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#62051 - 05/18/02 11:23 PM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
GranadaGirl Offline
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Registered: 01/24/01
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Enhorabuena!!

Congrats on your new baby, Russ!! Hey, MM, add 1 more member to the board!!

-Denise
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#62052 - 05/19/02 08:55 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 01/25/01
Posts: 1235
Loc: Rockford, IL/Milton, WI, USA
Congratulations Russ & Ana!

There is nothing more humbling than knowing that we've brought a beautiful new baby into this world, and that we've now accepted a complete change in who we are. Having raised three children, I can tell you there's nothing more enjoyable, or positive, that my wife or I ever experienced. It will be the same with you.

Based on your posts, and the joy you showed in advance of the occasion, I can only say that I know that you and Ana will make fantastic parents. Alex will not want for anything, and be showered with love, every day.

Now, where's the blooming cigar? laugh Cuban if you don't mind... wink

Wolf (Who's wife is standing over him telling him he can't smoke a cigar... but I would anyway! eek )

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#62053 - 05/19/02 09:05 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 06/11/00
Posts: 597
Congrats, the photos are wonderful. He's really sweet! smile

Pim, I'm the stupid one, you're comments brought tears to my eyes (even after what I said today)!

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#62054 - 05/19/02 09:25 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 11/07/01
Posts: 662
Loc: Brussels
Nevado,

Well "Nevadita", it's good to know that we're just a bunch of sillies after all!

I also think we're a bunch of 'locas' after last nite, but that's another matter.... laugh wink :p

I think Chica had a great idea....I'm CRAZY about kids! I'd be delighted to babysit!!!

¡¡QUE VIVAN LOS NIÑOS!!!!

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#62055 - 05/19/02 11:42 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 09/11/00
Posts: 176
Loc: Madrid
¡¡ENHORABUENA!!
So ... there's a new madrileñito waiting to write on this board.
Congratulations to the happy parents.

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#62056 - 05/19/02 11:50 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 02/03/02
Posts: 58
Loc: Scotland
Congratulations, Russ and Ana. He's beautiful.

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#62057 - 05/20/02 01:13 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 02/20/02
Posts: 16
Loc: Santa Barbara, CA USA
Oh what a beautiful baby! You guys are in for a treat. Your son will bring many many years of joy and fun. I just love being a parent and I know you will too.

Congratulations Russ and Ana!
Much love,
Mama Chula
(whose own son is still [living la vida loca] in Madrid)

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#62058 - 05/20/02 10:25 AM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 07/28/01
Posts: 92
Loc: Madrid, Spain
Hey EVERYONE!

Ana, Alex and I just got home and we're all doing very well... He's sleeping like an angel right now. He was a little fussy yesterday and last night before Ana's milk fully came in (poor little mouse was hungry), but now he's like the perfect baby: Eat, sleep, cry for food and attention, eat, sleep, cry. When he's awake, he's been really attentive to everything around him. It's wonderful to see him so interested in the world... he's going to be a great kid.

Ana and I just read all the notes of congratulations... thanks to everyone for thinking of us! Ana started tearing up at Nevado tearing up because Pim was tearing up... ;-) Bringing a baby into the world is SO emotional!

I'll try to post some more later, gotta go get some last minute things that we forgot before (diaper pail anyone?).

Thanks again and thanks MadridMan for posting my email... I was trying to get in and out of the house as fast as possible on Saturday - clean, post pics for my family, email everyone and get back to the hospital!

I'm going to post some more pics in a bit and for a while have a live baby-cam posted here: http://1021330280.camarades.com/ . ;-)

See everyone soon!

-Russ

P.S. Anyone have any tips on using a syringe-type breast pump? Ana's feels like she's going to explode... :-D

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#62059 - 05/20/02 12:48 PM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Hahahahahaa!!! That's fantastic!!! A LIVE baby-cam!! I'm more than a little surprised that Ana is going along with that... IF SHE KNOWS, that is. hehehe... Thanks for letting us IN on your new parenting days, LostInMadrid!! We love it and we love you too. Congratulations!!! We're all very very happy for you both. frown <sniff!> (now MadridMan's tearing up!!) wink
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#62060 - 05/20/02 03:44 PM Re: Lost in Madrid's BABY!!!!
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Registered: 07/28/01
Posts: 92
Loc: Madrid, Spain
Hi there, me again.

