Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 13:04
Congratz"!!!!!!
Paddy
Paddy
Congratulations!!
It's a wonderful time...enjoy it!!
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Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 13:24
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 17:16
You must be so proud 
Congratulations and all the best
Congratulations and all the best
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 17:42
Congratulations
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 18:10
Congratulations indeed.
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 18:19
awww.... *sniffle* well done..
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 18:25
Congrats
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 20:02
Top squidginess!:notworthy: Congratulations to the proud mum and dad, and
to the little angel.Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 20:43
Wonderful, wonderful
Enjoy it
Enjoy it
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 21:40
awww...welcome to this world little beautiful Katie!
i've loved you from the moment your stubbornness in the womb started!...
Congratulations mr. & mrs. SomeKindOfStranger times two and then some, for the double effect!
Enjoy this precious time together ~ I'll get giddy! and come steal her soon...
MB
i've loved you from the moment your stubbornness in the womb started!...
Congratulations mr. & mrs. SomeKindOfStranger times two and then some, for the double effect!
Enjoy this precious time together ~ I'll get giddy! and come steal her soon...
MB
Posted: 07 Mar 2007, 21:46
Congratulations to the three of you
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 01:13
Thank You everyone!!!
A small complication today I am afraid - the baby and my wife have been taken back into hospital
To cut a long story short, Katie has lost 11% of her birth weight in just 3 days. Whilst newborns are expected to lose weight in the first week, usually a 10% loss in 7 days is considered worrying, so this much loss so quickly was a big concern.
However, after a worrying afternoon of blood tests etc it seems the problem may simply be that my wife was not producing enough milk and so the baby was sucking all she could, but after a while, 'the pub had no beer' (!)
They are both back in hospital for at least a couple of days for monitoring, and breast milk is being supplemented with bottle milk, so hopefully will be back out at the weekend, once Katie's weight is back to an acceptable level.
Not sure if I will sleep too well without them both in the house, so dont be surprised if I am posting into the early hours!!!!
A small complication today I am afraid - the baby and my wife have been taken back into hospital
To cut a long story short, Katie has lost 11% of her birth weight in just 3 days. Whilst newborns are expected to lose weight in the first week, usually a 10% loss in 7 days is considered worrying, so this much loss so quickly was a big concern.
However, after a worrying afternoon of blood tests etc it seems the problem may simply be that my wife was not producing enough milk and so the baby was sucking all she could, but after a while, 'the pub had no beer' (!)
They are both back in hospital for at least a couple of days for monitoring, and breast milk is being supplemented with bottle milk, so hopefully will be back out at the weekend, once Katie's weight is back to an acceptable level.
Not sure if I will sleep too well without them both in the house, so dont be surprised if I am posting into the early hours!!!!
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 01:15
like whose? Mine or the babies?........Norman Hunter wrote:I used to have hair like that before our daughter came along...
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 02:11
Thoughts are with you Paul, Mrs. Paul and SKOSlette.
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 02:40
'somekindof stranger' wrote
4 years ago we had twins, 8 weeks early.
It was a complete mind f***k for the last three months before they were born ,because we knew there was a problem. It was a, will they won't they be OK scenario.
They were 0.935 gs and 1.78 grs when they were born, my fear and terror was extreme and in some ways has never gone. I still cry at some wierd s**t , that I'd never have done before; bloody kids!
I love them with every little fibre of my body, even when they tell me, like today, 'Daddy you're wrong, I don't think your plan is any good'
It's a s**t situation to be in but I'm sure you'll come through fine and even stronger (I could be an agony aunt).
I'm actually sure that the only thing the NHS is good at 100%, is child care I'd vote for them!
Now I need to go and get myself together and be hard for my next round with Wild Bill..
take care
it will be right
something and nothing
Undertow
Hi , I've not posted before now cos I don't know you, but I know this.A small complication today I am afraid - the baby and my wife have been taken back into hospital
4 years ago we had twins, 8 weeks early.
It was a complete mind f***k for the last three months before they were born ,because we knew there was a problem. It was a, will they won't they be OK scenario.
They were 0.935 gs and 1.78 grs when they were born, my fear and terror was extreme and in some ways has never gone. I still cry at some wierd s**t , that I'd never have done before; bloody kids!
I love them with every little fibre of my body, even when they tell me, like today, 'Daddy you're wrong, I don't think your plan is any good'
It's a s**t situation to be in but I'm sure you'll come through fine and even stronger (I could be an agony aunt).
I'm actually sure that the only thing the NHS is good at 100%, is child care I'd vote for them!
Now I need to go and get myself together and be hard for my next round with Wild Bill..
take care
it will be right
something and nothing
Undertow
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 03:34
Feel free to chat with us expats in the colonies, SKoS - we're always up late 
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 12:21
Absolutely. Katie will pull through, they can be awkward little blighters early doors. Still, wait til the teen years, then you'll see awkwardness.James Blast wrote:Thoughts are with you Paul, Mrs. Paul and SKOSlette.
Posted: 09 Mar 2007, 23:38
thanks (again) all. nothing like a few encouraging words to lift the spirits. I ended up watching 'dave gormans important astrological experiement' until the early hours and nodded off at some point around 3am.
To cut a long day short, the good news is that her weight is going up again and she is now only 6% below her birth weight. If all goes well tomorrow and her blood tests come back ok, they should be home tomorrow night or sunday.
To cut a long day short, the good news is that her weight is going up again and she is now only 6% below her birth weight. If all goes well tomorrow and her blood tests come back ok, they should be home tomorrow night or sunday.
Posted: 10 Mar 2007, 02:07
Living proofPlanet Dave wrote:Katie will pull through, they can be awkward little blighters early doors.
Great news, SKOS!
Posted: 10 Mar 2007, 16:14
good news SKOS ~ all the best for today & ongoing!
Posted: 13 Mar 2007, 01:29
both home and well - at last!
time to go post on some sisters-related threads instead now. I'm sure I saw one around here....somewhere.....
time to go post on some sisters-related threads instead now. I'm sure I saw one around here....somewhere.....
Posted: 13 Mar 2007, 02:51
Well you're the one who keeps starting these non-related threads!!!SomeKindOfStranger wrote:both home and well - at last!
time to go post on some sisters-related threads instead now. I'm sure I saw one around here....somewhere.....
Great news Paul, nice one all round
Posted: 13 Mar 2007, 04:34
Thank goodness all's well! Glad to hear it, Sir.
Posted: 13 Mar 2007, 05:28
Apologies - I could have sworn that the title of this thread was "It's a GRILL!"
Glad to hear that everyone is safely back in the nest, SKoS.
Posted: 13 Mar 2007, 14:12
*groan*EvilBastard wrote:
Apologies - I could have sworn that the title of this thread was "It's a GRILL!"
