Baby Kebakat is here
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Topic: Baby Kebakat is here
Posted By: mummy_becks
Subject: Baby Kebakat is here
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:00pm
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I got a txt from Stacey to say Daniel Ross arrived at 1059 this morning. He was 7lb 12 oz. Haven't heard how things are going yet but i'm hoping everything is going ok. Will hopefully get a pic tonight or tomorrow (just see how she is going first). I did well with my guess for her. She asked me a few weeks ago when I thought she would pop and how big and I said the 10th, 14th or 23rd and about 8lb so not that far off. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
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Posted By: BabyOnBoard
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:04pm
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Congratulations Stacey! Welcome to the world Daniel!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: BellaBoo
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:13pm
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Thats great news! Congratulations! ------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:29pm
CONGRATS STACEY Hope alls well and can't wait to see photos.  ------------- Ann 
Also Mum to Josh (15) and Brooke (10) |
Posted By: Glow
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:30pm
Big Congrats. Job well done Mummy, Daddy & baby Daniel- welcome to the world  ------------- Mummy of Two Boys B: 2004 K: 2007 |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:35pm
wow! huge congrats to kebakat family!!
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Posted By: Bubbaloo
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 2:52pm
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Congrats Stacy and welcome to the world Daniel ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  Was danni-chick Mum to James My Angel 28/07/08 |
Posted By: sparkle
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 3:02pm
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Congrats Stacey and Richard! Can't wait to see a pic of baby Daniel! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 3:15pm
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Congrats Stacey.
Now if only all the rest of our June babies would hurry up  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LockieandLiam
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 3:20pm
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Congrats Stacey and welcome to the big wide world Daniel. Hope all is well. Can't wait to see a piccie. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mamanee
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 3:39pm
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Awww congratulations Stacey and her DH! Can't wait to see pictures of Daniel!
Hope everything went well! |
Posted By: Leelee
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 4:17pm
| A big congrats Stacey and welcome to the world Daniel |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 4:19pm
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oh cool! Wasn't she just around yesterday? Congrats Stacey! -------------  |
Posted By: MelanieAndBree
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 4:21pm
Aw awesome. Congrats Stecey 
Cant wait for some pics! ------------- Melanie. Mum to Briahna Robyn, 3yrs |
Posted By: ShellandBella
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 4:30pm
Congratulations Stacey . Hope you and Daniel are doing well. You made it to the 'other' side!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bumble
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 4:36pm
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Congrats!!!! ------------- formerly known as "Bee" Ethan ~ March 2003 Big 6 year old school boy! Micah ~ Aug 2008 ~ Smiley pants who loves telephones! |
Posted By: peachy
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 4:59pm
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Congrats Stacey, the June babies are finally arriving!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 5:32pm
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Yay the June babies! Awesome work Stacey, cant wait to see pics and hear the birthstory.
And yup, she wasn't just on here yesterday, she was on her eearly this mornign too! Crazy lady :) -------------  
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Posted By: KH25
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 5:53pm
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Congrats Stacey ------------- Kelly, mum to DD, 19Jun06 (26wks 1lb15oz) DS1, 24Oct10 (32wks 4lb11oz) and DS2, 31Dec11 (32wks, 4lb11) http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: caliandjack
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 5:55pm
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Congratulations Stacey, and welcome baby Daniel.
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Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 5:57pm
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Congratulations Stacey and Richard! Welcome to the world wee Daniel! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 6:57pm
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Wow, that was fast! Congrats Stacey, cant wait to see the pics.
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 7:37pm
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Congrats Stacey and welcome baby Daniel! ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: kell
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 7:43pm
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Congrats again hun!! Cant wait to hear all about it and see some pics xxxx ------------- Kayla Rose is now 4! James Sydney is nearly 2! |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 7:52pm
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Congrats Guys, i hope you are all well, and things are going good! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 7:58pm
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Congrats Stacey! Well done ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: My3Sons
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 8:00pm
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Congratulations!!! Welcome to the world baby Daniel!! ------------- Mum to Mr 10, Mr 6 and Mr 4
 
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Posted By: WRXnKids
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 8:26pm
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Congrats how exciting!!! -------------   
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 8:43pm
Congratulations Stacey, and welcome baby Daniel. Cant wait to see pics------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
Busy mum to Miss 15yrs, Miss 10yrs and Master 4yrs |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 8:55pm
| wow congrats!!! and cant wait to see the piccies!!! |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 9:57pm
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Congrat's Stacy and Hubby. hope all is going well look forward to seeign pic's. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: danielsdaddy
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 10:07pm
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How out of date is my nickname now?? lol!
