# She has arrived (New Baby Alert) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345 "2000-03-27T03:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/41 "2000-03-29T17:53:00Z")
## The link above doesn’t work. It takes you to a login screen. Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![Catrandom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7bcc69/32.png) [@Catrandom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catrandom)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/42 "2000-03-30T06:15:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by StrTrkr777: > I just talked to my wife and she told me that Kimberly got her first taste of mommy milk today. So she is getting to “eat” really baby stuff. > > I am so happy. I’m so pleased! It sounds like she’s doing great. Go, Kimberly! Coming in late to congratulate you and to add mine to the prayers going for Kimberly and your family. Catrandom ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/43 "2000-03-30T06:21:00Z")
StarTrkr777, I’ve never tried Photoloft, so maybe you can’t use to embed pictures in a post. Another thing you can do is create your own free web page at geocities [http://www.geocities.com](http://www.geocities.com) and then provide a link to the page. ---
**Author:** ![Flinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e79b87/32.png) [@Flinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flinx)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/44 "2000-03-29T19:22:00Z")
Wonderful news, Jeffery! I’m happy for you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/45 "2000-03-29T20:08:00Z")
Sorry about the link. I tried it in the About this Message Board and it took me to the pictures, I guess because I was still logged in. I have web space with my cable modem provider, so I guess I need to do it there. Maybe I can get the pictures up in a day or so. Jeffery ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/46 "2000-03-29T22:41:00Z")
She’s eating already! Wow! Just a couple more weeks and she’ll be ready to come home… Hope your other child is coping well. It’s not easy when a new sister steals all your attention! 🙂 Lisa ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/47 "2000-03-30T02:29:00Z")
Actually, PunditLisa, neonatologists (doctors who specialize in preemie babies) prefer that the babies weigh at least five pounds before they are released from the hospital. It is a very good thing that Kimberly is not on a respirator and is able to drink breast milk, but it will probably still be at least a month, maybe more, before she will weigh enough so that she can go home. A friend of mine gave birth to twins eight weeks early, so they only weighed about 2.5 pounds each. They spent six weeks in the hospital before they were big enough to go home. The boys are now ten and are in perfect health with absolutely no problems at all. * * * Shadowfox “The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson ---
**Author:** ![StrTrkr777](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@StrTrkr777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StrTrkr777)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345/48 "2000-03-31T14:07:00Z")
Yes, all her signs are encouraging but she still has a long way to go before she can come home. They figure a minimum of 8 weeks (based on past experience). They have several criteria that Kimberly has to meet to be able to go home. Weight does factor in but mostly because they will not accomplish the other criteria until they have matured. We are doing our best to involve Emily in the visits and other things related to Kimberly. She is doing fairly well. We are trying to make sure she still feels completely loved. Jeffery [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-has-arrived-new-baby-alert/15345.md?page=2)