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by **IceBear** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 4:46 pm

Yeah in hindsight that's what we should have done. Been upset with ourselves over that obvious oversight all day... Common sense was forgotten :-(

by **YellowKing** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:40 pm

Don't be too hard on yourself. I know my daughter had at least two major spills (one off the changing table, one off the bed) due to me not watching her for a split second. We were fortunate in both cases that she wasn't injured, but it happens. Kids are constantly trying to kill themselves; I think its nature's attempt at thinning the herd.

by **Crabbs** » Sat Mar 03, 2012 11:25 pm

IceBear wrote:Yeah in hindsight that's what we should have done. Been upset with ourselves over that obvious oversight all day... Common sense was forgotten

Wait till he's walking and can reach you Kitchen drawers. Amelia came walking out with a 6 inch butcher knife the other day.... Last thing you want to do is act fast, they'll think it's a game and go running off with the knife....

by **Captain Caveman** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 11:41 am

Where does the time go? Abe is 1 year old today! Happy birthday, little dude! Your dad thinks you're pretty awesome.

by **Crabbs** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 12:02 pm

That's a great picture! Happy B-Day Abe!

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:11 pm

Congrats, CC!

Here's my little goober--just past 4 months old and excited to go for a walk in the stroller.

by **Captain Caveman** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:17 pm

That is one happy baby!

by **Mr Bubbles** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:33 pm

My little girl says go Abe! She is a tad bit over 6 months now.

by **Captain Caveman** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:36 pm

Holy hell, do you guys give these kids laughing gas or something? :wink:

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:36 pm

Another happy baby!

by **LawBeefaroni** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:13 pm

Fortunately, at around 18 months they're ready to go work on a lobster boat:

by **YellowKing** » Thu Mar 08, 2012 3:41 pm

Holy hell, do you guys give these kids laughing gas or something?

Well you got the gas part right...

by **Mr Bubbles** » Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:43 pm

Hallelujah... We put my Little Bubbles to sleep at 7:00 pm and she didn't wake until 5:30 and we took her out of her crib at 6:00am. I still woke up periodically through the night expecting to hear her cry. We just recent moved her to her own room, so we were a bit worried her sleep pattern would be affect, but if anything, she's been sleeping great.

by **naednek** » Mon May 21, 2012 9:11 pm

Well, Baby # 2 is on it's way. Erin is 11 weeks pregnant.

Today I get a call from Erin saying she was involved in a car accident!!!! Luckily it wasn't a bad one and nobody got hurt, including Ethan and the other driver. Took her to the doctor to have her checked under the hood, and the baby was doing back flips on the screen. That relieved Erin's fears and now we wait for the next obstacle. Whether or not we do the amniocentesis or not.

For those who are wondering.... the chances of a someone to have CF is 25%. We thought long and hard about it, and decided to take the chance. It's a very good chance that he/she wouldn't have CF.

by **Tokek** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:51 pm

Guess I should check in here as well. My wife is 4 months pregnant and doc said she should be due at end of October/early Nov. Still no idea on what the sex is though, maybe we'll find out on the next visit.

The first time I saw the little guy/gal on the ultrasound screen, it brought such a big grin to my face, didn't think that would happen but it did. Then I saw the little dude yawn on the last doc's visit, I think I melted then, lol.

by **YellowKing** » Mon May 21, 2012 11:04 pm

Congrats guys!

by **Mr Bubbles** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:05 pm

Congrats.. Cheers the growing of the Octopod cult.

by **AWS260** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:23 pm

Congrats, everybody!

by **Exodor** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:31 pm

Awesome news (well, except the car accident thing).

Congrats everyone!

by **baelthazar** » Tue May 22, 2012 1:34 pm

I just saw this thread. My wife and I are expecting our first. She just now hit second trimester. One of the best days of my life was hearing my baby's heartbeat on my birthday!

by **Carpet_pissr** » Tue May 22, 2012 2:55 pm

naednek wrote:For those who are wondering.... the chances of a someone to have CF is 25%. We thought long and hard about it, and decided to take the chance. It's a very good chance that he/she wouldn't have CF.

