# We're expecting a baby **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 11, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541 "2020-04-11T01:22:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/1 "2020-04-11T01:22:38Z")
This will be our first. Gonna be this summer (due date in early summer). I’m extremely excited! I know it will change everything, but that’s okay. I’ve always wanted to be a dad. No idea if/how this COVID thing will affect delivery. It has affected checkups – last week the doctor’s office wouldn’t let me in as I usually do to accompany my wife. We were going to have a tour of the OB part of the hospital, but that was canceled, as are our plans to talk to several pediatricians and pick one. I think the only exception for the no-visitor rule at the hospital is labor itself. Hopefully the situation will be over by delivery, but I’m not sure how likely that is considering the due date. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/2 "2020-04-11T01:27:14Z")
Oh, I’m so happy for you and your wife. So, do you know the gender yet? Congrats! ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/3 "2020-04-11T01:30:21Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Oh, I’m so happy for you and your wife. So, do you know the gender yet? > > Congrats! We do, but it’s a secret for now. And thank you! ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/4 "2020-04-11T01:39:40Z")
Congratulations! StG ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/5 "2020-04-11T01:41:30Z")
Mazel tov! ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/6 "2020-04-11T01:54:25Z")
Babies are a blessing! ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/7 "2020-04-11T01:57:45Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > We do, but it’s a secret for now. And thank you! How many guesses are we allowed? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/8 "2020-04-11T02:01:04Z")
Great news Andy! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/9 "2020-04-11T02:08:15Z")
Congratulations! I actually dreamed last night that Ms. P and I had another kid. We’re in our fifties, and I got snipped after our youngest was born almost 20 years ago, so it ain’t likely. In the dream I was remembering how I was told that about one in ten thousand vasectomies reversed themselves. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/10 "2020-04-11T02:11:22Z")
Congratulations!!! You’re going to be a great dad. You seem like a great guy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/11 "2020-04-11T03:43:31Z")
Congratulations! ---
**Author:** ![nelliebly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nelliebly/32/5422_2.png) [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/12 "2020-04-11T04:20:40Z")
Congratulations! So wonderful to see such happy news! ---
**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:** [April 11, 2020, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/13 "2020-04-11T04:38:25Z")
Woot! Doper babies are the cutest and smartest. ---
**Author:** ![SmartAleq](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smartaleq/32/163_2.png) [@SmartAleq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmartAleq)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/14 "2020-04-11T04:50:06Z")
Mazel tov! Here comes the real fun! ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/15 "2020-04-11T05:12:27Z")
What wonderful news! My best wishes to you and your wife. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/16 "2020-04-11T05:33:22Z")
Names: Cecil or Cecilia ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/17 "2020-04-11T06:00:04Z")
Expecting a baby? Like, what else would you expect to expect…a puppy? 😃 Nah, best of wishes to you all. I’d do a mazel tov as well, but being a gentile atheist might make it a wee bit insincere. CONGRATS on the future rugrat. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/18 "2020-04-11T06:33:53Z")
Congratulations, sticky thoughts and all that 🙂 May your baby be healthy and a great sleeper. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/19 "2020-04-11T10:02:02Z")
Congratulations, that’s fantastic news. (It’s somewhat odd to hear good news for a change.) ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2020, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541/20 "2020-04-11T10:39:07Z")
Congrats, **andy**!! Yes, it _will_ change everything. And you’ll love it. I don’t know what part of Arlington you live in, but my stepsister and her family, and my stepbrother and his family, both live in Falls Church. Let me know if you want me to ask about their pediatricians. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-expecting-a-baby/851541.md?page=2)