# So I'm Having a Baby Today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 1, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299 "2003-05-01T03:19:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![leechbabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7cd45c/32.png) [@leechbabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leechbabe)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/1 "2003-05-01T03:19:25Z")
God laughs at people who make plans - or so I’ve been told. Today is my first day of maternity leave. I had a lovely two weeks of relaxing planned before my cesarean section on May 19. At 4.30am this morning I woke up to a slight trickle of liquid and though “oh dear god I’ve finally lost control of my pelvic floor”. Thought nothing more of it until there was some bloody discharge. Visited the hospital and the doctor did an exam - and it appears my membranes have indeed ruptured! So at 6pm this evening I am having a C.Section and sometime after that Leechboy and I will finally be able to meet our daughter! Still in shock here - they have sent us home from the hospital to pick up a few final things and to kill some time. So strange. I only finished work yesterday. We put my hospital bags in the car this morning ‘just in case’ but didn’t think we’d need them. :eek: I’m having a baby today :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Spacegirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Spacegirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spacegirl)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/2 "2003-05-01T03:29:33Z")
Congratulations! How exciting! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/3 "2003-05-01T03:32:26Z")
CONGRATULATIONS!!! My SIL just had hers yesterday … baby boy, 7lb 4oz, 21 1/2 inches born at 4:52 PM. Let us know how everything goes, and remember - when we make plans, God laughs! ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/4 "2003-05-01T03:35:14Z")
Lots of luck to you. I hope you enjoyed the few hours of relaxation that you had, because they are likely the last ones you’ll see for a while. First baby? It’s really the best thing that will ever happen to you. It’s a bumpy road, but nothing in the world is more worth it! Enjoy the blessing… ---
**Author:** ![Hedda\_Rosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hedda_rosa/32/1204_2.png) [@Hedda\_Rosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hedda_Rosa)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/5 "2003-05-01T03:45:33Z")
Congratulations! It is a delight. An exhausting, terrifying, overwhelming delight. I miss having a newborn; they are so wonderful and soft and still. Sleep when the baby does. No, really. Twiddle ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/6 "2003-05-01T04:01:15Z")
Hee hee! Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/7 "2003-05-01T04:03:27Z")
Wait a minute–is it May 1 there? Will you be having a Mayday baby? ---
**Author:** ![Already\_in\_Use](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@Already\_in\_Use](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Already_in_Use)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/8 "2003-05-01T04:05:26Z")
Congratulations, good luck, and in 13 years, tell the kid to register for the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/9 "2003-05-01T04:10:12Z")
Hehe, I remember when I started a thread with a remarkably similar title. Congrats, and welcome to the world, Leechbaby! ---
**Author:** ![Avarie537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/48db29/32.png) [@Avarie537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Avarie537)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/10 "2003-05-01T04:17:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Green Bean \* > \*\*Wait a minute–is it May 1 there? Will you be having a Mayday baby? \*\* Why do you ask \*\* Green Bean\*\*? Is it because we MayDay Babies are so stunningly wonderful that you must worship at the new one’s feet or what? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/11 "2003-05-01T04:36:10Z")
All May Day babies must be worshipped, including me! Happy birthday, **Avarie**! (And **mnemosyne** , if you’re reading this. ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/12 "2003-05-01T06:51:56Z")
Good heavens! Good luck! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/13 "2003-05-01T07:32:59Z")
Congratulations, **leechbabe**! Babies make new parents sleep-deprived, or so I hear from my friend [G](http://www.fearofflying.com.au)… he and Mrs. G recently had Baby G on St. Patrick’s Day. **Avarie537** , **mnemosyne** , and **Green Bean** : get yer butts over to the [SDMB May Birthday thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=180991), so y’all can be officially recognized as having an SDMB May Birthday[sup]TM[/sup]. 😃 (just kidding: it’s not official recognition, since you obviously have one… but it’d be cool for you to pop in there if ya wanted to) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/14 "2003-05-01T07:36:52Z")
Congrats! Babies are wonderful!😃 ---
**Author:** ![Pixiesnix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Pixiesnix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixiesnix)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/15 "2003-05-01T07:37:50Z")
I forgot to mention this earlier, but my niece also spoiled the plans so carefully laid by my sister-in-law and mother. They had both bought mother’s and grandmother’s rings, respectively, that had a March birthstone. They baby was born April 1st, which is also April Fool’s Day. D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/16 "2003-05-01T07:40:44Z")
Whoops… that link in my last post should be [Ghq](http://www.fearofflying.com.au/g). That other link is valid, I’m sure… but it won’t be the site that I wanted to link to. (though I’m guessing you could eventually get to Ghq if you clicked on the link in my previous post… I haven’t tried it yet though, so no guarantees there) F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/17 "2003-05-01T07:48:12Z")
Hmm, it’s almost 7pm in Melbourne now. All the best, **Leechbabe** and **Leechboy**! Look forward to welcoming you back with the bub. Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/18 "2003-05-01T08:10:53Z")
Welcome to the world, **Leechlette** 😃 Hope it’s an easy delivery and you bounce back as well as can be expected, hon. Take it easy and enjoy the new addition to your family 😃 When you’ve recovered we’ll throw you a G’Dope party 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/19 "2003-05-01T08:17:59Z")
Welcome to the world, **Leechlette** 😃 Hope it’s an easy delivery and you bounce back as well as can be expected, hon. Take it easy and enjoy the new addition to your family 😃 When you’ve recovered we’ll throw you a G’Dope party 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2003, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-im-having-a-baby-today/172299/20 "2003-05-01T08:24:37Z")
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