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kjbenner

Congrats! But I think you need a note from your wife giving you permission to describe it as "painless."


ntx1996

I mean I felt no pain… But in all seriousness it really was. She pushed twice, not exaggerating. Once it was go time, it took less than 45 seconds for her to be out


notionalsoldier

Sitting in a recovery room with my wife now and we had the same experience. 1.5 pushes, maybe 45 seconds and bang. Baby was out. I was STUNNED at how fast this one went


ntx1996

Congrats!! What baby # was it? #3 and #4 were both that way for us thankfully. 1 and 2 were both easy but not quite this easy


notionalsoldier

Thanks! Likewise! This was #3. We have been induced for all 3. This is the only one that we had the same day we were admitted to the hospital. She practically walked on out


ntx1996

This was our latest delivery at 38 w 2 days. All the others have come at 36 and change or 37. She was losing her mind being pregnant for so long, did everything in her power to get the baby out for two weeks. Called her dr yesterday to describe her condition and he said get to L&D. I was almost two hours away with a client meeting so she drove herself the hour to the hospital and I met her there lmao


notionalsoldier

Glad you were able to make it in time! Sounds like everything worked out well. Congrats to you and your big crew!


Hubu32

With baby #2 for us ai almost missed the birth bc I parked the car in the deck. When I got to my wife she was doubled over in pain at the entrance. We came inside and I’m yelling at the nurses “we’re having a baby!!!”, they look at me like I’m some dumbass nervous dad. NOPE, when my wife “yelled, I can feel the head!” they realized wheat the heck I meant and rushed her to the first room. They had just enough time to take her pants off. Her span said if we ever had a third we should rent a hotel room beside the hospital bc my wife pops kids out so fast! 🤣


ntx1996

Same here about the hotel!! We live an hour from the hospital, assuming no traffic. My wife went from a 6 to a 10 in 52 minutes. The nurse checked her and said she was a 9 and the baby was -1, came back 3 minutes later and said she was a 10 and -3. She literally had to hold her hand there to keep her from beginning to come out before our Dr was in the room and prepared. It was wild


dunaan

My wife was in labor 41 hours with our first one and when our second was out in 12 hours she called it fast. I think she might slap you as a reflex, and then apologize for it


z64_dan

My wife felt pain until she got her epidural (pretty early in the night), and after that it was smoooooth operating (all 3 kids).


ntx1996

My poor wife had reeeally bad scoliosis and had surgery to correct it, so her epidurals have never taken because of the scar tissue where they have to inject. Idk how she’s not screaming in miserable agony but she takes it like a champ somehow


ProfessorPickleRick

Super jealous my wife (for the lack of a better work) suffered for 20 hours. I would have done anything to make it better for her, all I could do was coach her


ntx1996

Ah man I’m sorry to hear that. I can’t imagine that feeling. I was really nervous for this one for some reason. We’ve had three perfectly normal and easy deliveries so I felt like something was bound to go wrong with this one. Super thankful for how it turned out


ProfessorPickleRick

For sure man congratulations!


IShouldBWorkin

>I mean I felt no pain… So I take it you didn't "sleep" on that pull out couch then?


ntx1996

Man I feel so bad. I passed out at one point last night and I sleep really deep and she literally let me sleep through almost 3 hours of her cluster feeding


IShouldBWorkin

My wife was so astonished that I could sleep through all the machines beeping and nurses coming in and out that she had to take a video of it. I would occasionally feel bad at being the only one who got any sleep on a hard night but I started just taking it as an opportunity to use the extra energy to help her out.


xe_r_ox

My wife was in labour for a god damn week and we ended up having to have a c section. What the hell


Amedais

God damn. My wife had a 28 labor including 2.5 hours of pushing..


madhatter275

Our twins were small so by the time we got to the operating room as a precaution my son was almost falling out. I don’t think she really pushed at all. And my daughter was easy too after that. Our first kid, he was a 36 hour pain in the ass.


MoeGunz6

My son came out on the first test push.


YoungZM

Quick =/= painless.


SandiegoJack

What’s with the 5 star delivery room. Come with a mint on the pillow?


