Contractions lasting 1:17, and 4-6 minutes between

[alcibiades_mystery]

And the folks we asked to look after our 3 year old are incommunicado!

Scheisse!

[bicentennial_baby]

1. Oh dear...

Best of luck to you all! :hug:

[DevonRex]

2. Ruh roh. How far away is the hospital?

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. It's close...six blocks...two minutes trip

But what do we do with the kid?

Yowza!

I think they might be at church or something. No answer at home phone, and no answer on both cells for about an hour.

My worry is that this thing will go fast since it's our second.

[DevonRex]

5. Take him with you if you have to. The hospital has handled these

situations before. And before you know it, your friends will be there to pick him up. :)

Good luck with the delivery. :hug:

[alcibiades_mystery]

7. Thanks...they just called

We're good.

[Xipe Totec]

17. +1

of course.

[firedupdem]

4. I hope you find them! Hang in there!

:hug:

[alcibiades_mystery]

6. Yay! They just called!

They were in a restaurant. Will be here in 30 minutes or so...

That's hurdle #1.

:-)

[DevonRex]

9. Thank goodness. Take a deep breath now. Make sure you've packed

for your wife and your 3 year old. Men need to do something at times like these. :)

[alcibiades_mystery]

10. Oh, we're Bradley method people

I'm all up in there.

:-)

[Historic NY]

33. Boil water? ..

hey it works on the TEE-VEE.

[Debi]

8. Oh My!

Best to the whole family!! :bounce:

[FedUpWithIt All]

11. How exciting. These are the good moments. Blessings.

:bounce: :hug:

[ThomCat]

12. I hope all goes well.

:)

Good luck.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. And you're online ........

That is GREAT!

Good luck!

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. I'm using this thing

http://www.contractionmaster.com/

because we lost ourt stop watch from last time.

i suspect my online presence will end when we leave for the hospital...:-)

[tigereye]

58. then you can walk around!

(whoops, that was me. It's faster with the second one from what I have been told)


Best to you all!




(just a thought, do people upload the event to the web as it's going on?) :wow:

[Shell Beau]

14. Ooh! Exciting! Good luck and congrats!

[Arugula Latte]

16. Let us know what happens!

Congrats in advance! :toast:

So exciting ... Makes me look back on my baby-birthin' days ... Remembering going from the worst of times (pushing) to the best of times (healthy babies born) in less than a minute!

[Solly Mack]

18. Baby time!

Yay!!! Best wishes!!!!

[alcibiades_mystery]

19. Toddler is picked up, and we're gonna hang in for a little while here at home

Wife doesn't want to get sent home if we're not at 4"...

[Shell Beau]

20. She is braver than I!!

[Emit]

21. Be careful...

I thought the same with our second and she came very fast - no time for the epidural, almost no time for the doc to get in the room!

Good luck - precious moments!

[alcibiades_mystery]

23. The wife doesn't want epidural

God knows why. I'd take it, from the looks of it. She did natural for our first.

[Emit]

24. I can appreciate that, having had two with an epidural and one without

It's mind over matter - and she'll do fine!

I just worry 'cause sometimes babies come faster than we think, lol. Can't wait to hear the news of your new arrival and tell your wife we are hoping things go well with her, the baby and you! :hi:

[DevonRex]

I had an epidural with both my boys. The first was a very long labor.

Just awful. So I finally broke down and got the epidural. When my second one came along, I was so terrified of the pain lasting that long again that I'm pretty sure I scared the hell out of the nurses, who told me it looked like it was gonna be quick. Think The Exorcist. I wanted that anesthesiologist in there and I wanted him in there NOW. My son arrived less than an hour later.

So the nurses were right. But they'll never forget me, that's for sure.

[elleng]

22. Well thats fine, but my Ob said,

'why'd you wait so long???'

Buono fortuna!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. lol! Right now, if I were your wife in the throes of labor, I'd be cursing my head off at you for

blogging on DU and not being there completely with each contraction!

:rofl:

BTW! Mazel tov!

[eyesroll]

52. And if I were his wife, I could just as easily want him to go away.

(I've never been pregnant but I know how I get when I need to concentrate.)