Hey gals and guys, thought I'd drop in to say hi and let you know a bit about our day today. Mummy and Baby are both doing well after their ordeal this morning. 10 fingers, 10 toes etc. For me, the rather abbreviated story goes something like this: At 4am I awoke to notice DW wasn't in bed. She was when I went to sleep, although her disappearance in the night is nothing unusual at the moment so I thought nothing of it and fell back to sleep. At 4:30am she returned to our bedroom to say to me that my prediction from the previous night (that we wouldn't see him that night) was wrong. When I asked 'why?' she replied "labour", in a very polite tone. So I got up and switched into 'crisis' mode. Not that it was a crisis, but my body has a mode it goes into when doing the right thing becomes critical and it's important to act calm and calculated in everything it does. We then went through contractions for a while. I said to her she should really decide when she wanted to call the midwife. I wasn't sure how long this would drag out for and didn't want to disturb her sleep in the small hours of the morning. We eventually waited until 6am, which the midwife was more than happy about. Off to the delivery suite. DW was good in the car, with only a couple of contractions on the way (they were getting heavier by this stage) and just one whilst in the corridor at the hospital. We arrived at about 6:20am. Enter our midwife... She gave DW an internal and found her 5cm dilated already! Help, neither of us expected that. We went through a few more contractions, and put DW on the CTG to check she and baby were ok. It was interesting because each time she'd have a contraction, about half a minute later his heart rate dropped considerably. The midwife called in a doctor at that point just to make sure it wasn't a concern but it was fine. So away we went. DW's contractions were intensifying a lot and the midwife offered her the gas which, after some deliberation and a couple of contractions, she eventually decided to accept. As this went on, the midwife did another internal exam and found a bit of cervix getting in the way of his head. She tried DW in a few different positions to see if it would help him get past it, and we thought at one stage he might have. But as things moved on, DW began to experience some pretty harsh pains in her back and the front of her belly. I think from memory she suggested that she wanted to push for the first time at about 9:20am. Her efforts were huge, but he didn't seem to be making a whole lot of progress. It was difficult to keep telling DW she was doing great, even though she was, because he just looked so stuck. I could see a bit of his head inside her but with each push, not a lot of movement. All of a sudden, the intimate 2-person band turned into about 6 of us. People were muttering things of Ventousse being an option. Our midwife suggested she felt he might be posterior, but nobody else felt this way. So we proceeded with a bit of "wait and see". By this stage, it was 10am and DW was looking exhausted after 40 minutes of pushing. You can imagine how she felt when the midwife, trying to encourage her, said "I think we will see this baby by lunch time". The midwife then struck a deal with her and said "What about by 11 o'clock?". The pushing continued and by this stage DW had her legs in the stirrups - slightly more comfortable for me who had been supporting one of her feet on my hip for about 30 minutes and had a totally dead left leg from leaning on it! Baby came out a bit more, but the midwife became a little concerned about the tightness of the area trapping him inside DW. She was trying to insert her fingers in to give the skin a bit of a stretch to negate the need for an episiotomy. It looked like it might work at one stage, but it just wasn't to be. Pushing and pushing was tiring DW out and despite best intentions, there just wasn't enough room for him to get out without some intervention. So the midwife started prepping for an episiotomy. DW (whose fear of being cut is equivalent to my fear of needles) became a bit anxious, and the size of the local anaesthetic needle was not small either (I have not idea why it was so big). Although the midwife put the local in during a contraction, DW still felt it. When it came time to make the cut, DW was quite frightened. This was definitely the hardest part for me. Up unitl now, I had managed by telling myself that the pain and screams were a normal part of labour and to follow the midwife's lead. But I knew how much the talk of an episiotomy had scared DW, and I was really worried for her sake, as well as what effect her fear might have on baby if she became too anxious. This was a fear she had that was very real and I can only begin to imagine how she must have felt, having had so much pain during labour already and now it had come down to "we have to cut you get him out". I found it really hard not to cry at that point. In fact, just reliving it now in my head is making me do it (not a bad thing since I haven't really had a chance to just be alone and get that stuff out of me as yet). But that was the worst of it. After that, with room to get baby out, DW only had two more contractions worth of pushing and he was out. First the head, then the rest of him flew out shortly after. He was looking at us. At 10:59am, Daniel Ross Greaney was born. "He was looking at us?" you ask. Yes. He was posterior! After an entire pregnancy of being anterior, he had at some point rotated himself around to become posterior. So when the midwife said she thought he was and nobody agreed, she was right. She (the midwife) said to me afterwards that she did wonder about his position when DW started having back pain and pain in her front. That's fairly typical of posterior labour apparently. Everyone