Wait what? You might want to check the stats on that again. According to the March of Dimes, "about 1 in 3,500 babies are born with CF (2), which affects about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (1, 3)"

That's .03% (thank you, Wolfram Alpha!) Unless you are outside the US, in which case those stats are meaningless, but still, can't imagine it would be THAT much higher?

by **coopasonic** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:05 pm

Carpet_pissr wrote:
naednek wrote:For those who are wondering.... the chances of a someone to have CF is 25%. We thought long and hard about it, and decided to take the chance. It's a very good chance that he/she wouldn't have CF.

Wait what? You might want to check the stats on that again. According to the March of Dimes, "about 1 in 3,500 babies are born with CF (2), which affects about 30,000 children and adults in the United States (1, 3)"

That's .03% (thank you, Wolfram Alpha!) Unless you are outside the US, in which case those stats are meaningless, but still, can't imagine it would be THAT much higher?

I'm guessing he meant to say that the chances of a sibling to a child with CF having CF is 25%?

by **Zarathud** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:13 pm

There are a host of chromosomal issues that can be detected. Don't make the testing decision without checking your family's specific risk factors.

Both our families include significantly disabled relatives, so we did the testing and found out her first pregnancy had Trisomy 13. The next two were healthy and thriving at age 3 and 5.

by **naednek** » Tue May 22, 2012 4:53 pm

This is what I was referring to

http://www.cff.org/AboutCF/Testing/Gene ... rrierTest/

If I have one CF mutation, can my children have CF?

Yes. If you have one copy of a CF gene mutation, your child may have CF. However, your child will only have CF if your child’s other parent also has one copy of a CF gene mutation. This means that both of you are carriers.

Each child you have together has a 25 percent, or 1 in 4, chance of having CF. If one parent is a carrier and the other parent’s genetic test is negative for a CF gene mutation (or if there is no information on whether or not he or she is a carrier), there is still a slight chance the child could have CF. Your doctor or a genetic counselor can tell you about your chances of having a child with CF

or

http://cysticfibrosis.about.com/od/cyst ... arrier.htm

he possible combinations that two CF carriers can pass onto their child are:

Normal CFTR from mom + Mutation from dad = Carrier
Normal CFTR from dad + Mutation from mom = Carrier
Normal CFTR from mom + Normal CFTR from dad = Not a carrier and does not have CF
Mutated CFTR from mom + Mutated CFTR from dad = Has cystic fibrosis

Broken down into odds, if the parents are both carriers, your child has a 25% chance of having CF, a 50% chance of being a carrier, and a 25% chance of neither having nor carrying CF.

If your partner is not a CF carrier, it will be impossible for your child to have CF because he can only inherit normal copies of the CFTR gene from your partner. However, your child will have a 25% chance of being a carrier, which would occur if he received the mutated CFTR gene from you. Meaning he could pass it on to his children.

by **Skinypupy** » Tue May 22, 2012 5:10 pm

Congrats to all!

by **KKBlue** » Tue May 22, 2012 5:17 pm

echoing Skiny...
Congrats to all! Thanks for sharing the good news!

by **Zaxxon** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 3:20 pm

A few of you may appreciate this onesie.

by **Zarathud** » Fri Jul 06, 2012 8:30 pm

Teach her to sing the "I like Cake!" song. Repeat for 20 verses while wearing that onesie and you'll be invited to ALL the kid birthday parties.

by **Mr Bubbles** » Sun Jul 08, 2012 12:10 am

The overlords approve and present her with this +5 charisma token.

by **naednek** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:45 pm

We're having a girl!

by **Zaxxon** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 7:55 pm

Congrats, sir!

by **AWS260** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:13 pm

Congratulations!

by **El Guapo** » Tue Jul 17, 2012 8:16 pm

Awesome!

by **El Guapo** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:12 pm

Baby Boy Guapo, 10 lbs, 8 oz, born at Newton Wellesley Hospital at 12:10 pm! Very quick labor!

by **Zaxxon** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:15 pm

El Guapo wrote:Baby Boy Guapo, 10 lbs, 8 oz, born at Newton Wellesley Hospital at 12:10 pm! Very quick labor!

Woot!

by **Baroquen** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:14 pm

Congratulations!

by **Zarathud** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:21 pm

Mucho guapo.

by **YellowKing** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:38 pm

Grats Guapo, that's awesome news!

by **Tokek** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:43 pm

Congrats Guapo!

by **El Guapo** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 10:50 pm

Dos Guapos!

Yeah, 40 minutes from when we arrived at the hospital to when the baby came out. Frantic, but quick!

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