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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 8165151, member: 100459&quot;]Congrats from an old timer.&nbsp; Our first was in 1970. Back then, the mother and baby girl (Amy) had to stay in the hospital for five days before they could come home.&nbsp; Even when they came home, my mother-in-law took the baby from my arms and my wife and baby got into the car and said goodbye.&nbsp; I was in the army and still had another 12 days of active duty.&nbsp; I tried to get it waived, but no luck. I didn&#039;t hold baby until she was 3 weeks old.</p><p>Number 2 came early.&nbsp; I was in college and was studying for final exams when she went into labor.&nbsp; We live about 20 miles from the hospital. When we were checking in at the hospital, her water broke in the hallway.&nbsp; The nurse called the doctor and they took my wife and were headed to the labor and delivery room when the baby (Bill Junior) decided to be born in the hallway of the hospital while I was still filling out paperwork.&nbsp; This time, the baby and mother went home the next day.</p><p>Number 3 came when I just started my first job after college.&nbsp; This was the nicest birth of all.&nbsp; I was able to go into the delivery room with doctor and nurses.&nbsp; I gowned up and put on my gloves just in time to watch Number 3 be born (Kerri).</p><p>A couple of years later, my wife said &quot;enuff&quot; and had her tubes tied.</p><p>My advice...First, sleep as much as you can while your wife is pregnant because, if you are the father you should be, you get up for the 2AM feeding and afterwords, write it all down in a journal.&nbsp; I have 3 binders of pictures and notes from when the your wife is pregnant with your first one, until forever.&nbsp; I looked through my journals last night and saw the pictures and notes I made and I started blubbering.&nbsp; Don&#039;t worry, it&#039;s a good thing.</p><p>Again, congratulations and buy all the 2022 ASE&#039;s you can.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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