salsa-king

After Jo and I went in on Thursday morning as Jo was 40week +12 days late, so she's been booked in to be induced.

waters broke at 8:10pm that day...

then... 30hrs of labour later...our son was born at 2:34am this morning, weighing 8lbs 11oz.

name: Edward Lewis Beckwith

will get some pix up later for all those who are interested

Mum and baby doing well.. just a few checks needed on Ed as with the birth was a bit hard on his head so its a bit bruised with him being born via natural delivery.
C section was mention a few times by the doctors but Jo wanted to hold out to have it naturally if she could.. which she did.


As you'd imagine we've not had much sleep these last few days... spoze better get used to that.

CREWJ

Congratulations! I bet the both of you are shattered.

Trippie

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well done you and the mrs and new baby.

lordharding

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Congratulations

kingofturds

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Well done.

Lisawrx

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Congratulations.

EddScott

Congrats my friend!!

Having a child is special and you only really "get" it once you become a parent.

chocolate_o_brian

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Aww, congratualations bud! The head bruises will subside soon, my little un's did as he needed the suction cup to get him out

Take lots of pictures is my advice, even just phone camera ones; you'll be suprised how quickly they change

SirFozzalot

Congratulations

Chip

Congrats to you and Jo

Chip

Lydia72

Congratulations

scoobysewell69

congratulations on your new arrival

Trout

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Congratulations!!! Well done watching all the hard work!!!

busby330

congrats mate, we had our first 6mnths ago, and cant explain how i feel as a dad cos words dont come close to the feeling.

glad to hear both are doing fine, enjoy your sleep tonight mate the hard work begins soon lol

Flight

We're 3 weeks in following our new arrival. It's life changing and amazing to see them develop even in this short time. The bruises go in a couple of days and the semi-permanent frown disappears as their faces stretch out.

Be prepared to never be able to eat chicken Korma again though after you see whats in their nappy around Day 4 or 5 It's all great though

My two top tips are

1) Buy one of these, you won't regret it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tommee-Tippe.../dp/B004BDOGY8

2) The absolute best way to calm him down when he's balling his eyes out is to hold him in your arms and do squats. They love going up and down.

jods

Good work fella

salsa-king

Well I'm worn out... lol only had 5hrs sleep since thursday morning/wednesday night

some pix...
about 15mins old...


a bit cleaner this afternoon



Jo will kill me..(but I'm amongst friends)... showing you a pic with no makeup.. and after no sleep, well she's had 1hr 20min since Thursday.




now waiting for ***** to go huge in about 3 days time... according to the midwife lol

pimmo2000

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That's the easy part done, have a look at the threat I made on here when my first was born .. some excellent tips and support and me having a break down


**** me, I just ordered one thanks mate, I have two babies with nappies everywhere ..

pimmo2000

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Awesome mate well done .. and they will go huge and I mean huge ..

My misses stopped breast feeding after 11 months, had one cycle and got pregnant again .. she's had one period in about 36 months and been pregnant twice .. so her ***** have stayed all huge

Hysteria1983

Well done to Mrs Salsa!

And congratulations becoming a dad!

Yes, give it a few days and the milk comes in, those ***** will look cracking, but I do NOT envy her! I remember them looking great,taking a picture and then going for a warm shower and a cry because they hurt so much!

It's all normal though. If she's breastfeeding the first 6 weeks are the worst!!! And I mean that in the best possible way. Nobody tells you how hard it is, no medical proffesionals anyway.
If she can get past 6 weeks of breastfeeding, (8 with the growth spurt) then you are home free!

Hysteria1983

In all honesty I never needed a nappy bin. I had one, but the refills were expensive. A scented nappy bag inside an all purpous bin liner did the trick.

Like pimmo I had two lots of nappies, butvi suppose we all have different things that work.

People told me to buy this magic swaddling blanket for my daughter, but I had one already. She hated it! As a thumb sucker, anything that stopped her getting to her thumbs would result in her screaming.

My best investment was this -http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0002ZOI92.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

It's commonly referred to by parenting sites as a 'neglectomatic'! I like to think of it more as a life saver.

Feed, wind and then pop them in there while you cook, eat, iron, do some 'jobs' etc.

I bought on off eBay knowing that by the time they can sit, it's unsafe to use.

pimmo2000

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Hmm .. expensive .. never thought of that, but my misses is a lazy ******* and I find nappies all over the place

Whats the name of that rocker thing ? or do you want to sell yours ?

pimmo2000

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Big *****, warm shower and photo .. I missed the rest of the post ..

corradoboy

Congrats √

Hysteria1983

I sold it last year, for more than I paid for it. After she could sit up Fin pretty much entertained her for me

It was a fisher price take along swing, and I really did take it everywhere! It folds up quite flat, so it was great to just pop in the boot.
It was probably the only 'bells and whistles' thing I bought, but it was money well spent.
If you check eBay, I'm sure you will find one.

urban

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Congratulations!


Now your life is fcuked!

However, it will be worth it in the end
Good luck Phil

zip106

Congrats to you both Phil

Lee247

Welcome to the world. Edward. He is beautiful
Congrats

Markus

Massive congratulations to the both of you Get used to no sleep!

Dingdongler

Congrats Phil.