Hear, O Freedom, and welcome my son

Congratulations Turg.

It was great getting to meet you at the Pummit.

Hope all is well with the little one and the wife.

Remember, bacon is the sustenance of life.

Congratulations Turg and Family!!

Best wishes to you and yours, Turg. I hope your son gets big and strong soon.

Also, pfft. Peepee Teepees are a scam appealing to the cute factor. If you need them, you're doing it wrong.

Congratulations!

Congrats Turg!

Congratulations Turg!

Does this mean you will respec into a MM, because you can spawn minions?

I don't see these 2 months as a bad thing, what it really means is that he got into life's early access head start. Just think about all the extra time Miniturg has to earn badges!

All hail the MiniTurg!!! Hmmm, does Miniturg have a catgurl costume too?

In all seriousness, Gratz to you and your wife, and hope she is feeling good after all this. And hope they both get home before christmas. The new baby just couldn't wait to get Christmas presents from daddy!!!!!!

TechSpider/Kinetic Kitten

Heya, gang:

Just wanted to take a few minutes to update all of you.

MiniTurg (because his secret identity is, well, secret) has been around for 72 hours now and is doing quite well. Sunday was weird; we were cleaning out the baby room for painting this week (was done yesterday and will be finished today in fact), and Tina started having some back issues, so we thought she just strained herself. So we quit and had dinner with some friends.

During the dinner, she excused herself a few times for what we basically thought was "gas", but otherwise nothing out of the ordinary. Got home, "gas" continued, but it would go away when she'd go to the bathroom.

Things started to escalate around 11pm when the cramps got worse. Called the doc, he said he wasn't too worried but wanted to schedule a sonogram for tomorrow morning, but to go to the hospital immediately if things got worse. They started to ramp up bigtime around 12:30am. After a few more phone calls, going to the bathroom, and having the cramps come back, we committed to the hospital run around 2am.

Just as we decided that, a big contraction hit. They were now 5 mins apart and getting closer.

Raced down the highway to the hospital, got there around 2:20am. Took Tina about 20-30 mins to go through triage and registration before things got to DEFCON 1. Less than an hour after we entered the hospital, and after about 15 minutes of actual labor, MiniTurg made his debut. Little tyke couldn't wait to be mommy and daddy's Christmas tax break - SCORE!

Tina had no time for anything but a natural, no-drug birth, so while frankly one our lives' top ten WTF moments, she was on her feet within an hour, being all accomplishing and take-charge as usual. I was just the hubbie standing on the side, offering to hold her foot. XD

The lad's 2 months preemie, but he popped out screaming, and he's been breathing room air since his first second, so that's a huge, HUGE plus. They have him on enriched oxygen anyway, with additives to help develop lung growth (they're still immature on O2 extraction).

Yesterday was the first time I ever changed a diaper. Doing it through an incubator makes it feel oddly like building a ship in a bottle. And if you screw up, you get poop.

I got to hold him up with my hands to assist the nurse in changing his sheets. He didn't cry a peep. I'm a natural at holding him like an olive loaf.

Someone pointed out that his first birthday will be on 12/12/12. ...someone else also pointed out that it's twice 6/6/6. I found this fitting and appropriate, and will be watching for those cute little horn buds to pop out any day now.

I'm a shutterbug, so of course I've taken a ton of shots so far. Last night was the first time I was able to snap a shot of his face though, since he's been doing lightbath therapy for jaundice all this time. (Yes, my baby's first act was to hit the tanning booths.)

I have a few pics that are tasteful without frankly showing him in detail. Once I've decided which to post, I'll copy links here. I tried to do stuff last night, but I keep falling asleep... it says something when I login to COH, and fall asleep by the time the zone loads.

(Shush, Luna/E-Man. I know I fall asleep at the drop of a dime. "Turg, you there? Why are you running into that wall?" XD)

I really just wanted to take a minute and say thank you, thank you to everyone here and my family and friends on Facebook, real life, at work, etc. It's been a crazy week, and you all have been great cheerleaders and have given great advice (although I admit, I already bought peepee teepees, they're so damn cute). You guys have been around in my life for almost 8 years now, and I'm thrilled to share this with all of you.

It's just heartbreaking to see him in that incubator, but every day, he makes gains. Even opened his eyes last night when I held him. Yeah. Now I have to up my game and be his personal Incarnate-maxxed superhero.

We're having to redo our registry now to accommodate the changes... at least it's all online and I can do it on the tablet while we sit. Lotsa crap to get... oy...

@TURGENEV - Freedom Server / IRON / B.A.N.E / HORDE

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Congrats Turg!!

I was doing the baby new year mission last night and when I saw him for some reason MiniTurg popped into my head! lol

Thanks for taking the time to update us Turg. I've been thinking about you all a lot, and I'm so happy to hear he's making progress. Best wishes for miniTurg =)

Congratz Turg!!

@Lady Sera

Thank you for the update, Dr T! It's wonderful to read your obvious pride and thrill. Your recounting of events to date has me grinning big time.

Good luck on sleep. I suspect you and sleep will be playing tag for the indefinite future...

Gratz Turg, Mini Turg, Mrs Turg. Does your mailbox say "The Turgs"? Wouldn't want the mailman to get the wrong idea lol

Congrats Turg -- You better enjoy all the sleep you can get before Mini-T comes home with you ( ' ;

Hope everything continues to go well ( ' :


Edit -- I can't stop giggling at this, I'm sorry.

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Originally Posted by Turgenev Yesterday was the first time I ever changed a diaper. Doing it through an incubator makes it feel oddly like building a ship in a bottle. And if you screw up, you get poop.

The first pee in the face is always the best LOL! I'm sure you and wifey will make wonderful parents.

A bit late to the party here, but congrats Turg, and welcome to the parenthood club.

It's a club with steep membership fees, a grueling initiation process and a lifetime commitment, but the benefits can't be beat. (I write this as I sit helping my son play his first PS3 game )

Heh, thanks, Z. So, at what age do I introduce the saucy and debonair caps to the young lad?

Some updates: MiniTurg is now off the CPAP mask. He's been breathing pretty well, and is eating up everything mom throws at him (the NICU told her to "stop bringing food, they have a ton now". )

Result? I finally get to see the lad's face without all that stuff on him. Y'know, I said he looked like Tina's dad when he popped out, but now... yeah, kinda looks like me. Big head, all rico suave wearing nada but diapers, poops with +15 accuracy vs newbies.

@TURGENEV - Freedom Server / IRON / B.A.N.E / HORDE

Turg Fiction: Ghost in the Machine Acts III & IV coming 2012!
Turg Fiction: IX is now LIVE on Architect Entertainment!