You never know man. Each kid is totally different. My daughter was still getting up at three am to play when she was two years old. My son slept from ten pm to six am by four months old. Previous to that he only woke up for the 2 Amish feeding and then would fall right back asleep. Congrats regardless!
Pregnancy Thread
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Captain Suave
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Yeah. She's only about 40 hours old and I can already tell she's going to have a very different personality. She's a lot more chill than my son (who didn't sleep through the night until almost 30 months).
Quick survey for second-time+ dads:
Did you find it easier to relate to your second children than your first? I was devoted to caring for my son in a biological imperative/practical responsibility kind of way but, honestly, I found it difficult to engage with him until he started walking and talking. We're best buds now that he's three, but during infancy he was just this cute, pooping automaton. Perhaps this time around I have a better perspective on the developmental process and know the cues to look for, but I'm already way more personally connected to my daughter than I was with my son at a much later stage.
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Wife fell again at work and had to go to the ER for monitoring. Was having contractions all night but they stopped later in the evening. Baby is still perfectly healthy.. think she might need to stop working soon.
I've only had 3 heart attacks this month
I've only had 3 heart attacks this month
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Had another scary moment last week with a trace of blood on the toilet paper. Off to the ER at midnight.
Nothing. Everything fine.
Wife has to work 4 more weeks, then it's cool down time. We have decided on a name (had it lingering around for months now but the final decision that this will be the name was met today at 6AM).
Three more months.
Nothing. Everything fine.
Wife has to work 4 more weeks, then it's cool down time. We have decided on a name (had it lingering around for months now but the final decision that this will be the name was met today at 6AM).
Three more months.
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Woefully Inept
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So we're having a pre-eclampsia scare. Wife had an appointment today and her BP was high and she's been having some swelling. She's on her way home now and we're going to head to our hospital for some testing.
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How far along are you guys?
My wife went in for her 30 week checkup, was immediately admitted to the hospital, and we had a kid 3 days later. Pre-eclampsia. Didn't have any blood pressure issues at any point leading up to that, just came out of nowhere and flipped our world upside-down. 2 years later, kiddo is great, but that shit is crazy scary at the time.
My wife went in for her 30 week checkup, was immediately admitted to the hospital, and we had a kid 3 days later. Pre-eclampsia. Didn't have any blood pressure issues at any point leading up to that, just came out of nowhere and flipped our world upside-down. 2 years later, kiddo is great, but that shit is crazy scary at the time.
Woefully Inept
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Well all the tests came back clear and. We are 32 weeks today so everything should be ok if a birth was required right now. It all started because her BP was 148/98. By the time we go to the hospital it was back down in normal range.
opiate82
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Glad to hear everything is okay. Just in case have you read up on the all-natural preeclampsia risk reducers just in case?
Joeboo
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Good to hear. And yeah, once you get over that 30 week mark, and especially 32+, there isn't a whole lot of worry anymore. Anything unexpectedly goes wrong, they can just quickly induce labor or do a C-section and the baby should be developed enough to be healthy and fine at that point)
We were lucky that we had those 3 days between diagnosis and delivery that they were able to give my wife a steroid that accelerated lung and respiratory development in the baby, he came out breathing just fine and never had to be on a respirator or anything(just an oxygen tube for a couple weeks) even though he was only 2.5 lbs at birth.
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calhoonjugganaut
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My wife can't take a shit by her lonesome and has to resort to taking enemas. Does she just need to eat different foods or what? What I saw today cannot be unseen. I will not pronounce enema corrrectly to spite her, and I think it is backfiring...in a bad way.
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Scalding coffee enemas and anal sex. It's the only solution.
More seriously, though, probably a little more attention to what she's eating and drinking will help. My wife ended up drinking quite a bit of prune juice or equivalent, and this issue went away.
More seriously, though, probably a little more attention to what she's eating and drinking will help. My wife ended up drinking quite a bit of prune juice or equivalent, and this issue went away.
opiate82
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Stool softener and fiber supplement (Metamucil). Other high fiber foods and lots of fluid intake will also help. Not that uncommon for pregnant woman to need those, I believe constipation is common side effect from pregnancy hormones.
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My wife is annoying me with the baby moving. Everytime it moves she goes "come here, it's moving"
Ok, it was cool the first few times I felt a hand/foot move across the stomach, but now it's just like "ok"
She started getting bitchy because I act like I don't care (which, to be honest, I really don't) and don't jump over to feel it 3 times a night. Last night I was running a dungeon group and she didn't understand why I couldn't immediately drop the computer and run over and hold my hand there for 2 minutes.
Just venting I guess.
Ok, it was cool the first few times I felt a hand/foot move across the stomach, but now it's just like "ok"
She started getting bitchy because I act like I don't care (which, to be honest, I really don't) and don't jump over to feel it 3 times a night. Last night I was running a dungeon group and she didn't understand why I couldn't immediately drop the computer and run over and hold my hand there for 2 minutes.
Just venting I guess.
I recommend you spend as much time with your wife and enjoy what you can and make some good memories before your lives are upended with all that entails from having a child. Playing games isn't conducive to starting a family.
opiate82
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My wife did the same thing, and I reacted pretty much the same way. Best I could manage to do to avoid my wife freaking out is every night at bedtime I would spend some time feeling her stomach and talking to the baby. Sometimes it was more for my wife's sake than anything but that seemed to be enough to pull me out of "you don't care!" territory.