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Is it time?

Is it safe?

MindDetective said:

Is it time?

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It's... close. Could be hours... could be days... doubt it's going to be more than a week, but it could also be that. Lots of signs, though, and waiting uncertainly is driving me crazy.

Wahad said:

Is it safe?

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Well it's not secret, that's for sure.[DOUBLEPOST=1354319205][/DOUBLEPOST]

stienman said:

It's... close. Could be hours... could be days... doubt it's going to be more than a week, but it could also be that. Lots of signs, though, and waiting uncertainly is driving me crazy.

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Distraction!

Is that...a quaternary clock?

Indeed.

What is the time scale on the fastest hand? A quarter second?

MindDetective said:

What is the time scale on the fastest hand? A quarter second?

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In order, from right to left, the time it takes to complete a revolution is (in seconds)
960 240 64 16 4 1

Each image has four frames, so the one on the right is 25mS per frame. The next one on the right would have had to be 6mS per frame which is faster than most browsers like.

So you can think of the first two as the minutes, and the last three as the seconds. It's not an ideal quaternary clock, and I only stopped at 960 because you can't have more than 256 seconds per frame in an animated gif (240 seconds times four frames). I could have fudged it with multiple similar frames, but I wasn't too keen on the minute/second separation anyway - it would have been better if I kept it as a strict quaternary clock.

How can you be anxious? Haven't you already been through this a dozen times or so?

--Patrick

He has to put on a good show. How bad would that kid feel when he finds this forum in 20 years only to discover his father was completely nonchalant about the birth? "Here we go again," alternate universe stienman wrote in the Whine thread, "I have to act like 'oh miracle of life', and 'new child to love' and oh no, all the 'learning' and everyone with their 'oh that's a fun age!' comments, damn you, trust me, it was fun once, now it's all poopy diapers and sleeplessness! Oh yes, whoo-hoo, so much excitement, so much anxiety."

Pfft, how many kids does Steiny have now? Make them raise the new one.

Just, you know, step in if you find them fighting over a conch shell.

babby?

babbbby?

400.999...
400.999 and a half...
400.999 and three-quarters...

--Patrick

Espy said:

babbbby?

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They need to do way instain mother> who kill thier babbys. becuse these babby cant frigth back? it was on the news this mroing a mother in ar who had kill her three kids. they are taking the three babby back to new york too lady to rest my pary are with the father who lost his children ; i am truley sorry for your lots
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Stairs.

Wha....

Yeah. No idea man.

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-is-babby-formed

While she's cleaning something she rarely cleans:

"I'm not nesting!"

...

"Yes dear..."

There DOES come a point when you HAVE to call them on their bullshit.... but to do so would mean instant death from pregnancy hormones.

My husband told me I "nested" for 8 months while I was pregnant with my daughter. Of course, he only mentioned it when the baby was already a few months old. LOL

Oh, my wife made no secret that she knew she was "nesting." Except for the handful of times she INSISTED sh was simply doing cleaning that she'd meant to do for a while. In a room she'd never touched, nor really had any reason to go into...

Officer_Charon said:

There DOES come a point when you HAVE to call them on their bullshit.... but to do so would mean instant death from pregnancy hormones.

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But isn't that...suicide? Aren't you in the business of talking people out of that?

Officer_Charon said:

Oh, my wife made no secret that she knew she was "nesting." Except for the handful of times she INSISTED sh was simply doing cleaning that she'd meant to do for a while. In a room she'd never touched, nor really had any reason to go into...

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I moved furniture. I mean, I totally re did our living room in my 9th month of pregnancy.

Zappit said:

But isn't that...suicide? Aren't you in the business of talking people out of that?

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Depends on the person.

So the Tuesday appointment went well, but various concerns have led them to schedule labor induction Friday at 38.5 weeks. So I get to trade my anxiety for an unknown date/time for the worries of complications associated with inducing labor. Things are progressing on their own, so it's not like starting from zero, and if we made a bell curve of all our gestation lengths, 38.5 would be at or near the median, so it's not particularly risky, but it's in my nature to worry about such things anyway.

So we'll probably have the baby by Friday night.

Guess I ought to seriously start thinking about names. My wife's been bugging me to help her with names for months now...

Geez, women...

stienman said:

Guess I ought to seriously start thinking about names. My wife's been bugging me to help her with names for months now...

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What, she didn't like "Numero Ocho" or "Next"?

