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ian_wyrdness

Labour Intensive

Jun 17, 2008 06:09

Gemma's contractions started at around 11pm last night. Neither of us have had much sleep. I managed about 2 hours, and she's had less. She phoned the hospital and we're going in soon so that they can give her a check over. They might just tell us that nothing is lively to happen for quite a while and send us home, but they may want to keep ( Read more... )

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sethur June 17 2008, 13:34:28 UTC

Just texted Gemma buit no doubt they aren't allowed mobiles in hospital, so send her the message from me:

COME ON BEAN!

ian_wyrdness June 17 2008, 14:29:06 UTC

We both needed some rest, so the hospital were going to give her painkillers, whilst I came home and had a nap (with the aid of some strong beer). I'll be heading back there shortly to see how things are going. I'll pass everybody's best wishes on.

tyfach June 17 2008, 20:51:08 UTC

Woo - good luck you all!

ian_wyrdness June 18 2008, 02:04:22 UTC

Quick update - baby boy born at 12:24am. Mum & baby doing well. All three of us very tired. Will post more details tomorrow.

markrimmell June 18 2008, 06:10:37 UTC

Congratulations... Photos please.

...and this calls for a celebration. All the 5 pint pubs in London?

ian_wyrdness June 18 2008, 08:25:15 UTC

I'll go back to the hospital this morning and take some photos. I'm sure that I'll be up for a celebratory pub crawl soon.

sethur June 18 2008, 09:00:50 UTC

Moot with No Name tonight! Bring the little 'uns graddad too!

ian_wyrdness June 18 2008, 15:39:24 UTC

Granddad might be coming along to the moot, but I'll be going back to the hospital to see Gemma. Hopefully she might be allowed out in the morning. They need to be certain that he's feeding properly, as he's not too keen on sucking on nipples yet. I'll remind him of this when he's a teenager!

ravenrigan June 18 2008, 09:18:41 UTC

Hope it all goes well. Bet you're both excited to finally meet the bean.

ian_wyrdness June 18 2008, 22:13:29 UTC

Thanks! I'm getting a bit emotional with birth of first child, plus lack of sleep, plus beer(!), but it would be great to meet up some time. It's ages since I last saw you, I can't even remember when it was now (Debbie's talk?). Don't let the job from hell get you down too much. You're a wonderful person and a much treasured friend.

ravenrigan June 19 2008, 07:46:17 UTC

Simon is working on the garden and when it is done, I was thinking of trying to get the Budgies together.

Theres a heap of dirt in the middle of it at the moment, but he's put bricks around the edges of the beds in an eliptical shape, and it looks quite cool!

ian_wyrdness June 19 2008, 07:49:03 UTC

I'd certainly be up for a budgie reunion. There's also the GBBF coming up, plus the celebratory pub crawl, if you're interested in either of those.