# Welcome Lil' Neville! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 13, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394 "2012-08-13T18:07:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/1 "2012-08-13T18:07:35Z")
Our baby girl was born August 5, weighing 5 lbs 13 oz or 2637 grams (by some strange coincidence, exactly the same as I weighed when I was born). My water broke around 1:30am, as I was getting ready for bed, and she was born at 6:50pm. I had to have a C-section, since she got very stuck trying to come out the other way. They had to resuscitate her after she came out, so she spent a week in the NICU. Since she was born, though, the news has all been good. They did an MRI, and everything looks normal. She came home from the hospital with us on Sunday. I have had three obstetricians tell me that any subsequent children I have will be by planned C-section. Evidently, my pelvis is too narrow to get a baby out the other way, which we didn’t know until I tried pushing her out. I’m really glad I live in the 21st century. I’m sore and very tired, and learning how to take care of a baby, but we’re glad to have her home. I’m breastfeeding her, and that is going well. The Neville kitties don’t know quite what to make of all this. They’ve sniffed her a couple of times, but we’re keeping them out of the pack-n-play and the bassinet, and only allowing them to interact with her when someone is around to supervise. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/2 "2012-08-13T18:09:56Z")
\*\*Where are the pictures?!? \*\*:dubious: Oh, and congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/3 "2012-08-13T18:14:15Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/4 "2012-08-13T18:15:53Z")
Congrats! I’m glad that she’s home, and I hope you recover soon. (Hopefully the kitties will come around) ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/5 "2012-08-13T18:36:57Z")
Congratulations, that’s amazing! ---
**Author:** ![Haunted\_Pasta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/94ad74/32.png) [@Haunted\_Pasta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Haunted_Pasta)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/6 "2012-08-13T18:41:27Z")
Bad pelvis! Bad pelvis! She landed on the day between my birthday and my younger son’s. Good time to have a birthday. Congratulations! Keep us posted. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/7 "2012-08-13T19:40:53Z")
Pics or it didn’t happen! But congrats if it really did! 🙂 Oh, and what did you name her? Or is it a secret? ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/8 "2012-08-13T19:57:13Z")
¡Hola chiquiiiiiii! Congratulations 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/9 "2012-08-13T19:59:31Z")
Mazel tov! The sprog will attest that August is a great month to have a birthday. No holidays, no school, and no activities. ---
**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:** [August 13, 2012, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/10 "2012-08-13T20:11:21Z")
Congratulations! And yeah, we need pics. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/11 "2012-08-13T20:14:29Z")
Wonderful news! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![iftheresaway](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ecae2f/32.png) [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/12 "2012-08-13T21:11:42Z")
Congratulations! I’m sure that a surprise c-section wasn’t the birth you’d imagined, but I’m glad to hear everyone is home and healthy and sizing each other up. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/13 "2012-08-13T21:34:34Z")
Yay!!!🙂 ---
**Author:** ![suranyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@suranyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/suranyi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/14 "2012-08-13T22:36:37Z")
Congratulations! New babies are wonderful. ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/15 "2012-08-13T22:43:50Z")
Yay for new baby!!! ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/16 "2012-08-13T22:49:51Z")
From one 8/5 baby to another, welcome! Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/17 "2012-08-13T23:08:46Z")
Well, trust a Leo to make a dramatic entrance! 😃 Seriously…congratulations. And heal well. Take care of yourself; this is not easy surgery, even if they call it routine these days. Remember that when people ask you if there’s anything they can do to help, mostly they mean it. Make yourself a list of those silly little things you need to get done, and when they ask, say, “Well, actually, I would be ever so grateful if you could throw this load of laundry in the washer/ pick me up a gallon of milk/ hold the baby for 15 minutes so I can get my whole body showered at once!” And if you need anything that can be provided by internet, please do let \*me \*know. I mean it. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/18 "2012-08-13T23:20:39Z")
congratulations!!! enjoy your new lion/dragon! that is some combo. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/19 "2012-08-13T23:23:27Z")
Welcome to the world, **Lil’ Neville**! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2012, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394/20 "2012-08-13T23:36:19Z")
congratulations!!! and what Why Not said makes a lot of sense. people enjoy helping so take them up on it. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/welcome-lil-neville/631394.md?page=2)