[Arugula Latte]

57. Boy, that's me. When I was in labor I was like a wild animal.

My poor husband was trying to do whatever he could to help and I just wanted to yell "Just leave me alone and let me do it!!" With my second I labored all night alone (my husband was home with our first, they'd stripped my membranes with the thought of inducing me in the morning, but they didn't need to induce as it turns out) and I just preferred letting those long, painful hours pass by myself.

[tigereye]

59. I finally told my husband to "do what you need to do"

He still teases me about that. I was about ready to toss the soothing bird sounds tape and start wailing on him... :rofl:

[greenbriar]

62. tell her to take a bath and shave her legs

she will impress the doctor!

[emilyg]

25. Exciting!

[annabanana]

27. It's been almost an hour since we've heard from alcibiades_mystery. .

I think we can assume they've headed to the hospital!

(This is exciting)

[renate]

28. wooo! so exciting!

Babies rock! :loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

29. Good luck!

I hope it goes smoothly for you all.

[derby378]

30. Good luck, and congratulations!

Hang in there! :hi:

[BlueIris]

31. Good luck!

Enjoy your little Aries baby.

[riderinthestorm]

32. Wow!! How exciting! Wandered over here from GD just to offer best wishes! nt

[DKRC]

34. Good luck!

:party:

[auntAgonist]

35. Hoping all is going well!

:woohoo:

[Orrex]

36. I don't want to alarm you, but there may be a pregnancy involved here!

Any strange cravings you'd care to report?!?

[alcibiades_mystery]

37. Bouncing baby boy, born 9:20 pm CDT

We timed the last contraction at home at 8:53.

Let's say we almost made it all the way to the hospital! But all's well that ends well. Mom and baby (7 pounds 5 ounces) doing A-OK at the hospital. I'm home to sleep.

Thanks for all the well-wishes. It turns out, we needed 'em! We probably should have taken the advice that the thing goes faster than expected, too. :-)

My hat's off to well-trained hospital staff, and to ordinary folks who just do the right thing when needed.

[FedUpWithIt All]

38. Congratulations! Glad everything turned out ok and everyone is healthy.

:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[VenusRising]

39. Congrats on your new edition!

Glad all is well.

:)

[firedupdem]

40. Beautiful! Congratulations! I just checked back in this thread to

see if we had an update. Great News!

:bounce:

[rebecca_herman]

41. grats!

Congratulations on your little boy!

[Orrex]

42. See? I was right!

Congratulations to mom and to you and the little addition!

[annabanana]

43. YAY! Congratulations... daddy

No more sleep for you for months~

[annabanana]

44. "ordinary folks who just do the right thing when needed"

I do hope we'll get some details when you get a chance. . .

[DevonRex]

48. That's what I was thinking, too. :)

:scared:

[Debi]

45. Congrats!!

And now you'll have a funny story to tell abt Bouncing Baby Boy's birthday :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

46. Congrats to you and your wife on your beautiful new son!

And I do hope we'll hear the details after you've had some much-needed rest!

:toast:

[DevonRex]

47. Aww. Congratulations on your beautiful new baby boy.

This was so exciting, getting to share in a bit of your adventure. Thank you for including us.

:grouphug:

[supernova]

49. Congratulations!

Welcome little a_m boy!

So glad everyone is doing well. :-)

:D

:party:

[fortyfeetunder]

50. Congratulations

Boy oh boy! It was kind of exciting to read your thread!
Glad it all worked out.

[JohnnyLib2]

51. Happy for you!

Congratulations!

[Midlodemocrat]

53. Congratulations!

[XemaSab]

54. Congratulations!

:bounce:

[Gormy Cuss]

55. Congratulations.

I hope that in a few days you get a chance to post a few pictures of the newest baby DUer.

[GreenPartyVoter]

61. Hooray! *hugs* Congrats to your family, which is of course now +1.

[FloridaJudy]

56. Congratulations!

Now when folks ask your newest addition what sign he was born under he can give the same answer I do - Emergency Entrance.

My mom didn't quite make it either...she was holding a straight, and every time she winced the other players figured she had a bad hand.

She won $5.40 and a baby girl.

[Turbineguy]

60. All the Best

and let's have some pictures of the tiny person please....