# Very Mundane...We're having a baby on Thursday... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 4, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904 "2009-07-04T16:47:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2009, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/21 "2009-07-06T19:16:45Z")
Best wishes. I hope it’s soft and smells good. ---
**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:** [July 7, 2009, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/22 "2009-07-07T14:05:28Z")
YAY for BABIES!!!11!!! I predict you will have a human baby that will slowly morph into a teenager. If it survives this phase the chances of it becoming a ADULT are great. Good luck! Enjoy the BABY phase! Wait a sec…a doper HAD sex!!! Did you leave your basement and venture into the sunshine or what? SEEEE THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENS when you leave your computer or SDMB. I left twice back in 1997 and 1999. Had babies in 98 and 00. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/23 "2009-07-07T14:35:54Z")
Mazel tov, **irishgirl**! **twickster** , two other options for girls’ names are _Cecilia_ (the long form of “Cecile”) and _Judy_. **Shirley** – when you left the board those two times, were you gone for more than 20 minutes? ---
**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:** [July 7, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/24 "2009-07-07T15:17:26Z")
> [@Scuba\_Ben](#): > > **Shirley** – when you left the board those two times, were you gone for more than 20 minutes? Yes. We did it twice. Naps were involved. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/25 "2009-07-07T15:26:55Z")
Huge congrats and keep us posted! I vote for boy, 6lbs 10 oz. And Ciaran is a cool Irish boy name… ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/26 "2009-07-07T21:06:20Z")
Hooray for **irishgirl**! Hooray for **irishbaby**! And many high hopes for an uneventful, utterly boring delivery. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/27 "2009-07-07T22:58:01Z")
Congratulations **irishgirl**! I gotta tell you, July 9 is a very good day to be born. I was born on that day and I’m one of the luckiest people in the entire world. May your little one share that good fortune! Oh, and I’m going with Boy, 7lbs 5oz. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/28 "2009-07-07T23:24:02Z")
Congrats **irishgirl**! ---
**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:** [July 10, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/29 "2009-07-10T20:54:49Z")
Look! I know you had a baby and are probably still in the hospital and stuff, but We need updates as they happen!!! Can’t you twitter to another doper during labor and stuff as it happens!!! I mean _c’mon!_ You started this by telling us you are knocked up. End our misery! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/30 "2009-07-14T09:37:14Z")
Maya Elizabeth Ruth was born at 11:50am on Thursday in a totally uneventful c-section. IMHO definitely the way to give birth…numb from the waist down and all over in 20minutes!Perfect for impatient control freaks like me. She weighed 6lbs 3oz…so the scan overestimated considerably, but my OB still doesn’t think she would have come out the traditional exit even so. We stayed in hospital for 3 days- she’s little jaundiced, and lost a little bit too much weight, but is PERFECT! I’m afraid I’ve just been too knackered to get near a computer until now. Anyway…here’s a video for you. Obviosuly, I think she’s the prettiest baby ever. [Maya](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFIb_q0jcE) ---
**Author:** ![Kal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Kal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kal)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/31 "2009-07-14T09:47:11Z")
Your daughter is lovely. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![Neeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a183cd/32.png) [@Neeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neeps)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/32 "2009-07-14T09:48:15Z")
Congratulations! What a lovely name! I can’t watch the video because I am at work, but I am positive she will be adorable (she’s a doper baby - 'nuff said!) I’m glad everything went so smoothly with the c-section. Take care of yourself and don’t push yourself too quickly. There’s plenty of time for rushing around later. Congrats again! ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/33 "2009-07-14T10:39:40Z")
Oh, man…she really is beautiful. I have to stop it with these baby threads. Congrats, though! It’s so wonderful to see the end result of those early, panicky threads when you were having some bleeding. I expect that in 9 months, we’ll say the same thing about **Neeps** ’ thread. ---
**Author:** ![furlibusea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@furlibusea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furlibusea)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/34 "2009-07-14T10:59:14Z")
C-section babies are always so perfect looking, they don’t get all squashed. She is beautiful. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![King\_Bobo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c68b51/32.png) [@King\_Bobo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/King_Bobo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/35 "2009-07-14T11:14:13Z")
She is a treasure. I wish long life and happiness to all of her family. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/36 "2009-07-14T11:42:14Z")
What a cutie pie! Congrats to you and her dad, and welcome, Maya! ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/37 "2009-07-14T12:06:01Z")
> [@irishgirl](#): > > Anyway…here’s a video for you. > Obviosuly, I think she’s the prettiest baby ever. > > [Maya](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NeFIb_q0jcE) She’s adorable! Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![ems](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@ems](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ems)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/38 "2009-07-14T12:26:19Z")
Awwww cute cute cute! I want one… ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/39 "2009-07-14T12:59:25Z")
I’ve seen lots of newborn babies, and most of them are seriously ugly (although you would never say that to the new 'rents of course). But that kid of yours in the video, she is one absolutely gorgeous little 'un **irishgirl** , even though she looks like she’s had a night on the Murphys, being so un-co and all. 😃 Congratulations, and a big hearty Aussie welcome to little Maya. May her life be good. Cheers ---
**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:** [July 14, 2009, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904/40 "2009-07-14T13:38:49Z")
She is possibly the first baby I have ever seen that doesn’t look like Winston Churchill. She is adorable and so very quiet. (How did that happen?) I look forward to hearing about her milestones and eventually some Cutest Doper Baby picture war thread to end all wars. Congrats and my condolences on your loss of sleep and hurting boobies. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-mundane-were-having-a-baby-on-thursday/501904.md?page=3)