involved also said that it's unusual for a posterior baby to have a 'normal' labour, and that most end up needing C-sections. Our midwife said that this was probably a case of 'ignorance is bliss'. She said that DW just believed she could push him out and there was never any "oh but he's posterior so you'll have trouble" trains of thought - simply because none of us really knew for certain. But man, that was incredibly hard work. Emotionally I was just shattered when he arrived. I just wanted to sit down and cry. Nothing to do with 'the joy of birth'. I had seen my wife in agony for far too long and after putting on a brave face, I wanted to let go. I did find a good strategy for dealing with her discomfort at the beginning - talking to the midwife whilst comforting DW. I found when i didn't look at her face, I was much less likely to get overwhelmed by it all. In a way, I behaved like another medical professional. As the labour progressed, this became more difficult but I think I was pretty level-headed throughout. So that's all from our side. She's staying in hospital tonight so I'm here all by my lonesome, bar one tired Golden Retriever who has been at his grandparents place for the day. Sorry to disappoint but you'll have to wait longer to see photos. I took some, and so did the grandmothers and while I have a print I don't have any digital versions. I could take a photo of a photo and put that up, but I'm just too tired tonight. Hopefully, we'll see Mummy Becks tomorrow for a photo shoot :) Alright, I'm off to bed. Oh yeah, my ticker is out of date too. I'll fix that later. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 10:18pm
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Thanks Rich, now I know why she said thinks weren't so great. Hopefully I can make it up tomorrow. I jsut remembered I have to go to Levin for a funeral so I'm going to try and make it up tomorrow evening. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AN E
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 10:33pm
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Wow!!!
Congrats Stacey, DH and Daniel! Welcome to the world little man  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: lovingmummyhood
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 10:59pm
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Woohoo!!! Congratulations Stacey and Richard Welcome to the world Daniel
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 10 June 2007 at 11:23pm
| Congrats Stacey and Richard! Welcome to bubs (and my, what a great name, it's my hubby's too!) |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 6:12am
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Congratulations Stacey, Richard and little Daniel Thanks for posting Richard. It was really great to hear about the husbands experience through the birth as well. -------------  
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 7:04am
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Congratulations Stacey and Richard!
Welcome to the world, Daniel!
Thanks for letting us know all about it, Richard. Looking forward to photos! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:21am
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Wow, that was amazing to read, thanks so much. Didn't she do an incredible job! I will get my DH to read this tonight, as I know he is worried about how he will handle seeing me in pain, i think you show very hnestly that it isn't that easy.
Hugs to you, Stacey and Daniel! -------------
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:10am
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Congratulations to you both!! Fantastic to hear a dads perspective. Sounds like you were a huge support for your wife through a difficult labour. I hope that my DH does as good a job ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: danielsdaddy
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 10:01am
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For those looking to pass on advice to their partners, I would say two things. First, it SUCKS seeing your other half in so much distress. You might have an idea in your head of how it's going to be based on what you've seen on TV, but that's always different because it's some female actor you know nothing about pretending to be a person you know even less about. So all I would say is 'be ready for it'. I had been warned about that part so it made things easier. If I wasn't ready, I might not have been so useful. Be ready for it, and develop a strategy for coping. In my case, it was to avoid looking at her face, and to have complete faith in the fact that the midwife knew what she was doing, and that labour is inherently painful so there is actually nothing wrong.
The other thing is (I think) to know your place in the birthing room. I knew that all the medical stuff was going to be handled by the pros, but I also knew there wasn't really going to be a damn thing I could do to ease DW's situation. I made up my time by balancing out the two roles of "midwife's assistant" (helping her move DW around, passing her blankets and towels, helping with the mental boosting for DW etc) and by just being there during the 'breather' times when DW had her eyes open. I imagine with so many strange people in there it might have been a bit bewildering for her, so for her to open her eyes and see a familiar face such as mine probably helped, even if a tiny bit. I'm off to see her very soon. I'll pass on all your kind regards to her :) ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 10:30am
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that is fantastic to hear it from the guys point of view and just as capable of bringing me to tears reading it. Must get DF to read it tonight.
