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[Bert_Fegg]

Heretic! Burn him!

I hear that so often it's lost all impact...

 

[DesEsseintes]

I hear that so often it's lost all impact...

I'm the same with exclusion orders. Google Maps is dead to me now, since so many areas are marked off. It's like living in the middle of Salisbury Plain.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

I'm the same with exclusion orders. Google Maps is dead to me now, since so many areas are marked off. It's like living in the middle of Salisbury Plain.

Salisbury Plain - That brings back some memories.....

 

[DesEsseintes]

Sex in a military exclusion zone can be a minefield...

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Sex in a military exclusion zone can be a minefield...

Well - sex is sex, but I have to say that minefields have got nothing on relationships when it comes to hidden dangers - Also mines only maim you the once, and they don't wait three months after you trigger them to blow up either.

All things being equal I think I'd take the minefield these days - you know where you are with explosives

 

[prettyserpentine]

Morning all, what a night!! I got wakened up by screeching baby at 3.30am which was fun. Then went back to sleep and. Had horrible Lovecraftian nightmares.

Now I'm getting dressed as I listen to my friend sing 'Old Mcdonald Had A Farm'. It's kind of surreal.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Morning all, what a night!! I got wakened up by screeching baby at 3.30am which was fun. Then went back to sleep and. Had horrible Lovecraftian nightmares.

Now I'm getting dressed as I listen to my friend sing 'Old Mcdonald Had A Farm'. It's kind of surreal.

So how's your broodiness level about now....

 

[prettyserpentine]

So how's your broodiness level about now....

Well it had dramatically lessened around the second afternoon nap, after the hour of shrieking due to teething pain. But it wasn't so bad. I guess it's different when it's your own screaming child.

Needless to say, it's a long way off for me yet.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Well it had dramatically lessened around the second afternoon nap, after the hour of shrieking due to teething pain. But it wasn't so bad. I guess it's different when it's your own screaming child.

Needless to say, it's a long way off for me yet.

I'll let you into a secret. Sometimes you hate the screaming so much that throwing them into a trash compactor doesn't seem a completely outlandish idea. Then you think you must be a terrible person for thinking such a horrible thought, then they start shrieking again...

 

[LallyH]

And then they fall asleep, with that alabaster skin and long eyelashes, and you love them so much you can hardly contain it

 

[Bert_Fegg]

And then they fall asleep, with that alabaster skin and long eyelashes, and you love them so much you can hardly contain it

Yes - Tim Minchin wrote a song about that

But it's true - no matter how much you love their mother, what you feel for your children is like nothing you can imagine.

 

[prettyserpentine]

And then they fall asleep, with that alabaster skin and long eyelashes, and you love them so much you can hardly contain it

So true. She was sitting on my knee a minute ago, putting lip gloss on me and going "Mmmmmmm!"

Now she's covered in snot and squealing. Oh how the cute and snotty have fallen...

 

[Bert_Fegg]

All the baby talk is making me miss mine terribly.

You know I can pretty much remember the exact moment our son was conceived?

How's this for a story. I was working as a night operator for a breakdown firm. There was only me in the office. My ex had had a rough time in the latter months of her pregnancy with a painful recurring kidney infection. It was her due date and she'd been visited by a friend from out of town. She'd disregarded my pleas to take a taxi and walked across town to the train station. So. Picture the scene. I was in the office at about two in the morning and I got a call from my ex. She was in a phonebox because she was trying to find somewhere to credit her phone because she had severe back pain and she thought her kidneys were flaring up again. I told her to get back home and I'd call NHS Direct. I gave her five minutes or so and called her back. The pain had gone away - Aaaargh!! No it hadn't! I called the NHS. Five minutes later I called her back and she was in an ambulance. Ten minutes after that I called the hospital and they told me her labour was coming along nicely and I ought to get there as fast as I could.

As luck would have it, a driver was coming back from a job at that very moment. I explained the situation and he took over the phone while I pedalled like shite for the hospital. I got there with about fifteen minutes to spare....

A good thing about being dad is that [a] you're not the one who gets the epesiostomy and you're the first person who gets to hold your child for purely cuddling purposes, while the midwives take mummy away to get cleaned up. That moment was the first time I had ever set eyes on a person related to me by blood. Ugly little fucker though he was. I remember his mother though, telling me she was about to throw up. I passed her a bowl, she vomited into it and looked up with a look of joy and wonder. "My lungs have fallen down!"

And that's childbirth for you..... Or me anyway

 

[prettyserpentine]

All the baby talk is making me miss mine terribly.

You know I can pretty much remember the exact moment our son was conceived?

How's this for a story. I was working as a night operator for a breakdown firm. There was only me in the office. My ex had had a rough time in the latter months of her pregnancy with a painful recurring kidney infection. It was her due date and she'd been visited by a friend from out of town. She'd disregarded my pleas to take a taxi and walked across town to the train station. So. Picture the scene. I was in the office at about two in the morning and I got a call from my ex. She was in a phonebox because she was trying to find somewhere to credit her phone because she had severe back pain and she thought her kidneys were flaring up again. I told her to get back home and I'd call NHS Direct. I gave her five minutes or so and called her back. The pain had gone away - Aaaargh!! No it hadn't! I called the NHS. Five minutes later I called her back and she was in an ambulance. Ten minutes after that I called the hospital and they told me her labour was coming along nicely and I ought to get there as fast as I could.

As luck would have it, a driver was coming back from a job at that very moment. I explained the situation and he took over the phone while I pedalled like shite for the hospital. I got there with about fifteen minutes to spare....

