# It's A Girl! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 28, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306 "2001-09-28T14:42:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/1 "2001-09-28T14:42:27Z")
Looks like my daughter is as impatient as her mommy…she was due November 3rd(the baby, that is). Instead, she was born 9/15 at 5:46 pm through C Section (I can already hear **Bubble Girl** telling her “Do you have ANY idea what you’ve put me through?” :D) It was a rough delivery. **Bubble Girl** had pre-eclampsia (sp?), which caused swelled ankles (To be expected, right?), headaches (Must be sinuses…), and finally a siezure (HOLY SHIT!). **Bubble Girl** went to the hospital Friday, where the pre-eclampsia verdict was given. The cure: Baby’s gotta come out, NOW. Long story short, a C section was performed, and Baby Emily was born Saturday the 15th, at 5:46 pm. Mom and baby are both doing OK, although mom still has some high blood pressure, and the baby is tiny. No ventelator or heart problems though; she just needs to gain weight (The baby, that is). The little stinker is already trying to diet. 😉 Emily should hopefully be out of the hospital in a week or so. It’ll be nice to have her home, instead of having to visit her. Pictures to be posted later. {Keanu}Dude. I’m like…a dad. Woah. {/Keanu} ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/2 "2001-09-28T14:47:12Z")
There’s a Doper Baby Boom! Congrats! Glad to hear Mom and Emily are doing well… Best to all of you! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/3 "2001-09-28T14:49:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Sealemon88 \* > \*\* > {Keanu}Dude. I’m like…a dad. Woah. {/Keanu} \*\* As long as you don’t name her Cool. Congrats! That’s great news. My brother’s wife went through the same thing, and just about the exact same circumstances (1 1/2 months early). Baby and mother were fine the whole time. I hope you are enjoying your new family. It must be a great feeling. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/4 "2001-09-28T14:50:44Z")
I am so happy everything is going so well! Yeah, the last few weeks are just used for plumping up, so I can’t blame Emily for wanting to get out. Keep us posted a little better because, uh, waiting a couple weeks to give us THIS update doesn’t really qualify. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/5 "2001-09-28T14:53:45Z")
Congratulations. When do we get our bubblegum cigars? ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/6 "2001-09-28T14:59:57Z")
Yeah! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/7 "2001-09-28T15:01:21Z")
I know the feeling! Hey, congrats - glad to hear Mom and baby are doing well! - Rick ---
**Author:** ![moggy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8c91f0/32.png) [@moggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moggy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/8 "2001-09-28T15:42:44Z")
Congratulations!! I hope Mom and baby continue to do well. You’re in for a fun time (I love babies)! Send some of that fertility mojo my way, would ya, cause I’m currently trying to get pregnant! ---
**Author:** ![Feynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecb155/32.png) [@Feynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Feynn)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/9 "2001-09-28T15:49:48Z")
Congratulations! ---
**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:** [September 28, 2001, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/10 "2001-09-28T15:55:24Z")
Congratulations, Sealemon! So glad mom and baby are doing OK considering early delivery, preeclampsia and c-section! May blessings be upon your family. ---
**Author:** ![abuse\_angel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d07c76/32.png) [@abuse\_angel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abuse_angel)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/11 "2001-09-28T16:01:40Z")
oh, sealemon, i’m so happy for you!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/12 "2001-09-28T16:05:49Z")
Congratulations, **Sealemon** and **Bubble Girl**! I am sure you will do a fine job of raising little **Emily**. Aren’t babies precious? ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/13 "2001-09-28T16:11:47Z")
Way to go Sealemon…yeah I know you don’t need the congrats right now, **Bubble Girl** does…I know you will be an awesome dad. Keith ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/14 "2001-09-28T16:33:51Z")
Thank you so much, everyone. I’m still trying to catch up with the events: I thought I’d have another month to wait! My wife is my new hero. This last weekend she had a siezure, had induced labor, had a c section, then woke up Monday morning with edema. Fluid had gathered in her lungs, and she felt like she was drowning. She’s already recovering from what would have put me in a gibbering drooling fetal position for at least a month. I just got off the phone with **BB** at the hospital: emily is nursing better (She gets tired trying to feed, a common occurance with premies), and I could hear Emily crying over the phone. Dammit, I’ve become a great big baby. when I hear her voice, or see those little eyes, I just melt, and– \<_Rest of post deleted because of excessive mushyness_\> ---
**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:** [September 28, 2001, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/15 "2001-09-28T16:45:24Z")
Congratulations!! What wonderful news!! My goodness, there must be something in the coding… so many Doper babies!! Emily, welcome to the world. I wish you all the very best on your journey through life. Bubble Girl, I’m in awe! It sounds like you’ve had a rough few days - I hope the road to recovery is short and easy. Sealemon, all the very best to you and your girls!! ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/16 "2001-09-28T17:02:03Z")
Yay! Congrats to you both. ---
**Author:** ![CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crankyasanoldman/32/11670_2.png) [@CrankyAsAnOldMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrankyAsAnOldMan)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/17 "2001-09-28T17:04:23Z")
Congratulations! That’s so exciting. I had a cat named Emily–I love that name. Sort of regretted “using it up” on an animal. 🙂 It can be so hard having a baby in the NICU. If there’s a support group of NICU parents, I really recommend you go to it. And help your wife with the pumping support. That gets to be such a drag and her breasts don’t fully get “inspired” without regular nursing from the baby. All she can do is keep at it–and you can offer her all the encouragement possible. Hang in there, Dad. All mushiness is okay on a baby thread! ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/18 "2001-09-28T17:26:04Z")
Heartiest congratulations to you, Sealemon. Best wishes for a speedy recuperation to Bubble Girl, and Welcome To The World, Emily! Just curious…did the board go down about 8 - 9 months ago for an extended period of time or something? Whole lotta procreatin’ goin’ on, it seems. But that’s a good thing. And babies are a _great_ thing. “Dad” - ain’t it cool? ---
**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/19 "2001-09-28T17:42:52Z")
Gratulerar = congratulations.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2001, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306/20 "2001-09-28T17:45:52Z")
Hey! I missed this! 😉 Congratulations you two…I mean you three! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-a-girl/84306.md?page=2)