I'm a dad!!

Post by **Alex** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:05 am

Hey guys, as most of you are aware, my partner and I were expecting our first little terror.

Sofia Marie Hendrika Krynen was born yesterday evening at 5.35pm. The due date was sunday the 10th so she came out almost dead on time. She is super healthy coming in at 3.6kg with a serious set of hair and only some minor bruising on her forehead and upper arms from mums pelvis.

This all started on Friday night when she felt afew twinges from the baby, continuing over the whole weekend with a contraction every 5-25mins. It was extremely irregular. We had a scheduled appointment with the midwife yesterday morning and everything checked out perfect but they turned us home with the 'bitchy' midwives not wanting to push along the pregnancy.

2pm yesterday and i knew things were turning, these were real contractions now and scared the fjck out of me, by 2.30pm i had stacey in the bath with constant very painful contractions at 4mins apart. We jumped in the outback where i turned a 25-30min drive to the hospital into a 19minute thrashing (the old ej25 in the outback pulls a nice amount of power when needed) by the time we got to the hospital at 3.15pm the contractions were not even 1minute apart.

Got her into a wheel chair and strait up to the labour ward. After about another 15mins we had three midwives and a doctor ready to make the catch. They described the pregnancy as textbook, it couldnt get any better. Stacey was fully dilated upon arrival at 10cm and ready to push. By 5.30pm the baby was out and by 5.35 the placenta was out when i got to umbilical cord.

Im so proud of my girl, she had no pain relief and did it all the oldschool way.

So, now the fun starts, hopefully mum and Sofia will be home by thursday ready to start our new lives.

Still cant believe i have a little family of my own (got afew tears as i write this)

I will get some photos up shortly.

alex, one proud father.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:13 am

what? no pics yet ? Even conehead ones are acceptable!

the bub, not the event!!

Super Moderator position up for grabs??
Oh,

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:18 am

CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hahaha everycar goes fast in a situation like that.... or that right foot becomes heavier idk hahahahahahahaha

Post by **Alex** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:26 am

heres afew quick snaps from yesterday

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:30 am

dont worry in a few days she,ll be walking... well not literally but it feels like a few days trust me get as many pics and videos as you can.... mines already 6 months

RSR 555 · Post by **RSR 555** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:25 am

Awesome news Alex and congrats to you both.. well done !!

Post by **TOONGA** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 9:31 am

Congratulations to your wife and daughter. Im hoping you have gone home and got some sleep. You are going to need it

and yes it all goes very quickly my eldest is now 9 and I remember holding him as a newborn like it was yesterday.

TOONGA

FROG · Post by **FROG** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 11:12 am

Congratulations Alex
glad all is well
now the fun begins

d_generate · Post by **d_generate** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 2:26 pm

Congrat's mate, sometimes it's not all bad, both mine were perfect, slept pretty much all night from the start and never got sick.

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 3:34 pm

Congratulations Alex and Stacey!!!

Bet you can't wait till thursday, I remember how much I hated having to come by myself and leave my mrs and new family member at the hospital.

Post by **yarney** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 4:31 pm

Congratulations Alex
Hope everything goes well for you:-D

PS you'll know your living now;)

Jan

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 6:17 pm

Congratulations Alex!
Please do get some sleep, you will need it.
All the best.
Cam

coupe · Post by **coupe** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:50 pm

A big congratulations to you both on the safe arrival of Sofia. You both must be proud as punch on the arrival of such a beautiful little girl.
It only seems like yesterday our first arrived, how time flies he just had his nineteenth birthday.
No worries mate in sixteen years time you can borrow my shot gun LOL Got to keep those young boys in check LOLOL

Cheers
Pete

Brumby Kid · Post by **Brumby Kid** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 7:55 pm

coupe wrote:no worries mate in sixteen years time you can borrow my shot gun lol got to keep those young boys in check lolol

cheers
pete

Lol

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 8:57 pm

Well done to your partner mate!

All the best to you and your family!

Let the games begin

Cheers

Bennie

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Tue Oct 11, 2011 10:11 pm

A huge congrats to you & your wife...i'm sure you havent stopped smiling lol

Hope all goes well & she sleeps right thru the nights & grows up strong, healthy & happy...

Post by **Alex** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 12:21 am

Thankyou very much for all the kind words guys.

My two girls will be coming home tomorrow. Can't wait! A man gets lonely in an empty house at night.

Life starts now. I've never felt such ecstasy. Loading Sofia into the outback for the first time should be interesting !

Gannon · Post by **Gannon** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 5:31 am

Alex wrote: Loading Sofia into the outback for the first time should be interesting !

Yeah it sure is. A Stanley felt so delicate it was so hard to place him in a seat and do the buckle up, because I was scared I would injure him. It gets much easier the more you do it and the older they get.

Just be careful not to hit her head on the window glass on the way out, Ive done it once and felt like a right idiot

mud_king91 · Post by **mud_king91** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 7:50 am

which is worse boys or girls.... girls you have to get the shot gun for the boys but seriously boys get you a gang of of unhappy fathers with their shot guns... dunno bout you guys but i think id prefer a girl hahaha

NachaLuva · Post by **NachaLuva** » Wed Oct 12, 2011 10:53 am

mud_king91 wrote:which is worse boys or girls.... girls you have to get the shot gun for the boys but seriously boys get you a gang of of unhappy fathers with their shot guns... dunno bout you guys but i think id prefer a girl hahaha

hahaha lol