I wanted to write another note while it's fresh in my mind about the medical treatment here in Madrid. Those of you who read one of my earlier posts might remember that I was worried about the clinic, which seemed a bit old and our OBGYN who seemed a bit dopey.

Here's the scoop: La Milagrosa Clinic was AMAZING. Truly a wonderful experience from the first seconds we arrived. The staff was attentive, humorous, knowledgeable and patient. We arrived at 5:30 a.m. after waiting most of the night for Ana's contractions to get stronger and more regular. At the clinic, they first checked to see if Ana was REALLY in labor and that there was no problems, then they showed us to our room which was clean, HUGE (room for 12 relatives at once I came to find out), if a little out dated (I had to crank the bed to raise it and the wheels on the carts squeaked). Ana's family was able to wait in the room instead of a packed waiting room and it was much more comfortable for them. After Ana changed we went to a "labor room" for lack of a better term and waited for Alex to drop down into position (he was a bit high at first). Around 2:00 p.m. the baby was ready to come out and we went to the delivery room (next door) and it had everything you could want - very modern, if small. This part of the clinic is only for births, so it was all set up for just that. After Alex came out, he was whisked off to another room (the only part I wasn't too excited about... where's my baby!?!) where we could hear him crying while they did the torture tests (counting fingers and toes and sticking tubes up his nose from what I've seen in videos). After about 10 minutes, while I was still with Ana, a nurse came back with Alex all bundled up (like in the pics) and asked me to follow her while they finished up with Ana (episiotomies suck). Alex and I went back to the room together and waited for Ana to arrive while all the family cooed (those are the first pics... 15 minutes after birth!). In the next two days, the nurses and attendants were amazing... always friendly and cheerful with tips on caring for the baby who was always with us. Incredible treatment - but get this, they normally have about 8-10 babies in one day, but for some reason (I'm thinking Real Madrid's win on Wednesday) there were 18 women who had babies on Friday along with us! The best treatment in the world, even as they were dealing with double the number of patients for one day. Really wonderful.

Now, after all that, I'll [censored] about the IDIOT of a doctor we have (had). Ana was, on Thursday, 4 days late, so she went into the doctor's office to have a routine non-stress test (monitoring the baby's heart and contractions) and there were no problems, but the doctor told her, "Okay, it's time to schedule an induced labor for Saturday morning?" SATURDAY? barely 5 days after the baby's "estimated" due date? That's nuts. When Ana got home she told me and I honestly didn't understand why so soon... I went to my books and to the web and NO WHERE could I find where inducing labor was suggested for anyone less than 2 weeks overdue, except in the case where the baby or mother is in danger due to high blood pressure or something like that. So I asked Ana to call the doctor and ask if there were any problems because it seemed so soon... Ana called and basically said, "it seems really soon to induce labor, is there anything out of the ordinary?" And the doctor flipped out. He just started in on her for 15 minutes telling her how in 15 years he's never had any patients doubt his word and how it was "international protocol" to induce labor on that date (which, if not successful because the mother's body isn't ready, leads to a cesarian) and how maybe we ought to find another doctor, since there were plenty around and more.

Wow. What an *******. Ana, who was tense anyways, spent the rest of the day between anger and tears (or both) and we start tapping relatives looking for another doctor because Ana basically says she doesn't want anything to do with this jerk anymore... We get it all settled and had an appointment at another doctor for Friday afternoon, but when the contractions hit that night, we just followed along with the original plan and went to the clinic, who called the original doctor who actually requested that we were attended to by another doctor. This actually was GREAT: We got a wonderful woman doctor who was patient and funny and a real joy. But the guy, who was in the hospital that day never bothered to stop by once. He just washed his hands of us after 7 months of seeing him. A COMPLETE dickhead, really. Ana and I are are going to file a complaint everywhere we can.

So anyways, we're home now and very happy how things turned out. It was pretty scary on Thursday to be so close and yet not having a doctor we trusted (imagine if there were problems?) But we ended up having a lot of luck with the clinic and the labor, so all's well that end's well.

Woof. Long post. Sorry... lots to get off my chest. ;-)

-Russ

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