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Congrats man! Kids are the best.

Congrats. I just had my 3rd at 39 and then promptly made sure I wasn't going to have a 4th haha.

Congratulations BeanMaster!

Congrats!

What a blessing, congrats!

Dude, more power to you. Based on your future age at graduation, I assume you're about 1-2 years younger than me. I have 4, and my youngest is 10. I love my kids to death, but I could NEVER start again. I'm TIRED. I could never go back to diapers and baths and kids destroying my house.

Good luck and congrats!

EDIT - I missed the part where you said you are 41. I am 42, so I stand by my comment.

bonham2 wrote:

Yeah ... I am not stoked about diapers, crying, long nights, all over again! ugh haha, FML! Super stoked, honestly we wanted a 3rd, but REALLY wish it woulda happened a couple years ago!

Congrats!

Congrats and good luck! My mom had my brother at around that age (40ish), it was a 10 year gap between me and him. He seemed to have turned out fine health-wise when he was born (the sports concussions came later!).

Man I wish I had another baby. Cindy was born when I was 40 so I’m in the same boat. At least she’s 3. Congrats and live it up as if it’s the last!

Congrats dude. I always wanted 3-4 but man it's just too rough on my body. So our Leo (born last April) is our last. I still am not ruling out an adoption down the road, but I'm probably getting a hysterectomy in the next year or two due to multiple issues. I'll be 56 when my youngest is 18 which sends me into a total exitensial panic. We spend most of our days completely exhausted. I wish we could have had them earlier but am happy we are more financially stable now so maybe it is better and they'll keep us young.

"How?" "How?"

Congrats buddy!!

sinnie wrote:

I feel this. @40, I feel so old... But things happen when they're supposed to. I'd give anything to have more energy and be way more active vs legit ready to nap after a long ass day of work! Still, while having them young has obvious advantages, it definitely has disadvantages elsewhere.

Just got Logan a kickass trek mountain bike today, upgrading from a crappy Walmart training wheels bike! Looking forward to getting more outdoor with him, having another positive way to stay energetic!

Regardless, how did we all get so damn old? Ugh.

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MrBean wrote:


It's nuts... I was thinking yesterday how my mom was 33 when they bought their first house and it felt like they were so damn old. I'm about to be 39. I think people are staying active and acting younger longer though so that's cool. As tired as I am all the time I think being active with my kids will keep me that way. So maybe having kids later in life is the best way. I grew up poor with young parents so I prefer how it worked out I guess.

But yeah I don't know how we got so old so fast.. needs to slow the hell down!!

I feel yeah .. I was 41 when my first was born... We have not ruled out a 2nd, my wife is 32 so she is good lol but we will probably stick to having one.

Hey I feel better. Looks like quite a few of us are in the diapers to diapers club!

Well... We're down to just a few weeks left. Docs think the kid will be here ahead of schedule because (and I quote) "your kid is the size of Montana". He measured full term at 34 weeks.

My poor wife is struggling with this one. She's so ready to be done.

We're scheduled for Aug 30th, but probably a week or two earlier at this rate.

Have a kid a third kid at 41! - said no one ever, haha. Honestly though, pretty stoked. Grand scheme, woulda liked to have 4.

I turned 30 this year and my youngest is about to be 2, I'm already tired lmao. We'd probably want a third and haven't ruled it out, but my wife has hyperemesis and is violently sick the entire 9 months so we're not sure if it's in the cards.

Congrats man!

Congrats on the newest impending Bean. Pregnancy does hit hard in the 30s/40s. I wish I would have been able to have another too. Oh well.

Congratulations!

New sprout ahoy!

Congratulations! "Where are we going to put it?" 🤣

sinnie wrote:

Are you still considering adoption?

We did our 36 week ultrasound yesterday ... 10lb, 1oz! Yeah, this is gonna be a BIG boy!

She just did a 3 hour glucose test today. There's a good chance she may have gestational diabetes, which would mean, the kid is coming early.

If not, we're scheduled for Aug 30th, but doesn't seem like we're gonna make it that long. The size of this kid, he's gonna start kicking down the door with a beer in hand.

Miranda wrote:

Yes down the road!

@MrBean whoa that's a biggun!!

sinnie wrote:
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Awww! That's fantastic! Can't wait to watch them grow up!

Welp, slightly unexpected... She's a week early (two weeks technically) and she's prepping for C Section.

08.23.23, kinda like his older brother 06.17.17.

