# My wife and I have increased our Darwinian fitness! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 7, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587 "2010-03-07T03:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/1 "2010-03-07T03:47:50Z")
The Ogreling was born today, at 5:57 PM. My wife came down to find me this afternoon to tell me she thought her water broke. :eek: We got to the hospital, where everything showed signs of proceeding slowly and normally. We appeared to be on track for induction perhaps tomorrow. Unfortunately, while they were giving my wife her IV’s, she became shocky, pale, nauseated, and faint. As a result, the baby’s heart rate started decreasing rapidly. They made the call to do an emergency c-section immediately. :eek::eek::eek: Holy shit, that was waaaaaaaaaaay too intense. He’s fine, though. He has the requisite number of digits, and all the associated paraphernalia. And one hell of a loud, healthy voice. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![pudytat72](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@pudytat72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pudytat72)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/2 "2010-03-07T05:17:40Z")
Congratulations!! Yeah for Fine, Loud, Fully Equipped Baby!! ---
**Author:** ![eleanorigby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@eleanorigby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eleanorigby)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/3 "2010-03-07T05:21:33Z")
Welcome, Ogreling! Hope Mom and Baby are doing well now. ---
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/4 "2010-03-07T05:21:38Z")
**More Congrats** Now rest up, you’re going to need it. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/5 "2010-03-07T05:22:06Z")
Fantastic! I was just thinking about you guys this week, too. I wasn’t sure how close you were. We are in our 19th week and counting. ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/6 "2010-03-07T05:25:40Z")
Congratulations! I believe it customary in these situations to ask about the baby’s weight and length. ---
**Author:** ![Neeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Neeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neeps)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/7 "2010-03-07T08:29:29Z")
Congratulations on the wee one! Glad to hear that everything went well, despite emergency c-section. I hope your wife has a quick and uneventful recovery from her section - that must have been a bit of a shock for both of you! ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/8 "2010-03-07T12:13:36Z")
Many blessings on your spawn. 🙂 ---
**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 7, 2010, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/9 "2010-03-07T12:42:50Z")
congrats! ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/10 "2010-03-07T16:26:44Z")
Congratulations 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/11 "2010-03-07T16:28:25Z")
You are in for it now! Many happy adventures over the next 20+ years! ---
**Author:** ![nicole1912](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9de0a6/32.png) [@nicole1912](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nicole1912)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/12 "2010-03-07T16:43:23Z")
Congratulations to you and your wife!! And welcome, Ogreling! ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/13 "2010-03-07T18:40:29Z")
Thanks, guys. He’s actually a handsome little devil, since he came out the express route instead of being squished out the old-fashioned way. But lord, we’re all tired. Keep on truckin’, **Maeg**. She’ll get depressed every once in a while. Help her stay up. Do you know the gender? Are you going to find out? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/14 "2010-03-07T19:08:53Z")
Welcome, Ogreling! Grats to everyone involved! ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/15 "2010-03-08T03:20:22Z")
Hey congratulations y’all. ---
**Author:** ![Aries28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Aries28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aries28)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/16 "2010-03-08T13:36:32Z")
Oh! BABY! Congrats! Hope Mommy and Little One are doing great and tell her to use that nursery as much as possible and get some rest. It will be the last good rest she gets for a while! 🙂 YAY! BABY! ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/17 "2010-03-08T15:25:20Z")
Hello, Ogreling, welcome to the outside world 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/18 "2010-03-08T16:11:35Z")
Congratulations! Wonderful news. ---
**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:** [March 8, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/19 "2010-03-08T16:28:27Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Thanks, guys. He’s actually a handsome little devil, since he came out the express route instead of being squished out the old-fashioned way. But lord, we’re all tired. > > Keep on truckin’, **Maeg**. She’ll get depressed every once in a while. Help her stay up. Do you know the gender? Are you going to find out? A friend of mine had twins, one via the old fashioned exit, one via emergency C-section shortly thereafter. To this day (they’re 6+ months old) you can tell which one came out which exit, just by looking at them 🙂 Congratulations on the new ogre-baby!! ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2010, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587/20 "2010-03-08T16:30:36Z")
> [@Ogre](#): > > Keep on truckin’, **Maeg**. She’ll get depressed every once in a while. Help her stay up. Do you know the gender? Are you going to find out? Indeed. The first trimester was not so good. She is feeling better now, but it is definitely a strain. Our ultrasound 2 is on Friday, and we absolutely plan on finding out the gender. As long as the Abomination cooperates and gives us a nice, clean look. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-wife-and-i-have-increased-our-darwinian-fitness/531587.md?page=2)