelet count was too low for an epidural and she was going to have to have a natural childbirth. Then she cracked up and told me she was kidding, and that I should see the look in my face. Har har. 😃 You got off lucky. I still have tooth marks in my arm from when the Elder Ottlet was born. More to the point, hoping/wishing/praying for the best. ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/34 "2012-10-24T17:22:59Z")
If she’s feeling good enough to joke with you, then she’s having an awesome labor. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/35 "2012-10-24T17:24:12Z")
Yea, you do NOT want to see the needle associated with THAT procedure. (Sorry, needle-phobic person, checking in.) My husband WAS in the room when they did my epidural. I reminded the involved parties that I must NOT see the needle, but my husband saw it and his eyes went like O-O and I knew it must be impressive. That was pretty unpleasant. But man, once that sucker was in, bliss! bliss! Best of luck to Pravnik and Mrs. Pravnik! Keep us updated! And we’ll need pictures to prove that this little Leo does in fact exist. And right sharply! ---
**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:** [October 24, 2012, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/36 "2012-10-24T18:19:44Z")
_ **PUSH!!!** _ StG ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/37 "2012-10-24T18:28:31Z")
The doctor just broke her water. That was…interesting. :eek: It seems to be going relatively easy for her so far (knock on wood). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/38 "2012-10-24T19:53:08Z")
> [@Antigen](#): > > …and PICTURES!!! But please wait until the baby is all the way out. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/39 "2012-10-24T20:27:39Z")
Go, Mrs. Pravnik, go! 😃 ```auto ``` ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-having-a-baby/628815/40 "2012-10-24T21:36:06Z")
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