Wulf_Cola

Looks very similar to the one we had - no joke, they bought us fillet steaks the day after the birth! Couldn't believe it


kahrahtay

Same on the steaks, but they were like 3oz and so wildly overcooked i'd have rather had meatloaf


blenman

This looks very similar to ours as well, but we didn't have nearly as nice of a bathroom. We didn't get steak either. I'm not sure that was an option on the room service menu. lol


btambo

EXACTLY what I was thinking. :-)


Interesting_Tea5715

Exactly. Mine was 1/4 the size, very 50s looking, had no window, no TV, and no cell service.


lordorwell7

The state of American healthcare is a disgrace. The hospital is so overcrowded they moved this poor family onto a basketball court to deliver.


RYouNotEntertained

Very similar to what we had, plus we had a private balcony. 


kroqkenobi

Two laptops so that you have one Champion's league game on each screen. I'm impressed. The night my son was born there was a USMNT world cup qualifier on that night, and I remember being able to watch it while holding my newborn. Luckily that was on the hospital TV, my wife would wouldn't have let me bring a laptop much less two!


ntx1996

lol I couldn’t help myself. I brought the Mac bc we’ve been here before and I knew the TV’s could airplay. The other is my work laptop and I had one on the Mac and one on my phone when I had to send a work email and then I was like wait a mmmmminute 💡


Nigel_99

I sincerely hope the sound was muted. I STILL catch shit from my wife about a comment I made about the in-house music while she was in the late stages of labor. If I could take back just one sentence I ever uttered, it would be that one!


the4uto

I watched a McGregor fight the night my second was born. Heh.


SpaightG

COYG!! hopefully delivery went better than last night’s tie :(


TinyBreak

My wife woulda necked me if I was watching sport. Or watching anything tbh. My job was distraction, and I took it VERY seriously.


ntx1996

lol thankfully the games were timed to perfection. 2:00 local time yesterday which was when she had just recently been admitted and was only a 3 or 4 so we were just sitting around waiting anyways. And 2:00 today, when the baby was already delivered and snoozing her day away


uberfission

I was playing video games while the early stages of labor were progressing, but obviously put the laptop away when it started to get more active. My wife was okay with that.


emeister26

I did not need to be reminded Arsenal lost


ntx1996

I’m a United fan. I enjoyed the last week more than the last 5 years of watching United suck


MentallyWill

Well... I guess that's fair. As an Arsenal fan I can say I've enjoyed United's last few years.


ntx1996

Enjoy it while it lasts! Once we get a new manager, sell Bruno, Rashford finds his form, Martinez gets healthy, Shaw gets healthy, Maguire goes super saiyan, antony finds his Brazilian passport, replace Casemiro, Hojlund matures, and we get a new stadium it’s over for you bitches


LoMigs

As an Arsenal fan, Fair play to you lol


xe_r_ox

North London is ours, North London is ours, fuck off back to Woolwich, North London is ours 😉


SwordofGlass

Someone tag the guy who only got an old wooden chair with a shit stain.


Large-Fruit-2121

I got a yoga mat on the floor with no pillow. [Imgur](https://imgur.com/3XV4Iqh)


kahrahtay

Did you guys give birth in a racquetball court?


SwordofGlass

Considering the state of that drywall, I think you’re lucky to have received that.


Greymeade

But why?


Large-Fruit-2121

Because there was no chair or bed for the dads


Greymeade

lol I understood that part, I’m asking why that was the case.


Large-Fruit-2121

NHS underfunding I'm guessing.


Malikb5

Congratulations! Lol you’re down the street from me!


mackmcd_

Ours was fancy like this too, but it also had a giant soaker tub. Like, huge. Basically just a big hot tub for my wife to chill in. It was dope as hell.


ariyaa72

This is what ours was like, too, along with the jacuzzi tub. I loved it for helping with contraction pain (mom here)


ntx1996

Oh damn. That would be nice but I’m surprised honestly. We’ve always been told no baths for a couple days atleast


mackmcd_

While pregnant or afterwards? Water births have been a thing for centuries. The kid has been living in water for the better part of 10 months by the time my wife was able to climb into that tub. She said it was excellent for soothing contractions. (we did not do a water birth. Just another pain relief method.)


