Thread: Cool News In This 5,000th Post

Originally Posted by LX_Emergency

Yes, this is my firstborn. And he's amazing. He's a stunning little kid that rarely sits completely still (he wasn't very quiet in the womb either) and a dark head of hair.

And he's strong!! The nurse claims that looking at him (and seeing him feed) you'd think him at least 4 days old, not the measily 1 he is right not)

You know I never had any children, and when younger did not fully appreciate the miracle of birth, afterall children are born everyday. But now that I am older and understand how fragile life truly is, ohhh that a tiny little life has been growing inside your wife's belly and has come into this world.....it's just awesome, big ole sigh.......makes me have "alligator tears" lol.....

How much does Adam weigh ? and we have to know his length too ?

Not meaning to hijack X's thread here, but while we are patiently waiting, waiting, waiting for an update

Colleen

Adam weighed 3740 grams when he was born and he's around 50,5 centimeters tall.

He's lost a bit of weight since then (which is normal and is down to 3580 grams.

Congratulations Alex!! Your fatherly pride just jumps through the screen at me!!

Hey X give us some news! I hope all is going well for you and your family also!!

WTG Alex! You're buying drinks when I ride on over to NL

Congratulations Alex!

James.

Sorry to leave you all hanging, but it has been an odessey.

After 32 hours of labour including 16 hours of active labour and 4 1/2 hours of pushing (like a titan I might add) in final labour, all without medication, Valeska agreed to a forceps retraction because the baby was just not coming. When we got to the operating room and Val was anesthetized , the surgeons did a manual exploration and discovered the baby was Transverse or something like that, essentially stuck in the birth canal and that a C-section was our safest option.

At precisely 4:00 am on Friday March the 7th, our son Marlow Gaél González MacDonald arrived, weighing 3430g (7lb 9oz).

Tending for a new baby and a post operative mother is hard work which only gets harder when I am needed to help supplement baby's diet during Photo Therapy for Jaundice. This is why I haven't had a spare minute to post an update till now. Exhaustion is a grand understatement.

All is well with Marlow now, but Momma still has weeks of healing ahead which means lots more waiting on her hand and foot. I've had worse jobs. She's my hero.

Pics to follow as soon as I figure out what's up with my USB drive.

X

PS Congrats, Alex. I know exactly how you feel. Great to see the pics too. My love and best wishes to your whole family. Thanks for keeping the thread alive in my absence. what an amazing time.

Congrats X... glad to hear mother and son are doing well. (Don't worry about the sleep... you'll be able to get some in a year or so )

Congratulations X! Glad to hear everything ended out well and wish the three of you all the best!

Right, then ... pic time:

Here's Marlow weighing in


Here's the immediate family


QT


And here's Marlow getting his photo therapy.

I'm not sure yet, but I think this might have given him super powers

We're all so happy to be home at last. The past week has been such a massive chore. I've got a day job shift tomorrow which should seem like a vacation in comparison. Must fall down now.

X

Thank God in Heaven above! I was getting worried ( mother hen syndrome ) Congratulations X.....I just know you're doing a stand up job taking care of Mom and Marlow.

I stand in awe of Val and her labor ordeal....weeee doggies, that was one tough labor.

Happy all is well now.

Huggs, Colleen