A good thing about being dad is that [a] you're not the one who gets the epesiostomy and you're the first person who gets to hold your child for purely cuddling purposes, while the midwives take mummy away to get cleaned up. That moment was the first time I had ever set eyes on a person related to me by blood. Ugly little fucker though he was. I remember his mother though, telling me she was about to throw up. I passed her a bowl, she vomited into it and looked up with a look of joy and wonder. "My lungs have fallen down!"

And that's childbirth for you..... Or me anyway

How often do you see your wee one?

 

[Bert_Fegg]

How often do you see your wee one?

that's rather a sore point

 

[LallyH]

that's rather a sore point

Sorry to hear that *hug

 

[Bert_Fegg]

Sorry to hear that *hug

Not as sorry as I am

Not a story for a public board though, and hopefully not over yet either...

 

[saysalice]

All the baby talk is making me miss mine terribly.

You know I can pretty much remember the exact moment our son was conceived?

How's this for a story. I was working as a night operator for a breakdown firm. There was only me in the office. My ex had had a rough time in the latter months of her pregnancy with a painful recurring kidney infection. It was her due date and she'd been visited by a friend from out of town. She'd disregarded my pleas to take a taxi and walked across town to the train station. So. Picture the scene. I was in the office at about two in the morning and I got a call from my ex. She was in a phonebox because she was trying to find somewhere to credit her phone because she had severe back pain and she thought her kidneys were flaring up again. I told her to get back home and I'd call NHS Direct. I gave her five minutes or so and called her back. The pain had gone away - Aaaargh!! No it hadn't! I called the NHS. Five minutes later I called her back and she was in an ambulance. Ten minutes after that I called the hospital and they told me her labour was coming along nicely and I ought to get there as fast as I could.

As luck would have it, a driver was coming back from a job at that very moment. I explained the situation and he took over the phone while I pedalled like shite for the hospital. I got there with about fifteen minutes to spare....

A good thing about being dad is that [a] you're not the one who gets the epesiostomy and you're the first person who gets to hold your child for purely cuddling purposes, while the midwives take mummy away to get cleaned up. That moment was the first time I had ever set eyes on a person related to me by blood. Ugly little fucker though he was. I remember his mother though, telling me she was about to throw up. I passed her a bowl, she vomited into it and looked up with a look of joy and wonder. "My lungs have fallen down!"

And that's childbirth for you..... Or me anyway

This happened to me, too. Threw up in my hair, right after they showed us our baby (no offense, baby!).

Because I had a section, I wasn't permitted to shower for a few days, though they did finally give me this shampoo-in-a-bag thing to use in bed. It became our running joke, while I was in the hospital. We learned in prenatal classes that a newborn will know the smell of his mom, almost right away.

Every time he cried, we were like:

"Pass me back to the barf lady!"

/csb

 

[Bert_Fegg]

This happened to me, too. Threw up in my hair, right after they showed us our baby (no offense, baby!).

Because I had a section, I wasn't permitted to shower for a few days, though they did finally give me this shampoo-in-a-bag thing to use in bed. It became our running joke, while I was in the hospital. We learned in prenatal classes that a newborn will know the smell of his mom, almost right away.

Every time he cried, we were like:

"Pass me back to the barf lady!"

/csb

This made me smile

 

[Britwitch]

This happened to me, too. Threw up in my hair, right after they showed us our baby (no offense, baby!).

Because I had a section, I wasn't permitted to shower for a few days, though they did finally give me this shampoo-in-a-bag thing to use in bed. It became our running joke, while I was in the hospital. We learned in prenatal classes that a newborn will know the smell of his mom, almost right away.

Every time he cried, we were like:

"Pass me back to the barf lady!"

/csb

No throwing up on myself for me, although there were lots of horribly embarrassing procedures to try and get both of our girls to make their debuts to make up for it.

winces and shakes her head

Both were late. Both had to be dragged out via section.

grins a little sappily

Both were worth the wait.

 

[saysalice]

No throwing up on myself for me, although there were lots of horribly embarrassing procedures to try and get both of our girls to make their debuts to make up for it.

winces and shakes her head

Both were late. Both had to be dragged out via section.

grins a little sappily

Both were worth the wait.

grins and nods

Best piece of advice I received regarding labor came from my sister:

"Just leave your dignity at home."

But yes, it was so worth it.

hugs the prettiest witch

Hey, you!

 

[prettyserpentine]

I'm choking up!

bites back a wobbly lip

I had a great weekend with my friend and her little one. My favourite moment was when the wee tyke sat on my knee while I read her stories. Most embarrassing moment was when I was putting on her shoes and she pulled my shirt down and said "Juice?"

It's wee cute things they do, the way they smile at you, I think it would make all the tantrums worth it.

Gah, go away broodiness!

 

[Britwitch]

grins and nods

Best piece of advice I received regarding labor came from my sister:

"Just leave your dignity at home."

But yes, it was so worth it.

hugs the prettiest witch

Hey, you!

Hey you too, beautiful!

hugs tight

And dignity?

laughs

Yeah, childbirth and dignity have absolutely nothing to do with one another!

How's you?

 

[Britwitch]

I'm choking up!

bites back a wobbly lip

I had a great weekend with my friend and her little one. My favourite moment was when the wee tyke sat on my knee while I read her stories. Most embarrassing moment was when I was putting on her shoes and she pulled my shirt down and said "Juice?"

It's wee cute things they do, the way they smile at you, I think it would make all the tantrums worth it.

Gah, go away broodiness!

They're awesome, they really are. And tantrums are easily wiped from the memory by hugs and giggles and stupidly cute drawings.

grins

But if and when the time comes for you, you'll know.

 

[Bert_Fegg]

They're awesome, they really are. And tantrums are easily wiped from the memory by hugs and giggles and stupidly cute drawings.

grins

But if and when the time comes for you, you'll know.

And until that time, NO SWALLOWING!!