Holy crap, I'm a Dad!!! Week 6

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

My wife dropped this Bombshell on me 8 weeks ago, to be honest i'm still coming to terms with it, hence not mentioning anything before....

My wife and I have been married for 3 years, 7 months, I married her when I was 21, I am now 24, and will be 25 when the baby is here.

The announcement was a shock, we were trying but I didn't expect it to happen in 2months, or 2 cycles. Another reason I was suprised by the speed of conception is my wife has some complications, she has PCOS (polycystic ovarian sydrome) and a under active Tyroid (she is on 75mg Thyroxin)

My baby is currently (approx) 11 weeks old, our first scan is due a week on Thursday (october 13th)

The point of this thread:
I plan to use this as a blog for my thoughts, feelings, and for information on my childs development, I hope this will be of interest to anyone else trying/expecting a baby.

Wish me luck, I have a feeling i'm going to need it!

Forgot to mention, my Wife is a Twin, her sister gave birth to a little boy 5months ago, this is one of the reasons we started trying, we always wanted a child, and seeing him just confirmed it for us.

TheCracker · Oct 4, 2011

Congrats and good luck dude! :cheers:

CAMAROBOY69 · Oct 4, 2011

You said you were trying and it happened, so congrats!!

Blitz187 · Oct 4, 2011

Nice one man! Congrats and good luck! :cheers:

Brend · Oct 4, 2011

Nice one mate! G'luck.

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

My child this week:

http://www.pregnancyguideonline.com/wk11.htm

He (or she) is only about 2 inches big.
My wife is knackered all the time and feeling queasy alot, it saddens me to see as there is nothing I can do to help apart from fetch her things such as Ginger biscuits and drinks (Squash, not booze! :sly:

) I realise this is a part of it but still, not nice to see.
Its amazing to think something so small can drain so much from you, but when you think how complex the human body is, growing one inside you must be full-on!

My thoughts at the moment are varied, i'm sure any of you fathers reading this have a knowing smile on your face lol

To me this doesn't feel real yet, I know it is, but I dont feel fully involved yet, I can't get my head around the fact i'm soon to be a father, and to be honest I feel bad for that.

The only worries I have at the moment are financial, I have no idea how I am going to provide for my child, but I do know I will do anything I can to make sure I do.

The other thing I stress about, and is probably the reason I haven't really grasped this pregnancy thing, is the "What if" factor, my wife has complications and there is a risk factor...allowing myself to feel something seems like allowing room for a huge ammount of pain if something goes wrong
Which makes me feel terribly selfish, maybe I am? I just can't grasp it yet :nervous:

Well, its the Scan next week, so hopefully that will spark something in me!

Neal · Oct 4, 2011

Congratulations :cheers:

Babies are awesome...sleep and disposable income are overrated anyway

EDIT: It didn't feel real to me until I held him in my arms, he then pissed all over me setting the scene for the foreseeable future! They don't cost much money to run to begin with as they don't eat much and supermarket own brand nappies are cheaper and do exactly the same job (as do own brand wipes...in fact these are better). People will help you out with the big things like cots and prams. You can't prepare for the worst so don't, put it out of your mind and deal with it together if it happens. 👍

Ibonibo · Oct 4, 2011

Congrats on planting your seed. Wish you two and a half people all the best

Neal
Congratulations Babies are awesome...sleep and disposable income are overrated anyway

Weren't you the one "complaining" about the poop machine? rofl

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

Thanks everybody! :cheers:

Highlandor · Oct 4, 2011

madmike1986
My wife dropped this Bombshell on me 8 weeks ago, to be honest i'm still coming to terms with it, hence not mentioning anything before....

My wife and I have been married for 3 years, 7 months, I married her when I was 21, I am now 24, and will be 25 when the baby is here.

The announcement was a shock, we were trying but I didn't expect it to happen in 2months, or 2 cycles. Another reason I was suprised by the speed of conception is my wife has some complications, she has PCOS (polycystic ovarian sydrome) and a under active Tyroid (she is on 75mg Thyroxin)

My baby is currently (approx) 11 weeks old, our first scan is due a week on Thursday (october 13th)

The point of this thread:
I plan to use this as a blog for my thoughts, feelings, and for information on my childs development, I hope this will be of interest to anyone else trying/expecting a baby.

