(expected) Release date: January 13th 2008!
Album Cover:
(http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a213/lexaco/Project1-1.png)
*horns* *horns* *horns* *horns* *horns*
I'm happy! ;D
Congrats maddox!! :)
And Good Luck with the pregnancy and childbirth!
Nicky.
Whoohoo! Congrats! (Here too ;))
Congrats mate!! Heres to a smooth, easy pregnancy and birth.
Quote from: johninblack on Sun, 2007-10-14, 09:57:28
Heres to a smooth, easy pregnancy and birth.
What? I haven't tasted it yet.
Nicky.
Thanks guys. That means a lot to me! :)
You rock too. *horns* :D
Thumbs up!
Three months of waiting and you'll have less time to listen to your favourite music ;). But it'll be worth it, to have children is great. Although I have to say, sometimes not ;D. Anyway, congratulations *horns* 8).
Thanks again, guys. :) *horns*
Quote from: Teunis on Sun, 2007-10-14, 15:25:09
Three months of waiting and you'll have less time to listen to your favourite music ;). But it'll be worth it, to have children is great. Although I have to say, sometimes not ;D.
I have that already i'm afraid. :-\
My daughter is three and a half now and when i play 'my' music she keeps asking for a 'liedje'. Obviously that kind of music has got nothing to do with prog. :'( ;D
That last part made me laugh, Teunis. :D
I agree. :-\ ;)
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2007-10-14, 16:17:09
My daughter is three and a half now and when i play 'my' music she keeps asking for a 'liedje'. Obviously that kind of music has got nothing to do with prog. :'( ;D
;D Fortunately I have already been through the 'K3' period with my daughter. My kids are 16 (daughter) and 13 (son) . Now I have to face other music like Tiësto and jumpstyle :-\. I'm trying to get them into prog, sometimes my son is singing along so there's still hope ;).
Quote from: Teunis on Sun, 2007-10-14, 16:38:00
Now I have to face other music like Tiësto and jumpstyle :-\.
Mind if i say that i prefer K3? ;D
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2007-10-14, 16:40:42
Mind if i say that i prefer K3? ;D
If you mean their looks I agree, not the music ::) ;D
Neither :-\
Quote from: Teunis on Sun, 2007-10-14, 18:36:35
If you mean their looks I agree, not the music ::) ;D
Well actually after hearing K3 for about ten months now and seeing a dozen DVD's i must confess there is rhythm in their music. It's quite entertaining. :)
Or it could be the fact that i heard it too many times now and am quite a bit brainwashed. :P
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Sun, 2007-10-14, 18:46:44
Neither :-\
Neither? Not even the looks? :o
Okay i confess that Karin looks good but not super but the other two...
Well, just an opinion. ;)
I'd rather listen to the K3 instrumental progressive metal band.
And congratulations, I hope everything works out good!
-Paco
Scary... is this a new virus? :o There are such a lot of pregnant women recently...
Anyhow - congratulations, Maddox!
Quote from: bluepony on Mon, 2007-10-15, 17:40:08
Scary... is this a new virus?
Hopefully not. Two is a decent number. ;D
Thanks PH and Bluey. *horns*
Quote from: maddox on Sun, 2007-10-14, 20:29:34
Neither? Not even the looks? :o
Okay i confess that Karin looks good but not super but the other two...
Well, just an opinion. ;)
I just think the're scary :-\ The way they act, sing, talk... Act... :o
Quote from: Appelmoes?? on Mon, 2007-10-15, 20:57:23
I just think the're scary :-\ The way they act, sing, talk... Act... :o
Funny i like the way Belgians are talking. So delicate and distinguished. The way they act, well i can imagine that but they are still an act meant for the youngsters so...
And agree, singing isn't exactly the right word. :D
Now, if you guys think that you're making any sense ..........
Is this some sort of marshjive? ::)
Nicky.
Quote from: maddox on Mon, 2007-10-15, 21:02:57
Funny i like the way Belgians are talking. So delicate and distinguished. The way they act, well i can imagine that but they are still an act meant for the youngsters so...
And agree, singing isn't exactly the right word. :D
I like the accent (drools) but I don't like the way they talk as in "the words they use".
It's been a while since i reported any news about 'our' pregnancy so brace yourself.
I've copied two posts i've made from the Ayreon forum.
The past weeks have been kind of hard for us. This explains why:
Quote from: maddoxThanks for asking guys. ;)
Well thing is, i decided that i only wanted to report some news when it would be positive since i feel that somehow, and mind you that is not a complaint at all, bad news travel easy on the board.
I just want to hear or bring good news once in a while or happy stuff.
So that's the reason why it has been quiet in this topic.
:-\
It has been hard for my wife. And it actually still is. The pain around her pelvis is bearable which is good but her sugar is still high even though she uses insulin now. She started off with a low dose but now she has to have four units with every shot. And still it stays a bit high. I'm sure that without the insulin it would be even higher so it does work but obviously not as it suppose to.
The internist is reluctant to higher the dose for now so we have to stick with that.
That is also the reason why it will most likely be a planned delivery.
Tomorrow we have an appointment with the Gynaecologist so we hear more then. We might even set a date then, which obviously i'm not going to mention here. ;D
On top of that...she has troubles sleeping. :(
Last night was a good night, she did sleep for almost 5 to 6 hours and this may surprise some of you, but that's actually a good night sleep since the past few weeks the average was about two and a half hours of sleep.
