A new Downer
 

Lal gave birth to a boy last night - 10.30. Mother & baby are both fine.

(Sorry there's no more details at the moment, but its 2.40 am here & I've just got back from the Hospital. Eleven pounds 3 ounces by caesarian. And now to bed.)

Congratulations:).

Many many congratulations to you both!

To Lalwende
 

Congrats on the new arrival!

Congratulations to you both on your new addition! :)

Sleep whenever you can.

Yay!

Congratulations, guys. So exciting.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64...liewelcome.gif to Planet (Middle) Earth, (not so) little one! http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64...liesoother.gif

And http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y64...iecongrats.gif to Lal and davem.

Is that addition or edition, alatar? ;)

And concerning sleep, some say this provides a slight solution:

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(Oh, and, be prepared for receiving lots of advice, particularly from absolute strangers, of whom I am of course one as we've never met.)

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(yes, I am allowed to double post on such an occasion especially as I have time on my hands.

Congratulations on the new baby!!!!

A Toast!
 

Congratulations on the little wight!:D:D:D

How wonderful! Congratulations you... three!

Congratulations! :)

You will need to select for him a BD nick, so we can properly refer to him ;).

Splendid news, well done everyone!
Eleven pounds 3, wow, I am really impressed. There's some fine Northern genes there, for sure.

A Thousand thumbs up!
 

Well done, well done.

May your times be filled with the joys of good things and very few filthy nappies indeed. :D

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Let life be good forever from now on!

Wonderful news! Many congratulations to you! I hope he's not going to join the Downs when he grows up, because if the combined genes work, then no discussion thread will be safe anymore :) Pass all our congrats to Lalwendë as well!

<- that's the one closest to fireworks, right? :D
 

I'm so glad to hear everything went fine. :) Congratulations!

Best of luck and congratulations! Your life will change. Oh how it will! It's as if you walk out the door and are swept along by something you never even knew existed before. I am sure you will do great with the child rearing. My one and only piece of advice is to make sure you both get enough sleep in the coming weeks.

Hip Hip Hooray!
 

Congratulations to you guys!

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It is good to know everything is well. I'm sure you two have had a very exciting (and exhausting) week. Hopefully the baby will let you at least get some shut eye..

I think we all here look forward to seeing pictures in the future. :)

Congratulations! What else is there to say. . .I am glad that both are feeling fine and I hope that you are too.

(Did you know that "Rohan" is aproved as a boys name in Denmark?)

Yet more congratulations....
 

That is a very bonny baby..... maybe the paper round by Christmas isn't so far fetched after all!

Love to you all...

We've both been reading this thread & just wanted to say thanks so much.

Well thank you for letting us know so soon ... I know a lot of us are very fond of you both (all!) but obviously there are a lot of RL folk who have priority...

But I am typing with a huge grin on my face and am just so happy for you and relieved that he has safely arrived.

*hugs*

I will add my congratulations. Glad to hear everything went well! May you have all the joys a baby can bring.






(How soon are you going to let him read the LotR?:p)

Congratulations!

You could however name him Davende...or Lalwem. :D

I would like to add even more congratulations! :)

Congratulations! I'm so glad it all went well. Fea told me about this earlier but I didn't have time to post. 11 pounds though, ouch!

...or quickly learn to live on less - or none. ;)

Do we get to see a picture? And note that, when told the baby's weight, Ms. alatar said, "Ouch!" (even with the cesarean thing). :eek:

I bet Mrs Alatar will have even more sympathy when you tell her the "Caesarian thing" was after 2 days of labour....:rolleyes: that is still a very big OUCH as far as I am concerned... and I've realised that this one was bigger than the combined birth weight of my friends twins ...

Anyone who thinks that women aren't tough hasn't witnessed up-close-and-personal pregnancy, labor and childbirth. From the male point of view; sure, when living with a pregnant woman/'helping' in the delivery, you risk your life with every utterance or act. But what amazes me is that, after carrying the child for 40 weeks or so (the whole idea of something alive inside of me is too much like 'Alien' for comfort), going through the process of labor - in Lalwendë's case, two days! - upon seeing the child it's like the whole ordeal never happened. And they may even, knowing what they know from a first child, go back and do it again! :eek:

There is some interesting research that shows that women do forget just how painful it is surprisingly quickly which I suppose is natures way of maintaining the population... but I can't quite believe it, but then I went drinking with a obstetrician at an impressionable age ...and that really put me off :p

Eep! Congratulations!!! :D Let's get some pics so we can all go awwwww and melt into a collective Downer puddle. ;)

Eleven-three! That's a big boy. Well, at least he wasn't eleventy-three.

Congratulations! My small tip: keep a journal handy if you haven't already started one. Those first few months go by in a sleepless blur and later on you might really enjoy looking back on your thoughts and feelings from what will surely be one of the most intense times of your lives.

Congrats! I'm sure the kid's lucky to have such parents. :D

Some pics
 

Aw... I have to confess I squealled at the cuteness, Lal and Davem.That first picture is quintessentially... adorable! Sweetest of dreams, little one.

* gush gush gush *

Amazing. Usually I'm ambivalent about babies but I squeal over puppies and kittens, but I'm downright cooing over the lil fella. Look at those chubby cheeks.

Hee hee, same here...

But, I can't argue, he's a handsome lil'downer. :)

Congratulations!!! :)

Very glad to hear that Lal is okay, a ceasarian is absolutely no easy thing (as recounted to me by mum, hers almost killed her, but that's a story not needed here), and congratulations again! I hope the little one brings you more life and happiness. :)


~ Ka

Good job you two, and warm welcome to the little fellow! Wishing you 3 the best!

(He does look remarkably well for all he's been through. Hope that the same can be said for Lal!)

I'm so happy with this!

Sooner than you think he will be questioning all you wish to teach him. And before you realise he will go to school - that happens so fast!! And after that he will probably join the Downs and lo! what can we do about it but to learn from him then... :)

Congrats!

Just be human with your little guy.

No manual can teach what loving parents can do. Make him feel that he's welcome in this world and that the arms of mummy and daddy are cozy as well...

I'm so happy about to hear this!

Wow, just wow...absolutely adorable. He's even got my niece's cheeks when she was born.

I think he's got a promising future, I mean after all a child from lal and davem could only mean we will, in time, have a new wight at the top of the reputation totem poll. :D

Congradulations to all of you. :)