# New doper baby! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 1, 2010, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598 "2010-12-01T23:12:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/21 "2010-12-04T01:04:23Z")
In no particular order: You better believe I continue to be very nice to my wife, although some friends of ours sent her an “Edible Arrangement” which is a real fancy name for a bouquet of chocolate-covered strawberries on sticks. My wife knitted the hat. Yeah, it was an ordeal. Fortunately, my wife is tough as nails, and I’m not a bad birth coach if I do say so myself (Bradley method rules, incidentally), and we also had my sister in law who’s a PA-C to have a known face in the delivery room who could translate from doctor to human. We’ve been out of the hospital for a while, actually–\*\*j00licious \*\*was outta there less than 48 hours after the birth. Tough as nails, like I said. The name’s Amelia. **vote NAF**. And yeah, my Dad told me “hey, dad’s you now. Ain’t that somethin’?” And yeah, it is. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/22 "2010-12-04T01:12:00Z")
> [@Zeriel](#): > > The name’s Amelia. > > **vote NAF**. > > And yeah, my Dad told me “hey, dad’s you now. Ain’t that somethin’?” And yeah, it is. 1)Amelia is a beautiful name. 2) Welcome to the Dad club, since I forgot to mention it in my last post 3) YAY for natural childbirth and the Bradly method 4) OMGUS! **Vote Z** ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/23 "2010-12-04T02:01:02Z")
Amelia is a lovely name–it was on the short list for my daughter. Congrats for Bradley–my BFF swore by it. ---
**Author:** ![Zeriel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/58956e/32.png) [@Zeriel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeriel)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/24 "2010-12-04T02:19:49Z")
We didn’t quite make it all-natural–we had an epidural after about 15 hours of back labor in which my dear wife’s blood pressure hit 188/120 during a particularly rough contraction. The techniques STILL helped, though. ---
**Author:** ![Arrendajo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Arrendajo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arrendajo)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/25 "2010-12-04T02:41:55Z")
That’s a beautiful little baby, and I know my babies, since I see about 50 or 60 of them a week in the Baby Story Times I do at my library. Congrats! Get her a book to chew on. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/26 "2010-12-04T03:52:09Z")
Yeay gratz! I had an inordinately long labor and I can tell you it gets better from there. 🙂 He’s 15 now. What a cute girl you have! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/27 "2010-12-04T05:08:41Z")
Gorgeous little girl, and congratulations to you and your wife! ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/28 "2010-12-04T14:50:14Z")
Wooohooo! Yea for babies! Congrats to you and yours. ---
**Author:** ![Lacunae\_Matata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8491ac/32.png) [@Lacunae\_Matata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lacunae_Matata)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/29 "2010-12-04T15:02:26Z")
Yay baby! Congratulations on your beautiful little girl! ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598/30 "2010-12-04T16:14:19Z")
Ah, right, Zeriel! Congrats! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-doper-baby/562598.md?page=1)