| Thunderchicken | 18 Mar 2007 7:04 a.m. PST |
Announcing the arrival of my gorgeous daughter Hollie on Sunday 11th at 9:50am GMT after 36 hours of labour. Oh yes, 36 hours! She's so quiet at the moment so I reckon she's saving her voice till later! She'll be used to the smells and sounds of the wargaming world in no time. |
| Mike G | 18 Mar 2007 7:14 a.m. PST |
Congratulations, if this is your first, life just changed a lot. I would not trade my two children for the world. I have a 17 year old girl and a 15 year old boy. They are great, but anyone that tells you being a parent is easy, they are lying. Mike |
| Neotacha | 18 Mar 2007 7:15 a.m. PST |
Congratulations to the entire family! Thirty-six hours! |
| mweaver | 18 Mar 2007 7:26 a.m. PST |
36 hours? Egad! Congratulations to all involved! (I thought chickens laid eggs). |
| Cold Steel | 18 Mar 2007 7:27 a.m. PST |
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 John the OFM  | 18 Mar 2007 7:29 a.m. PST |
I am sure that Average Joe will have some good advice. Having a puppy, by the way, is good for developing a healthy immune system, 8^) |
| mattblackgod | 18 Mar 2007 7:59 a.m. PST |
Congratulations! I hope that Mum is doing well after 36 hours of labour! |
 Gungnir | 18 Mar 2007 8:50 a.m. PST |
Congratulations! Can only add my voice to the 36 hours… hope you recovered completely by now. And by now you undoubtedly noticed that sleep was overrated in the first place. |
| Thunderchicken | 18 Mar 2007 8:58 a.m. PST |
It is my first and I'll pass on your best wishes to mum. She's doing fine but she's a bit shocked at the language used during those long 36 hours. It sounds cruel but I did chuckle at some of the unique phrases she used. I've made a note of them and will certainly use them, probably next time I see my indestructable Prussian brigade destroyed (again). |
| moonhippie3 | 18 Mar 2007 9:20 a.m. PST |
Oh yeah? Wait till she get's to be about 15, and tells you that you don't know anything, but her boyfriend doe's. That's when you start noticeing an actual grey hair convention. |
| Andrew May1 | 18 Mar 2007 10:09 a.m. PST |
Congratulations Thunderchicken! Great news, hope your wife is recovering speedily after that mammoth labour! Well done! Ace |
| Randall | 18 Mar 2007 11:48 a.m. PST |
Fantastic! Congratulations! 
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| Fat Wally | 18 Mar 2007 12:11 p.m. PST |
Congratulations and welcome to the "lack of sleep club" that goes with parenthood. |
| Rattlehead | 18 Mar 2007 4:24 p.m. PST |
Congrats and all the best to you and your growing family! |
| Allen57 | 18 Mar 2007 5:29 p.m. PST |
Congratulations, My daughter presented us with our first grandchild, a girl, about 3 months ago. I had forgotten how incredible babies are. |
| quantumcat | 18 Mar 2007 7:46 p.m. PST |
Congratulations!!! Spray or soak sore tushes with a mix of witch hazel,
comfrey,yarrow and lavendar. Olive oil,shea butter,yarrow,St. John's wort,calendula
and lavendar make a good balm for wounded tissues such as
tears and stretch marks and a good herb and oatmeal bath
will do wonders. Sip some raspberry and orange tea and keep gripe water
handy (fennel,chamomile) for colic. All these have been used for eons and can probably be
found at your neighborhood pharmacy. (Gripe water is sold as "Gentle Tummy Tamer" with Disney's
Pooh on the front at Walgreen's. Check your own sources.) Oh! Hang some plush dice over your darlin's crib. She can't get started counting hexes and rolling 6's too
early. (She needs to know not to get serious about anyone till
she's seen them game,too.) May you all be blessed with health and happiness. |
| pphalen | 18 Mar 2007 8:13 p.m. PST |
Congrats! Probably too late for this now, but SLEEP NOW! In other news, 36 HOURS? Good lord!
Sure. apparently my wife had "birthing aptitude" (aka Big Hips), but we only dealt with 3:45 for the birth of BOTH of our chidren (with those numbers HEAVILY skewed towards the first…) |
| CeruLucifus | 19 Mar 2007 6:49 a.m. PST |
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| Two Ducks Pond | 19 Mar 2007 4:25 p.m. PST |
Congrats to you and your family |
| Thunderchicken | 20 Mar 2007 3:09 a.m. PST |
Much thanks for the wise advice and offers of congrats. In a short space of time I have been peed on, pooed on, vomited on and headbutted (and that't just by my girlfriend fnar fnar) so things can only look up. Many thanks again, my girlfriend is chuffed reading this thread. I'm trying to encourage her to read the other subjects thus forming a growing interest wargaming and hey presto,I have a free painting service! I'm a genius mwhaaaaaaaa! TC |