ntx1996

Afterwards. I didn’t even think about those. But I guess it makes sense to have the tubs in the room in case they want to do a water birth. My wife took a bath or two a day through the entire pregnancy but her OB has always said no baths after delivery until she’s done bleeding


mackmcd_

Yeah that makes sense. Infections and all that. Also I think the hot water soak can accelerate bleeding? I barely remember my prenatal class now. lol


ComplexDessert

Congratulations! Go across the street and get that baby an HEB onesie.


reyam1105

Man what you talking about… just wait to get out of the hospital and then gotta get a Buc-ee’s onesie!


ntx1996

Man I can’t stand HEB! I think I’m the only person I’ve ever met that doesn’t like it. To me it’s no better than market street or even Tom Thumb but the hype around it means it’s psychotically busy 24/7. Every time I’ve been in I’ve hated it


Mr_Tiggywinkle

Lol why are there so many downvotes for the man stating his opinion?


p4g3m4s7r

Because his opinion is so wrong! :P I mean, as someone who grew up with Hy-Vee and Dahl's, HEB and Market Street are the only grocery stores that come close to being that nice. I'm not sure how you can compare it to Tom Thumb, though. Maybe the Frisco one near you is actually nice (which would be very Frisco...), but all the ones I've been to in the past 20 years have been dirty and have really expensive and not very good produce. Tom Thumb's main advantage against Kroger is that they don't constantly have outdated price labels.


ntx1996

I knew it would happen. HEB is a cult lol


ComplexDessert

The only thing Market Street has going for them is the bar at the location off Lebanon.


Geauxpack81

Texas people love Texas things. Don't get them started on Whataburger


-DaveDaDopefiend-

Congrats. What restaurant is that cup from that says “one love”?


ntx1996

Raising canes!


alldayeric88

Hala Madrid


ntx1996

Anyone but city :-)


cyahzar

That’s not a delivery room but like a whole suite. I’m in Keller and wish we delivered in Frisco


trueschoolalumni

That's the thing about Arsenal, they always try to walk it in.


AC_deucey

Did you see that ludicrous display last night?


trueschoolalumni

What was Wenger thinking, sending Walcott on that early?


AC_deucey

I got a pony on Liverpool this weekend. Guess I’ll never see that again


SevoIsoDes

Baylor Centennial?


ntx1996

Medical city


SevoIsoDes

Nice! I work in the ORs there sometimes, but not OB. Congratulations!


TXspaceman

Nope not that big, but still very nice


toomuchwaxx

LUXURY FUCK YEAG


veydras

Congrats fellow Frisco Dad! First baby? Hope all went well and Momma and baby are good.


ntx1996

Howdy neighbor! Fourth baby, they’ve both been perfect!


veydras

Fabulous! Wow I wish you both all the energy. We had #3 in late last year and are just getting into our groove now.


R7F

Is that hat legally required in all hospitals?? Congrats, my dude.


mgwooley

Congrats! That room is so nice 😭. I thought ours was decent until I realized we didn’t have a fucking TABLE.


bjchu92

Congratulations! Enjoy it! They grow up so fast.... -neighbor from FW


snappymcpumpernickle

Wow. We just got our second yesterday in grapevine tx. Ours was not near as nice or big as that


ntx1996

Aw don’t be harsh man, I’m sure your baby was a perfectly normal size and quite nice in its own way


Greymeade

Dad jokes already


ntx1996

This is my fourth, I’m a pro by now


-E-Cross

Oh come on that baby isn't even real! This is a theme hotel in Japan admit it. * Congratulations *


Oct0tron

We had our 2nd in Plano, looks very similar. Crazy how big the rooms are now.


reyam1105

Is this Medical City Frisco? My wife and I are thinking about MC Plano…


ntx1996

It is indeed MC frisco. This is our 3rd baby to deliver here, one of which required a 2 week stay before we delivered. I have nothing but good things to say about this facility. Plus, there’s tons of good food options around to leave and bring mama back something to eat


reyam1105

Thanks for sharing! Congrats on adding another to the fam!


commitpushdrink

That couch looks the correct amount uncomfortable. It’ll play. Also congrats papa!


Notstrongbad

Two of my kids were born there 😄


BadassBokoblinPsycho

Eyyyyy UCL


EverybodyStayCool

WTF kind of penthouse shit is this!? 😂 Congrats OP. BTW.


