MAX has arrived!!
 

Just got a sms from Ali :D

No details as yet, but Max has arrived and everything is well with Mum and Bub.


Will fill you in on details as I get them.

YAY - cellar baby pics soon

Oh! How wonderful! :) It's sooner than she expected. I hope mother and son are doing fine.

Happy Birthday Max!!!

Break's over Ali. Time to get back to work.

Congratulations Ali, Dazza!

Welcome to the world, Max! Congrats Ali and Dazza. :)

Welcome to the world little Max! :)

ooh, yay!:celebrat:

Congrats, all.

sweet!

Congrats - we need pics now. Glad to hear that all went well.

That's good news.

:D

What the???


must be the meds.

Yay! Tell her to get lots of rest--but hurry up with those pictures! :)

congrats, ali, and daryll! welcome max!

Thanks everyone. :) It was all pretty straight forward really. My water broke a bit after 2.30am and I started labouring properly at around 6am. He was born an hour and a half later at 7.30am and weighed in at 7lb3oz or 3.2kg.

We're home now. Everything went so swimmingly that they had no objections to my coming home instead of spending the night, so I guess it's game on now.

We have pics which I'll sort out tomorrow. We even have pics of the placenta for those who might need inspiration for their recipes.

Once again, thanks for all your kind wishes. They are very much appreciated.

Oh yeah, looks like I might have more luck breast feeding this time round. He's had three feeds now and seems to be very contented. Here's hoping my milk comes in properly in a few days time.

Congrats Ali and Dazza *smiles* and welcome to the world Max!

Whoo-hooo!!!


:knockdup: :welcome: :cheerldr: :celebrat: :biggrinje :drunk: :jig:


And can I ask, Ali, how does it feel to be Maxed out?

I'm proud for you, Ali. Congratulations.

Woohoo!!! Congrats!

I like the name Max.

congrats parents!

Outstanding! Thats wonderful to hear - just wonderful.

Yay! I'm so glad you and Max are doing well, Ali. Congratulations. :)

Wonderful, Ali! Looks like you will have to change your user title now... :D

Congratulations!

Me too. Reminds me of a certain other "Max" down under. Oh, that was in the future - never mind. :D

Congrats Ali!

Congratulations Ali! And welcome aboard Max!

Congrats to Mom and Dad and welcome to earth, Max.

Congrats & Happy Birthday, guys!!! :)

Hooray!!

Great. So happy mother & baby are doing well. BTW, I love his name also

Thanks everyone. :)

Here are a few pics hot off the press!

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And one for those of you who need inspiration!

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I really should know better than to surf the cellar while eating lunch! Thanks for that, Ali!

Lovely placenta you've got there.

I think the slimy, just out shot is absolutely adorable. What a sweetie!

Sorry Zen...you're welcome though. ;)

Wolf, I got into trouble for bathing him. Apparently the trend now is to leave all the afterbirth on the baby for 24 hours. Helps with immunity apparently.

I hadn't thought too much about my placenta being nice. Mav said it was yuck when he saw the pic. He said the same thing about the black poo. :D

Woo Hoo!!! Congrats!!! Pics! Pics! Pics!!!

Congratulations to all of you!

Great News! Congrats woman. :D

wonderful baby boy. Congratulations! and take it easy!

Fascinating, I had never heard anything like that. Now I'm off to google...

Go, we're tiny when we come out. Congratulations.

Thats just eww

We got flowers from the Cellar!
 

Here's a pic
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They're really lovely, and completely unexpected. Being into day 4 now I've become quite emotional and let me tell you, when I got home yesterday and they were here I just started blubbering. It means so much to me that you would care enough to think of doing something that sweet. Thankyou to whoever it was who had the idea. I have my suspicions, but I guess if I were meant to know there'd have been a hint. Oh, and nice work with the whale penis reference. :D

Thankyou all for your well wishes. We're all doing well. I had over 6 hours sleep last night, and almost 8 the night before. He's feeding well and seems quite contended most of the time. I did wake this morning with an aching back, uterus and breasts though. So far so good with breast feeding. Hopefully by tomorrow my milk will be more or less in. Maybe I'll have more luck this time around. Here's hoping.

And here's a snap I took of Max last night. :)

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Oh, what a sweetie!

Thanks Pie. :) We're pretty wrapped.

Well done all around.

He has a very nice nose. Most babies have a squashed nose that doesn't start looking normal until the skull develops a bit. Glad to see him sleeping so mom can get some rest!

We'd hoped that the delivery dude would have to explain about the whale penis in person. I was hoping to hear how that went ... :lol:

Anyone who wishes to be involved in the sending of the flowers can make a contribution to the tip mug.

I don't think I was logged in when I browsed this thread before, so I may be repeating myself: congratulations to all, and welcome to earth, Max!

Oh he's a beauty. Good job! :)

What an adorable little boy! Congratulations to you, and your family.

I *finally* found this thread! Argh!

He's ADORABLE! Moar photos, whenever possible, till he's 18, kthx :)

Ali, congratulations, hon. Happy (belated) birthday to Max as well! What a handsome little man you have there. The more pix, the better! Congrats to your whole family!

Thanks again guys. :)

We think he's pretty spectacular at the moment, especially since he's allowing us an average of about 7 hours sleep per night, which means life is a breeze really. I can't believe how lucky we've been.

We're all madly in love with him. It's a bit of a fight to go get him when he wakes from his sleeps. lol Dazza is learning how to be a Dad very quickly although he STILL hasn't changed a nappy yet! He does a lot of doting though...on both of us, so that kind of makes up for it for now. Things could change though. lol

Anyway, life is good. I'm a lucky woman.

Darling, I'm so sorry I was away for this thread, as I'm sure you know.
You now have THREE beautiful boys (and one beaut of a man of course - blimey, didn't expect the face fungus!) and you are beautiful too.

Sorry me now being around has coincided with your special delivery.
All my love xxx

You've got to do your own thing sometimes mate. Your thoughts have been with me anyway. The card was lovely. :) Made my day completely when it arrived.

It's funny that you'd have responded here. I was just talking to Dazza about you...and in a good way too. xox

Oh...I found out who was behind the flowers! You've been caught being good! Give yourselves a gold star. :)

Obv I meant "me NOT being around" as opposed to me NOW being around?!

I have my suspicions as to who was behind the flowers too, and they are a very good person.

It was a collective effort. :) Apparently there were phone calls involved and everything!