Holy cow! No more sex or walking around the block to induce labor!

Just unplug all the technology and whisk it away!

Grats!

Prepare for a hospital bill from hell if he has to stay till may.

Well done, Lock. Congratulations!

Put em in the sun some. It's good for him, though I don't remember why.

Wow, congrats LockAndLoad! You must've been beside yourself at having this happen 2-3 months ahead of time. I'm glad though that the birth went without complications, and that they have confidence in his health.

I've never been a father but, this sounds like some good advice:

1) Get some sleep

My son was a premie.. my advice, listen to EVERYTHING the nicu doctors and expecially the nurses say. The best thing you can do is visit as much as possible. Also "K-Care" is the best thing for any nicu baby. (K-care is you barechested with the baby laying on you cuddling you). Remember the rule is 2 weeks in nicu for each week they are early. Take it slow. There are Nicu support groups (usually there are flyers all over the place. Talk to the reps from these as they are fountains of knowledge. Help with the day-to-day care of your baby. We found taking TONS of pictures helped as well as leaving disposable cameras for the nurses to take "funny things the baby does" pictures for us worked nicely.

Also don't be affraid to get second opinions on your child's care if you feel something isn't right. Nicu babies tend to have bad acid reflux. The one nicu doctor told us there was nothing that can be done for it. Had we not asked the nurses and other doctors we wouldn't have had our son's acid problems fixed (it was surgery to fix it by repairing the through to stomach valve) and he would have been in much pain.

Also good luck finding premie cloths!

Oh wow. How's the wife? It has to be hell to have given birth and then not be able to take the baby with you. I'm glad everyone is doing ok! Thank gods for modern medicine.

Welcome to the world Aidan, hang on a little while, and Auntie Deva will teach you how to make your electronics ninja-proof.

Congats Lock! My advice, though it probably won't be necessary, is to spend as much time at possible at the hospital loving on and talking to the little critter. Also, be VERY attentive to your wife. Once she is released from the hospital, every fiber of her being will want to take the baby home and will ache because she can't. You will need to be as supportive and nuturing to her as possible. The aforementioned NICU support groups are probably a very good idea.

Alright, don't listen to me, listen to PaintHappens. Don't sleep, make visits!

I could use a little K-Care right about now.

Congratulations and best wishes on the tough times ahead. Both of ours had jaundice from high bilirubin levels, even worse with the second, and with Fáelán (the second) he was stuck in the hospital for almost two weeks getting the UV treatment. They both had followup in-home "bili-blanket" treatments for a while. Complications are rough when it's already stressful enough.

Glad everything's okay. Sounds like everything will be alright so don't get stressed. Think of it this way, you get an early preview build three months before the final release date.

Hey, congratulations! Those NICU guys know what they are doing, trust 'em. After all, you're gonna know them like family by May! It'll be worth it, though.

Congratulations L&L, here's to you, mom and Aidan!

As some have already said, you very well might have discovered a new way of inducing labor.

Well done sir!

Congratulations!

Congratulations, Lock! I think he's going to be a rock star. Just look at the position of his hands. He's air guitaring some Hendrix, baby. Gotta practice for those solos.

Congrats!