Which basically means that her mood changes from time to time. Not bad, bearable and understanding but i'm sometimes really happy that i can go to work. Sounds silly, doesn't it?
And it doesn't help that i'm laying next to her either. Embarassed (yes i snore ;))
And...
Yep there's an 'and'...
She has bronchitis too since passed Tuesday, so she has to take some anti biotics too. :(
So it's safe to say that the last few weeks have been rather challenging to say the least.
Good news is (finally ;D) that we get lots of help from my parents in-law and an aunt of my wife. They've been and are still great. :)
Hope this answers most of your questions.
Maybe it's easier to quote the second post in a new post so...
Here it is.
Quote from: maddox on the Ayreon forumAs from today, my wife has been admitted at the hospital. :'( :'( :'(
Basically because of two things.
No 1: After some tests they found protein in her urine and her blood pressure was high. Those two combined is a serious risk of pregnancy poisoning. Dutchies :zwangerschaps vergiftiging. (still don't know if i translate it properly, so if not i could use some help with it)
And no. 2: Because of the diabetes we already knew it was going to be a big boy or girl. The baby can't deal with it or don't need the extra sugar in the blood so it transforms the sugar to fat and too much of fat is not good, so it grows bigger than the average.
That's why the doctors want to monitor almost every day how big the baby is and how much he/she grows.
Because of the fact that when pregnancy sugar is diagnosed most new born childs has problems with their lungs they don't want to speculate about a date of delivery.
I say this because it will be a planned delivery and it won't be the second week of January. That we already know.
We didn't really expected this to happen any more and when my wife called me up at work i was not pleasantly surprised. In fact i was shocked. We didn't planned this and actually didn't gave it much thought any more.
The gynaecologist already said to us today that it would be a planned delivery and we accepted that but she never said any thing about admitting so you can imagine our surprise.
Ms. Mad had to be there at seven o'clock in the evening so before that we had a lot to arrange.
Again, we had the help of an aunt who babysitter my daughter so i could bring my my wife to the hospital and my mother in-law promised us she would do also next week ( really guys, they're lovely *horns* ) and i made some arrangements at work because i wasn't allowed to take a short holiday or be free next Monday. >:( >:(
Don't get me wrong, it's not the end of the world and it is the best thing for my wife and that she is in good hands but...
... :'(
*sighs
Ohhh, man.. so much words and i'm a bit loss for words right now.
So weird.
:'(
So there you go. Two rather important updates. Unfortunately not very pleasant ones. I wish it was different but it isn't.
So is all of this really bad?
A week has passed since the previous post and so she is lying in the hospital for a week now. We've had our up and downs. My daughter has been tossed between several 'babysitters' like my parents in-law and an aunt of my wife. Like i already said, they've been great! *horns*
All of this affects my daughter as well since she has to miss her mother and have no steady bases for over a week now.
It's clear that my wife will have to remain in the hospital this Christmas unless the little mad is born before that.
We don't count on it though. Although there's definitely something working the chances are slim that it will be born within a week or so.
So that's why the planned delivery. As you already read, because of the sugar the little one will be rather big so the longer we wait the harder it will be to have a 'natural' delivery.
My wife is positive though. We have our fair share of laughs when i visit her and she shines when she can see our daughter. :)
So...the pased weeks in a nutshell.
Questions?
Ask! ;)
Thanks for your time. :D
That's really hard, especially during these (Christmas) days. I wish you and your family all the strength you need and hope that a healthy child is born. And of course that your wife will be ok. I know how helpless a father is during a delivery, it really sucks. Hope to read positive news from you very soon!
Quote from: Teunis on Fri, 2007-12-21, 22:45:02
Hope to read positive news from you very soon!
Well, have i got news for you then! ;D
Last Tuesday my wife had to have an amniocentesis (vruchtwater punctie for the Dutchies).
The docs wanted to learn more about the condition of the baby's lungs.
And the result was that his/hers lungs are in perfectly shape! *horns* *horns* *horns*
Good news after all! ;D
Mad, my thoughts are with you, your wife and kids. I wish for you that everything works out well :)
Nicky.
Quote from: Nicky007 on Fri, 2007-12-21, 23:45:32
Mad, my thoughts are with you, your wife and kids. I wish for you that everything works out well :)
Nicky.
Thanks, Nicky. ;)
I really appreciate that. :)
I'd also like to wish your wife, the baby and you all the best. *holding thumbs*
Wow Maddox... well, thanks for sharing! I really appreciate it when we're getting this close.
It must have been a very hard time. In fact, I can imagine it still is... I hope everything goes fine in the end. It's really a gift from heaven to have a nice family who cares so much. And it's so good to hear some good news too!
You'll be in my prayers!
All the best!
-Paco
I am praying for you and your family mate
Take care
Thanks for your kind words and prayers, guys. 8) *horns*
I'm having a rather difficult evening right now so i could use some. :-\
I really appreciate it. ;)
Quote from: maddox on Sat, 2007-12-22, 23:44:15
Thanks for your kind words and prayers, guys. 8) *horns*
I'm having a rather difficult evening right now so i could use some. :-\
I really appreciate it. ;)
Hi Mad,
In this Christmas period, it's hard to know that some friends (even virtual ones) are in trouble so my thoughts are with you and your family. I hope that everything is gonna be fine and that you will hold a prog little guy in your arms soon.
Hi Mad,
since we haven't heard of you in a while now, I hope everything went/goes well with your wife and the little Mad. I've got my fingers crossed for all of you!!