I've always been a fan of "Hey, you"

And, since it's not a secret, and perhaps it will satisfy someone's curiosity, the reasons for inducing labor include:

- Gestational diabetes, which leads to big babies, and a deteriorating placenta, which leads to low amniotic fluid
- Strep B, which requires 4 hours of antibiotics immediately prior to birth, coupled with our typically fast deliveries (we've delivered a few of our kids within 2 hours of going to the hospital, and one within 20 minutes of arriving)
- Signs of early labor suggesting that it won't be more than a week until it happens naturally

stienman said:

Guess I ought to seriously start thinking about names. My wife's been bugging me to help her with names for months now...

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Drifter is a perfectly cromulent name.

Good luck to you and your wife, and I'll be here worrying right along with you, whether it's warranted or not.

We've got The Lord of the rings, extended edition, while we get things going here in the delivery room.

Hopefully we'll have a baby before we get through all eleven hours of it...

And then you'll be able to go directly to the Hobbit by the time the baby is ready to leave the hospital!

stienman said:

Hopefully we'll have a baby before we get through all eleven hours of it...

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IT'S FRIDAY, FRIDAY...

--Patrick

Rebecca can have no part of this day.

stienman said:

Rebecca can have no part of this day.

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A little Salt 'n' Pepa, then?


--Patrick

Join me in welcoming Davis boy #7, born at 6:57pm December 7th, 2012, weighing 6lb 12oz, and measuring 19.7". We will give him a name tomorrow after we've spent some time with him.

The picture is spoilered because he is just minutes old, and most people are used to cleaned up day old babies. I don't think it's yucky, but this isn't my first rodeo...

I think that's the first time I've loved a post. And naturally you should name him Chad. Or Leigh. Just saying.

Once again...ow...my Ovaries.

stienman said:

Join me in welcoming Davis boy #7, born at 6:57pm December 7th, 2012, weighing 6lb 12oz, and measuring 19.7".

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Or, if you round those numbers a bit...
Davis boy #7, born at 7pm Dec 7th weighing 7lbs and measuring 19.7in.

Gonna name him Lucky Seven Sampson?

--Patrick

Congratulations! Hope mom and the new Davis baby are doing well!

Why isn't he already baptized as "Hal"?

Congrats! I saw this on Facebook first, but had to come here and make it official. Welcome to the Halforums Army!

Congratulations![DOUBLEPOST=1354940169][/DOUBLEPOST]When is #8 being born? I can only assume that time and space are being violated and it will be next month?

SpecialKO said:

When is #8 being born? I can only assume that time and space are being violated and it will be next month?

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Hah!

#8 was born last month.

--Patrick

Caption for left picture: "I was supposed to be an only child!"

stienman said:

Caption for left picture: "I was supposed to be an only child!"

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Attached to which of the brood? I'm sure they're all thinking that!

Aw, congrats so much!! I hope everyone is doing well, is happy and healthy.


(I'm still claiming him as my out-sourced child.)

LittleKagsin said:

Aw, congrats so much!! I hope everyone is doing well, is happy and healthy.


(I'm still claiming him as my out-sourced child.)

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Be sure to show him off every time someone asks you about your plans!

Just 2 more and you can start your own Baseball Team.

Or one more and you can start your own iron-man football team.

Or 12 more and you get your own show on TLC.

Have 8 of them at once and your wife can go nuts and become a stripper.

Only 5 more and you'll have the exponent of 2 to match Dave's age!

Dave said:

Or 12 more and you get your own show on TLC.

Have 8 of them at once and your wife can go nuts and become a stripper.

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Why do you think he has 7 kids!

stienman said:

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I like how you have them all color-coded.

--Patrick

PatrThom said:

I like how you have them all color-coded.

--Patrick

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It's the only way he can call them in case he forgets their names. "Dark green, get over here!"

Congratulations to stienman and family and thank you for single-handedly insuring the human race will endure well after the apocalypse.
Your kids are super cute.

PatrThom said:

I like how you have them all color-coded.

--Patrick

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I should have gone with the resistor color code.

stienman said:

I should have gone with the resistor color code.

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What color would your band be? Silver, gold, or no band at all? What's your tolerance level, hmm?

--Patrick

You now have a full group of power rangers.

Bowielee said:

You now have a full group of power rangers.

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Including the one ranger who only shows up late in the season and has a CRAZY amount of super powers.

Holy crap, is it that time of the year again? Congrats, Stein ya damn stud And nice to see the missus and the bros are okay as well.