T-minus 2 hours till Nolan arrives!

Exciting. Best wishes! Get ready for the daddy nights!!

Good luck Bean!

Congrats on the early beans!

Congrats!

Thats awsome congrats! Im 48 my wife is 39 we are foster parents. 2 adopted ages 8,6 and a 2 year old girl biologically and a boy on the way!🤪😄😅

Finally settling/sitting down (midnight) ... Nolan was born at 148pm, 21in, 10lb!
 
Today was... rough. We had some pretty intense scares throughout the day. Really REALLY poor execution and communication post delivery. Trying to stay calm about it but the Hospital clearly could (and still may) have really screwed up and cause serious long term damage.
 
Needless to say, I almost started World War 3. There was some hardcore negligence and misssteps that truly are inexcusable. There's no world in which how they handled, was OK. It's a new location for Rainbow Babies (nationally known as one of the best), processes aren't fully known, bad organization and orchestration that ultimately left me quarter backing and WebMDing.
 
They sent him to the NICU right around 8pm and I followed shortly thereafter. My wife Lori just showed up about an hour ago as we had to wait on an independent transportation service...
 
For now, things are cool, calm, stable. Lori is finally getting to spend time with him.
 
Mom is healthy, Nolan appears to be good, but we're in a 36 hour monitoring window.
 
Chaotic and scary day, but new doc has us largely in a good spot with assurances that things are going well!
 
Optimistic that all is well and we'll be home Friday/Saturday! Happy he's here and can't wait to introduce him to his siblings!
 

Congrats Mr. Bean!

MrBean wrote:
Sorry to hear about all that, it can be a scary experience when all things are good, let alone stuff like that happening. Prayers to you and your fam during everything and hope you are all home safe and happy soon.

Congrats MrBean!! I am sorry they might have botched things... they are human but still very hard to have that happen to you. I hope there's no lasting issues. How is Nolan doing in the NICU? We spent 3-4 days in there for our Leo for temperature/feeding/blood sugar issues. Scary thing but those nurses are usually spectacular so I'm sure they will handle things perfectly!!

Glad all is well and sorry for that nightmare. My small stint in healthcare really reinforced that there are a LOT of amazing workers, but the higher ups will let them work themselves to death and even make things worse in the workplace on top of that with stupid stuff. They are used to the influx of new people into healthcare and acted like if they burned you out, there were 3 more just as good waiting in the wings.

That is not the case and hasn't been for awhile. Even in places that are renown for their care: the healthcare professionals are inexperienced and screw up a LOT. I just had a co-worker's daughter go through a similar thing you did with their at risk delivery. It's crazy.

Congrats!!

Congratulations! I'm sorry you had to go through that awful day on what should have been the happiest most beautiful day of your life. I hope the little guy is going to be okay. Sending positive energy your way.

Well, he came home yesterday, not completely out of a few danger areas (have follow ups with Neurologist). Unfortunately last night was pretty rough. He ended up breaking out in a fever and we're back in the NICU.

They've already confirmed one problem - rhino virus (yes, my kid is Rocksteady), waiting on additional updates.

We had a feeling this one was gonna be rough...

Poor dude. I'm glad you all took him back in. Keep us posted and hoping for the best for you guys!!

Best of luck Mr Bean. Sounds tough right now but hang in there bud.

I’m 50. I got married very late and have 2 girls. 5 and 7. I’ll be rounding 3rd base to retirement when they graduate..lol. Did I win lol

Hahaha, wow... Bills still rolling in, but we're over $140k already on Nolans birth. Holy fudge, what a racket.

I hope insurance is covering a lot of that? My most recent delivery + nicu was about that much but was only for 4-5 days. How is little Nolan doing?

sinnie wrote:

Yah, we were like $500 away from out of pocket max before going in, it's all covered (thankfully).

He's doing great! Breathing/eating/sleeping all in check. He just got circumsized today, so he's pretty pissed off... Poor dude.

Hell of a start to life but overall, we seem to be in a really good spot.

That's awesome! I hope he gets to come home soon.

sinnie wrote:

Oh derp, not sure I posted a update... But he's home! We were in the NICU (two of them) for 10 days. He's been home for a couple of weeks!

Appreciate ya asking!

Ohh! That's great!!

Congrats sir! Glad the baby is home and doing well

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That’s great that he’s home! Congrats!

Congrats man! Glad to hear your baby is home and doing well!

Congrats!!!