Baby Bigmouth

Baby bigmouth

Somewhat later than advertised, Sophie Marshall was born this evening – 11lbs 3oz, and 17 days overdue. Mother and baby are amazing. I’m going to bed.

For a week.

31 Responses to “Baby Bigmouth”

Squander Two on October 24th, 2007

Not for another fourteen years, you’re not.

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Alex on October 24th, 2007

Or, as I’m sure Jo *meant* to say, Congratulations. :)

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Ms Mac on October 24th, 2007

11lbs!!! Mother and baby really are amazing!

Many, many congratulations.

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paul on October 24th, 2007

congratulations to you both :)

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SarahG on October 24th, 2007

Congratulations Gary :)

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Ronnie on October 24th, 2007

I’ll reiterate what Ms Mac has said, increduously, “11lbs!”

Congrats to you both!

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mupwangle on October 24th, 2007

My work colleague’s son was over 13lbs. Sophie’s a lightweight. ;-D

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Tony Kiernan on October 24th, 2007

Good to hear all is well. Congrats.

Make the most of that bed-time, ditto what Jo said.

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darth-tater on October 24th, 2007

congratulations!

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rutty on October 24th, 2007

11lb! That’s almost two babies ;¬)

Nice one and congrats to you two

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Squander Two on October 24th, 2007

One of my colleagues has just told me that his wife went through a 3-hour labour with their first and a 2-hour with the second. Bastards. Honestly, if you’re going to put in so little effort, I’m not sure you deserve children. (I’ll leave it up to Gary whether he wants to tell the world how long Liz was in for, but it weren’t three measely hours.)

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McGazz on October 24th, 2007

Congrats :)

I don’t have any kids, so all this talk of labour lengths and imperial weights is greek to me ;-)

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Mike Robinson on October 24th, 2007

Congratulations to you both! :)

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Gary on October 24th, 2007

Thanks everyone. I’ll try not to fill the blog with photos every ten seconds. But I probably will.

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Gary on October 24th, 2007

11lb! That’s almost two babies ;¬)

Babies? That’s almost a car.

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Squander Two on October 24th, 2007

I see she already has your demeanor.

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Lis on October 24th, 2007

Only a car? It’s almost a… Bono!

(sorry, had to)

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Gary on October 24th, 2007

She’s already taller than bono.

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Gary on October 24th, 2007

I’ll leave it up to Gary whether he wants to tell the world how long Liz was in for

I think it was 46 hours in total, some of it very, very scary. Which just shows how much of a wuss I am – I’ve had a slight headache for about five minutes and I’ve already munched a bunch of nurofen :)

I know this blog isn’t top of the reading list for pregnant women, but if anyone’s interested I can’t praise Glasgow’s Southern General hospital enough. Every single person we dealt with there – and we dealt with a lot of people – was superb both to Liz and to me. And I genuinely don’t think we would have coped if it weren’t for the help Liz got from Grace (a doula – basically someone who’s there to support the mum and stop the dad from being too annoying).

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Stephen on October 24th, 2007

Fantastic news, very happy for you both. G-d bless and best wishes to all of you!

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Richie on October 25th, 2007

She is absolutely gorgeous. I’ve just shown the photo to all the girls in work and I think they’re all broody now!

Mother an baby are both amazing and the Dad’s ok too!

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HUNTER on October 25th, 2007

Congrats to both of you. 46 hours definately don’t think I could have coped with the wife in labour that long. Glad everythng is well with all of you. Good luck to you all in the future. Give us a phone. Hunter.

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Gary on October 26th, 2007

It turns out I got my sums wrong – it was 43 hours, not 46. Which makes a whole world of difference, I’m sure :)

Looks like Dadness is kicking in big style – I listened to and enjoyed a play on Radio 4 the other night, and despite a lifelong hatred of Led Zep I heard the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss collaboration and thought it was great. Won’t be long before my idea of a good time involves browsing shed catalogues, I suspect.

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Alex on October 28th, 2007

I must say congratulations to the both of you.

Shed catalogues or garden centres?!

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Squander Two on October 29th, 2007

I got addicted to garden centres before I became a dad. They’re the best shops in the world. And gardening is even better than being in a band.

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Norman Lamont on October 31st, 2007

Congrats to you, and all the best for the Big Adventure. If I’d known about the prenatal period I could have pointed you at the useful glossary of birth-giving terminology on my site at http://normanlamont.typepad.com/writing/2007/05/give_it_a_wide_.html. Oh well it’ll come in handy next time!

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Linda on November 1st, 2007

Are you up yet? Many congratulations to you all and good luck. I can vouch for that fact that 11lbs is indeed two babies as mine came 15 minutes apart and weighed 5lbs 3oz and 5lbs 11 oz together! Fantastic. Good on you.

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Gary on November 1st, 2007

Are you up yet?

We’re both doing that “to the outside world we look like functioning human beings but inside our brains are toffee” thing just now :)

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andy mcg on November 3rd, 2007

Congrats!!! You’ll have to be sensible from now on. Volvo next? Vecetecomy? All the best for you :)

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lesley kay on November 20th, 2007

Gary and Liz,

This message will be almost as belated as Sophie’s arrival, but congrats! Saw a very cute pic of the three of you on Elaine’s flickr site, glad you’re all well although 43 hours sounds a bit of an ordeal.

I got a text about the baby when I was on the Trans Mongolian heading back to Beijing, so I told the rest of the carriage the happy news. When I told them the weight, everyone seemed to instinctively cross their legs, groaning slightly!

So well done to you Liz, you’re a brave soldier!

Lots of love,
Les xxx

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Gary on November 20th, 2007

Hey Lesley, it’s great to hear from you. Hope you’re enjoying your travels :)

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