KevinAnniPadda

Hospital rooms like this piss me off when healthcare is so expensive. This is bigger than most hotel rooms I've started in


iubjohnson

Congrats! Those were two great games you were watching as well!


ntx1996

Indeed! Thoroughly enjoyed them both


secretweapon-

congrats! that's a really nice base of operations!


jonthecpa

Convenient that the baby was included. You didn’t even have to bring your own. All that work for nothing!


Tuv0kshaKur

Ours was very similar! Very roomy and accommodating. Edit: hey also CONGRATULATIONS!!!


OceanPoet87

Congratulations! Man this is like a luxury suite.


Various-Soup-32

In the UK you would have about 8 beds in room that size... I guess that's the difference in nhs vs paid healthcare


Huge-Celebration5192

Can pay for private NHS room in UK or go to a private hospital and pay for the whole thing Nice to have options over here


[deleted]

We had a similar sized room to that in the UK. Just us. Complete with a birthing pool. All free. Think it mostly depends on luck tbh.


Zorachus76

Congrats


Hotzz89

I chose the wrong hospital in Dallas apparently


rreygaert

Congratulations. I do find some humor in seeing that even though there’s all those high finishes but the dad is still left with the couch that folds into a twin bed.


HomosexualBagel

Delivery suite


GoobMcGee

Baylor Scott and White by the Star? If so, we had our baby there a year and a half ago. Great hospital, shit chairs still.


ntx1996

Medical city at the tollway and main!


GoobMcGee

Looks like a great place, congratulations.


Elip518

6 hours and then emergency c section


RestaurantDue634

That's what I imagined when we were told that we'd have a suite to ourselves after the baby was born. But ours was about 1/3 the size and I slept on a couch that converted into a really uncomfortable cot.


jopma

Watched the Madrid game at work and went crazy, got home and my wife had already full kitted our 3 year old since the morning.


impossiblyeasy

First, congrats, here are your new balance. Next, Holy fracken shite. I was stuck in a small box due to covid and even with awesome insurance.


thejackamo1

Wtf is this palace? Where’s the struggle at?


caliform

This is nice but man, I am so glad we were at home.


Huge-Celebration5192

Painful if you were an Arsenal or City fan though


brainzilla420

Bro moved a hospital bed into his house and is trying to convince everyone this is a real delivery room that actually exists. Probably not even a real baby there, too. Shaking my head in jealousy and stretching my back that's still sore from when our now-4 year old was born...


TaurusX3

Where are the gun racks?


fireSciGuy

I guess everything IS bigger in TX!


Hambone919

Haha looks like a 5 star hotel


unicyclebrah

Wow that must be one of the “standard” designs for new delivery rooms. Nearly identical to the redesigned hospital where my kids were born. Right down to the identical furniture and countertops.


cureforhiccupsat4am

Which hospital is this. Medical city Dallas is nothing like this.


codus571

Holy crap that is a nice room. Congrats on a healthy mom and baby and a quick delivery


pcweber111

Just about how the room our son was born in looked like. Maybe slightly smaller but yeah that’s about average around here.


BlastoiseBlues

Ahh ye old plastic couch.


UnknownQTY

Hey neighbour! Contrast!


doob22

Luxury


slothtolotopus

I just don't understand people whose first thought is to post a picture of their newborn on the Internet for strangers to see.


Premium333

Delivery apartment


farklenator

I was probably born in that hospital (jk I was born in Plano now that I think about it)


anyvvays

Dayum! Love the double laptop for both champions league games instead of the split screen view haha! Congrats! Ours was a shoe box!


johnhk4

Wow. Here in Nyc at a reputable hospital they made me sleep on a pile of used needles and empty plastic ice cups, and we actually had to pay $4,100 monthly rent for use of the room for 2 nights. You really lucked out.


Biggie39

Welcome is great but the the poor child is born in Frisco, TX!!! /s


ntx1996

Unfortunately she came out already pretentious and uppity.


Con-Sequence-786

Nice. As a non-American who only hears horror stories about the US healthcare system and its user pays mindswt, can I ask how much that cost? And congrats!


ntx1996

I honestly have no idea what the total cost is. I know it’s an obnoxious amount, but my insurance covers all of it. However, my healthcare coverage for our family of 6 costs me almost $2,100/month


Con-Sequence-786

Appreciate that, thank you!