I felt my baby kick and who wants to have children

[Flubber]

Just yesterday I felt and saw my (future) baby kick for the first time. I had seen the ultrasound (everything appears fine) and watched Mrs Flubber get more and more "pregnant" but that did not have the impact that the first UNQUESTIONABLE kick to my hand had (I had been unsure on several other occasions as to what I felt). It just hit me hard that there's a little person in there moving around.

While I don't want to become one of the "baby" people who can talk of nothing else both before and after the birth, I just couldn't contain my walking on air feeling. (besides, I hadn't really mentioned it before-- well just in passing)

So



Everything seems fabulous.

On to part II. Although there was a time in my life when I thought that I could be happy without children, a strong paternal drive has kicked in and I could not imagine NOT becoming a parent. What about you ??

[chequita guevara]

Bunnygrrl and I are going to adopt little Chinese girl babies.

[tandeetaylor]

I too worry that I talk too much about my baby.

Having a baby makes your life much harder. But it also makes it so so soooo much better.

[Flubber]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Bunnygrrl and I are going to adopt little Chinese girl babies.

That sounds great. They might even share your ideology

[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

I used to play my daughter Queens of the Stone Age in the womb. She would go totally mental- my wife's belly would register about 7 on the Richter scale.

[Flatlander Fox]

Children are inherently evil.

But maybe in three or four years I'll change my mind and have a few.

Right now, my cats are enough.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Flubber
That sounds great. They might even share your ideology

At least until they're teenagers. Then I expect they'll become rampant libertarians just to spite their folks. Damn kids.

[Adam Smith]

Our two Chinese girls appear to be born with a Confucian work ethic. Makes me wonder about nature vs. nurture. Now if we can just get the older one to remember the part about filial piety ....

[Ben Kenobi]

Or maybe devout evangelical Christians

Which would bother you more, Che?

tandee, Flubber, you'll get no complaints from me. Lots of room here on 'Poly.

[Starchild]

I may adopt. I may become one of those crazy old people who get eaten by their cats when they die. Kinda undecided right now.

Anyone else slightly afraid that a baby kicking could be the first stage of it clawing itself out of the mother and scuttling through the ventilation system? No, just me? Okay then......

[Asher]

Congratulations Flubber.

I don't have kids (obviously ) but I don't really want any either. If I end up having them I wouldn't mind, though.

[tandeetaylor]

Infant movements are reflexes and not very coordinated. If my son could have actually controlled his movements enough to claw his way out, I would have been so proud!

[St Leo]

Anyone else slightly afraid that a baby kicking could be the first stage of it clawing itself out of the mother and scuttling through the ventilation system? No, just me? Okay then......

This joke was done on Duckman in the episode where Aunt Bernice is thinking about getting in-vitroed.

[rah]

congrats,
Kids are the greatest gift.
Kids are the greatest torture.
Some days it's one, some days it's the other.
But I never never ever regret it.

RAH

[Flubber]

its kind of weird though--

we look forward to the whole process which we KNOW will involve sleepless nights, hard work, aggravation and of course much joy for most of the next 20 years (and I'll be in my 50s before this child finishes high school)

I sometimes get a little intimidated at the task ahead but then . . . I look to some of my frinds and think . . . heck if they can manage, well so can I