Wish me luck, I have a feeling i'm going to need it!

Who's the father..???

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

Darth Vader

Neal · Oct 4, 2011

*ibo* S3 Racer
Weren't you the one "complaining" about the poop machine? rofl

Shhh, let him live in hope

Kent · Oct 4, 2011

Congrats!

My lil bro had twins 4 years ago and they are the greastest gift in the world.
If you play chess or know the rules let me know, theres an interesting metaphor I think youd like to hear.

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

Lol!

Thanks guys, I have experienced nappy changes and being Vomit/poo'd/wee'd on thanks to my nephew....which is a piece of information I forgot to put in!

axletramp · Oct 4, 2011

Very well done, that man! 👍 I found that the non-sleeping bit was over sooner than you think and, in a way, you kind of miss it later and wonder where it all went so fast.

Are you going to know whether it's a boy or a girl beforehand? I loved the fact that we didn't know with our little girl - it made the moment very special indeed!

madmike1986
Darth Vader

In that case you've got the two names sorted then. Will it be Luke or Leia? 💡

turboash78 · Oct 4, 2011

That is great! Kids are the best! My son is 4.5 and I couldn't imagine my life without him.

axletramp · Oct 4, 2011

Is 4.5's mum 7of9?

Dravonic · Oct 4, 2011

Wow... I'm 23 and I don't expect to have a kid anytime soon. I admire your courage :lol:

Congratulations

zedextreme8177 · Oct 4, 2011

Congratulations! And all the best for the future :cheers:

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

axletramp
In that case you've got the two names sorted then. Will it be Luke or Leia? 💡

Or both?!

Another fear of mine lol

axletramp
Are you going to know whether it's a boy or a girl beforehand?

We are going to find out, before Lawson was born (my nephew) we was going to wait till the birth, but lawson's parents didn't find out till the birth and we just found it very frustrating not being able to buy him cool clothes, everything had to be neutral, which as my user name suggests, I am not lol

Dravonic
Wow... I'm 23 and I don't expect to have a kid anytime soon. I admire your courage

Thanks, not sure if it's courage or stupidity at this stage lol

Watchman · Oct 4, 2011

Danoff · Oct 4, 2011

madmike1986
My baby is currently (approx) 11 weeks old, our first scan is due a week on Thursday (october 13th)

You don't have a baby yet then, be calm. I made it to the first scan too before finding out that we had no heartbeat. The miscarriage was long and awful. Try to keep this in mind.

Supposing you do find a heartbeat on the 13th, enjoy it, and think about those people who found out at that appointment that they had a long and painful ordeal in front of them and still would not have a baby.

Best of luck.

MadMike'86 · Oct 4, 2011

I do bear that in mind and the thought is awful....I'm not as worried because due to her complications she had a scan at 8 weeks, I couldn't be with her as I was working and it was last minute (they thought she might have miscarried) but the baby did have a strong heartbeat 👍

That's not to say i'm not aware of the risks, I do still worry...

Neal · Oct 4, 2011

^^ Really? Let the guy enjoy it without worrying about the worst. I've been there too but there's a time and a place.

Danoff · Oct 4, 2011

madmike1986
I do bear that in mind and the thought is awful....I'm not as worried because due to her complications she had a scan at 8 weeks, I couldn't be with her as I was working and it was last minute (they thought she might have miscarried) but the baby did have a strong heartbeat 👍

Ah, you're farther than you let on. Farther than I'll get. Best of luck on a successful pregnancy.

Neal
^ Really? Let the guy enjoy it without worrying about the worst. I've been there too but there's a time and a place.

Yup... right now.

W3H5 · Oct 4, 2011

Congrats mate. :cheers:

Keep us updated with the whole progress of things and I'll base my possible fatherhood on the outcome. How's that sound?

Hun200kmh · Oct 4, 2011

Congratulations!

mattythedog · Oct 4, 2011

Congrats

Pupik · Oct 4, 2011

Congratulations, and stock up on sleep. No wait, you can't do that!

Go out and have fun during the second trimester; the missus will probably be queasy and tired (possibly even narcoleptic) during the first trimester. That's the last time I played video games.

axletramp · Oct 4, 2011

Have you planned your hypno-birthing classes? I went just for the music! :dopey:

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