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Formal Introduction and Mental Preperation
Posted by Bobby
on
2:03 PM
I suppose most of these postings will be from me (Bobby). I figure it might be interesting for people to hear from the male viewpoint on a pregnancy blog for a change. And by people, I mean the few privileged people I invite to view this.
At this point we've known for less than a week and I fear/hope that we haven't jumped the gun in the rising hope department. It was very hard to to contain the initial excitement we experienced after the 7-8 month wait. We thought about not telling anyone immediately. We figured it would be good to make it past the certain point in weeks where it becomes more certain. This lasted for about 5 seconds. By now I think every citizen of the huge town of Eagleville knows as well as each and every member of our families. At least the ones we like.
In my mind the child/single cell already has a name. I will refer to him/her/it(My hopes of what the sex will be in that order) as Burt Carl in all my posts. I will not tolerate anyone calling Burt Carl by any other name, especially Buck. I'm looking at you Jean. H/S/I (he/she/it) will not answer to Burt or to Carl alone. It will be Burt Carl. If at a later date we find out it is in fact a she I may accept Burtrese Carl instead, but probably not.
And that concludes the formal introduction part of this post. The tl;dr(to long;didn't read) version is as follows...
H/S/I's name is Burt Carl and a don't you forget it.
9 months seems like an eternity. Everyone keeps telling us that it will fly by but at this point I don't think I believe it. I'm an instant gratification type of guy and this whole human 9 month gestation period seems ridiculous. What ever happened to evolution. But...if it isn't broken don't fix it.
Burt Carl is destined to be a child of epic proportions. I figure at least 30 inches long and 15 pounds at birth. Poor, poor Kara. I just hope and pray that Burt Carl will take after it's mother if h/s/i turns out to be female. Kara keeps wishing the Devil's curly hair upon Burt Carl but I secretly hope for the straightest hair ever seen.
I've never been a very optimistic person. I've always thought, "If you expect the worst, you won't be disappointed." I realize that 48 hours of labor and a 30 pound newborn are far from the worst things that could happen. I have just decided that's going to be the extent of my worst case scenario. I will continuously pray for the health of Kara and little Burt Carl. I figure if I expect 48 hours of labor 12-16 won't be as bad. I know, easy for the man to say.
Hopefully when it's all said and done Kara will still be able to tolerate me. God knows I will probably have my short comings during the pregnancy and after the birth. Hopefully they will be things that I'm able to correct. Kara can be scary when she's angry. Poor, poor Bobby.
I will wrap it up here until the next bit of interesting news comes about.
P.P.S Stephanie get off my back for grammar mistakes.
At this point we've known for less than a week and I fear/hope that we haven't jumped the gun in the rising hope department. It was very hard to to contain the initial excitement we experienced after the 7-8 month wait. We thought about not telling anyone immediately. We figured it would be good to make it past the certain point in weeks where it becomes more certain. This lasted for about 5 seconds. By now I think every citizen of the huge town of Eagleville knows as well as each and every member of our families. At least the ones we like.
In my mind the child/single cell already has a name. I will refer to him/her/it(My hopes of what the sex will be in that order) as Burt Carl in all my posts. I will not tolerate anyone calling Burt Carl by any other name, especially Buck. I'm looking at you Jean. H/S/I (he/she/it) will not answer to Burt or to Carl alone. It will be Burt Carl. If at a later date we find out it is in fact a she I may accept Burtrese Carl instead, but probably not.
And that concludes the formal introduction part of this post. The tl;dr(to long;didn't read) version is as follows...
H/S/I's name is Burt Carl and a don't you forget it.
9 months seems like an eternity. Everyone keeps telling us that it will fly by but at this point I don't think I believe it. I'm an instant gratification type of guy and this whole human 9 month gestation period seems ridiculous. What ever happened to evolution. But...if it isn't broken don't fix it.
Burt Carl is destined to be a child of epic proportions. I figure at least 30 inches long and 15 pounds at birth. Poor, poor Kara. I just hope and pray that Burt Carl will take after it's mother if h/s/i turns out to be female. Kara keeps wishing the Devil's curly hair upon Burt Carl but I secretly hope for the straightest hair ever seen.
I've never been a very optimistic person. I've always thought, "If you expect the worst, you won't be disappointed." I realize that 48 hours of labor and a 30 pound newborn are far from the worst things that could happen. I have just decided that's going to be the extent of my worst case scenario. I will continuously pray for the health of Kara and little Burt Carl. I figure if I expect 48 hours of labor 12-16 won't be as bad. I know, easy for the man to say.
Hopefully when it's all said and done Kara will still be able to tolerate me. God knows I will probably have my short comings during the pregnancy and after the birth. Hopefully they will be things that I'm able to correct. Kara can be scary when she's angry. Poor, poor Bobby.
I will wrap it up here until the next bit of interesting news comes about.
P.P.S Stephanie get off my back for grammar mistakes.
