# LittlePurlBoy has arrived!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 29, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067 "2004-03-29T11:37:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![MinniePurl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/1 "2004-03-29T11:37:13Z")

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Today we finally brought our new baby home from the hospital. He was born Wednesday morning at 5:30 am, but he developed hypoglycemia and was in the NICU until early this morning. He was 6 pounds, 10 ounces, even though they induced me because the doctors thought he was going to be large. The labor wasn’t bad at all, the epidural made it much easier to take than my first, epidural-less birth. Physically, my recovery has been quite easy, although emotionally it was pretty rough having to come home without the baby for two days in a row. But now he’s home and seems to be doing fine.

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**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/2 "2004-03-29T11:52:17Z")

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Congratulations. I just love newbies. Hope he’s got 10 toes and fingers and all is well.

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**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/3 "2004-03-29T12:49:45Z")

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Would he be a CulturedPurl?

I hope his rough start is just that, a rough start.

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**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:** [March 29, 2004, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/4 "2004-03-29T12:53:06Z")

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Hooray!

Congrats and enjoy this time together!

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**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/5 "2004-03-29T13:00:43Z")

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I’m sure the next few days will be twice as happy, to make up for the stressful start.

Congrats on the new arrival!

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**Author:** ![LolaBaby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@LolaBaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LolaBaby)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/6 "2004-03-29T13:02:53Z")

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yay. congratulations.

i love babies. 😃

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**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\
**Post date:** [March 29, 2004, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/littlepurlboy-has-arrived/237067/7 "2004-03-29T13:58:25Z")

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Congrats!  
Glad to hear that he is at home with you now.  
Give the little one lots of love. 🙂