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 10:36am
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wow thanks 'daddy2b' Richard. My husband didn't get to see the 'labour' as such as we had an elective ceasar (and the other two aren't biologically his) I don't think we are having another one but part of me feels he missed out on a 'great' birthing expereince.(me i could do with out it) so thank you for your insight to a DH/mans point of veiw.
Can't wait to see photos. ------------- Ann
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Posted By: Rackhell
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 11:35am
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Congratulations to one very scared but brave mother and a welcome to the new addition in your family.
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Posted By: noodle
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 11:52am
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Big congrats Stacey and Richard and welcome to the world wee Daniel
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Posted By: justme
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 11:55am
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Congrats stacey & richard, fantastic new. Welcome little daniel Thanks for sharing your side richard, congratulations daddy ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 4:01pm
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Congratulations on your new family. Thanks so much for sharing your story Richard, it was a great insight for me to hear how you guys deal with this journey mentally and emotionally, I have to admit I had tears in my eyes, I hope Stacey is doing well today. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:45pm
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Really really interesting to hear it from you Richard... thanks so much - and congratulations!!
Wow, Stacey did an absolutely fabulous job having a natural birth with very minor intervention with a posterior babe! That's awesome - good work Stacey
Midwife sounds like she knew what she was doing too... that's always a help. Anyway, congrats Stacey and Richard.
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 8:59pm
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I went up and saw them a few hours ago. Stacey is doing great, feeding is a bit of a problem. Daniel suck a few times and then gives up and doesn't want to do it anymore. So she is expressing and feeding him with a little medicine cup. Pic are in the photo gallery. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:03pm
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Good to hear your story, well done Stacey for pushing him out posterior, you've done a great job! ------------- |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:11pm
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Congratulations to you both and well done!
Welcome to your wee boy, what a story! And very cool to hear it from a Dad's point of view. edited to fix spelling |
Posted By: hailstones
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:40pm
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Wow - congrats Stacey and Richard and welcome to the world little Daniel. Sounds like you both did an awesome job! Off to photo Gallery now to see your wee boy ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 9:54pm
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Congratulations both of you for bringing a new little person in the world Can't wait to see piccies! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: shelleybean
Date Posted: 11 June 2007 at 10:28pm
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Wow Congrat's and all the best with Breast Feeding - once you get the hang of it. it will come naturally. Thanks for the up date. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 12:21pm
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Excuse my ignorance, but where is the photo gallery?? ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 12:25pm
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Hey Kabe, it is limited to members with over 100 posts, so you are going to have to chat to us loads so you can check out the photos! -------------
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Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 1:06pm
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Ha, okay, I'm sure I can find something to chat about..! ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 2:18pm
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congrats Stacey. If i was working this evening i would sneak you up some choccy. but am on day off. anyway well done on the labour and birth, sounds like it was a bit gruelling but hopefully not too long.
hugs to you and hubby and welcome to Daniel ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 2:51pm
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Janine, Stacey is going to be in for a while. So you probably can sneak up there and give them to her. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: AndysMummy
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 4:56pm
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Congratulations Stacey on your darling wee boy. No wonder you weren't feeling 100% when you showed me the Tweedles on Friday night. Wish the three of you all the best. Bet Daniel looks really cute in his tiny wee nappies.
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 12 June 2007 at 5:36pm
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wow! congrats stacey and richard! what a brillant job you did stacey! i'm so glad you didn't need a c/s
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Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 8:07pm
| Congrats stacey sounds like you did an amazing job. Congrats to you too Richard sounda like you were a really great support person |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 15 June 2007 at 8:27pm
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Thankies everyone!!
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Posted By: Andie
Date Posted: 16 June 2007 at 3:27pm
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Aw, Stacey - (sorry I'm so embarrassingly late on here!!) WELL DONE!!! Sounds like you did an awesome job of bringing little Daniel into this world. Big hugs to ya. Hope you're recovering well - don't worry about being bone-weary - it'll get better and better and you'll be your old self again soon. Welcome to parenthood, chick! ------------- Andie |