Baby Oliver

[cooneyr]

Hi All. After 6 years of trying, 9 months of preparing and 40 hours of labour our baby boy Oliver arrived. We are currently having the fun and games that all new parents have but we are doing well. He's been promised a bike as soon as he is big enough :scooter:

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Cheers Ryan

[FJRider]

Congratulations ... he's a cutie ... :yes:

[Mrs Busa Pete]

Congratulation he is very lovely. You have many years of fun and happiness to come.

[Quasi]

well done - thats a damm fine looking wee lad you have made yourselves there. You have got a lifetime of fun ahead of you.

[Monstaman]

Well done Ryan, great wee fingers for getting those sockets into bastid places!!:2thumbsup

[Crisis management]

Congratulations Ryan & Mrs Cooney, and welcome to the enjoyable life of parenthood, just remember, keep breathing.......

[marks]

Congrats to you and your wife

40 hour labour??? - that must have been a bastid

[CrazyFrog]

Good on ya Ryan, welcome to our world!. Hope the lil' fella is sleeping/feeding/pooing well, and you guys are managing to get enough sleep.
Your future riding over the next year or two will be about quality, not quantity, when Mrs Cooney say's "you need to go for a ride", don't turn the opportunity down!

Cheers, CF

[chanceyy]

congrats guys, how your life has now changed and it will be more richer :)

[dino3310]

congrats mate, all the best to you and mumsy and offcourse little olly

[NordieBoy]

- that must have been a bastid

Nooo....

They're married.

To each other...





Sooo... Has he been on Griffon yet?

[Transalper]

Well done, your absence from the site for the last 4 or so days was noted.

[cooneyr]

....Sooo... Has he been on Griffon yet?

LOL was thinking about the pannier shot this morning. Might get into just a little bit of trouble at this stage. Still trying to catch up on sleep, get the house sorted etc. Only came home yesterday.

The length of labour is a hotly debated topic in obstetric circiles. We were 40 hours from first real contractions to birth but only 16 hours from beginning of active labour to birth. Many midwives etc consider labour to be from active labour to birth only but its a bitch to be told that when you have just spent 24 hours in latent labour not being able to sleep and having contractions every 20 mins. My mothers an old skool midwife (64 now) and gets really pissy at other midwives who tell their clients that they are not in labour even though they have been at it for some time. I can see her point cause even the latent labour is a lot of work.

The other thing I want to say to explain things a little more - Ollie is a IVF baby hence the 6 years to conceive. We had all but given up on babies which is why we bought the Super Tenere and then the KTM 950 Adventure as distractions as it was a pretty tough time for us. If anybody out there is reading this and is having similar trouble the one thing you really have to keep in mind is "No regrets". Dont do anything you will regret in 2 years or even 30 years. The bikes were a good distraction and we almost gave up, but trying to imagine how we would feel when we were 60 if we had not done IVF kept us thinking we must do it even if it is hard. The emotional roller coaster than we went through was very tough. Still sitting here right now with Ollie sleeping on my chest is awesome.

[jim.cox]

Congratulations you two,

There goes the lifestyle :)

[oldrider]

Congratulations, that little bundle will change your lives "completely", enjoy! Cheers, John.

[Night Falcon]

A Big Congratz on the new production model! Always like to see more additions to the motorcycling fraternity.....how about Kattie-Emmer for a name?? and it works for boys or girlz :corn:

[Box'a'bits]

The other thing I want to say to explain things a little more - Ollie is a IVF baby hence the 6 years to conceive. The emotional roller coaster than we went through was very tough. Still sitting here right now with Ollie sleeping on my chest is awesome.
Ryan, congrats to you & your wife. We also went through IVF, & agree it messes with your head. Good that your persistance paid off & you had a result. :rockon::cool:

[helenoftroy]

Have been waiting to hear this awesome news Ryan & Nicky!

Your wee man looks absolutely gorgeous...

Warmest congratulations to you both:hug:

Enjoy!!!

[Padmei]

Well done Mrs CooneyR & support crew of course!!
Going thru all the IVF will make you even more grateful of the lil bundle of burps & runny poos.

We too tried for many years & found out we were pregnant 1 week before both of us were to do the Coast to coast & 3 weeks before our 1st IVF consultation. That's the first lesson we learnt about babies- nothing goes to plan.

Best wishes from our whanau

[Peril]

Well done to the two of you. :niceone:
We've not long had our 2nd one,so it's nice to have one at that age again...It's very easy.Shame about our 3 1/2 year old though,sometimes I wish we could give her to someone else ;)
And you've got all that to look forward to. :yes:

[zeRax]

Woohooo !!

Huge grats to ya'll, wicked news ;D

[Aslan]

Congratulations to you both - really pleased for you both - especially after the trials you explained that you both encountered along the way - as always I'm sure what you shared about your IVF experience will be of encouragement to some other couple! Enjoy - my kids are both adults now 34 and 32 - sadly they grow up way too quick - make sure you enjoy them - they're only lent to us for a time - cheers Aslan :)

[Padmei]

- they're only lent to us for a time - :)

Well said Aslan

[Tink]

I don't know you... but I will say you both make gorgeous little babies... congratulations!!!!!

[bart]

Congrats man. Great choice of name also. We didn't go through IVF, but it took us many years to get our little Ollie (now 2 1/2).

Wait until he becomes your little shadow. Great value, but keep your tools out of reach.

[Woodman]

happy for you both ,you are very fortunate.

Congratulations.

[martybabe]

Brilliant news, welcome to the world little Oliver, the futures looking good. Loving Parents that tried so very hard to get you and born in to the best country on the planet.

Should you ever get to read this thread later in life, Because you have made us all really happy, just by turning up, I shall pass on the best advice I can give you for a happy and successful life in New Zealand,......Stay away from the whitebait son..it's yucky!:laugh:

Congrats to you Ma and Pa and here's to a happy and healthy life for your lovely little Family:drinkup:

PS. Oliver, I'm serious about the whitebait son :sick:

[alane]

Congrats from up in the "Naki"

Hope he turns out as good as his old,s @ organising "Dusty Butt" rides.:yes:
:first: ALANE

[howdamnhard]

Congratulations Ryan ! Great looking little chap. Just follow your instincts ( there is a lot of conflicting parenting info out there) . Hope your getting enough sleep.

[Crim]

Hi Ryan,

Huge congratulations to you both - been wondering when we would get this post!
Welcome to the ranks of the non sleepers - now, I imagine, more of a case of "karitane yellow butt" than "dusty butt"?
Cheers,

[thepom]

Congrats to you both,a job well done and I,m sure well worth waiting for....

[Toaster]

Congrats!!!! great news for you! All the best with your baby!

[monchopper]

Congrats. I too have 1.5 IVF babies, enjoy the journey of fatherhood the rewards are excellent

[warewolf]

Simply awesome news!

[XxKiTtiExX]

Congrats on the beautiful baby. Enjoy every minute they grow far to fast..

(40 hours!!!!????)

[young1]

Well done to both of you! Now have a look in the KTM catalogue for the baby wear.....

[cooneyr]

Thanks all for the comments. Whitebait aint all bad - just in moderation LOL. Hmm KTM baby wear - I should not have searched cause I found the KTM Racekid equipment page (http://www.ktm.com/PowerWear.51.0.html?subcategory=&cHash=208fe5cf3d&category=1012).

How about these
http://www.ktm.com/fileadmin/systemdata/hardequipment/3PW10900X.jpg

First Bike!!! We got his cousin a Mocka running bike like this and he is bloody awesome on it at only 2 1/2.
http://www.ktm.com/fileadmin/systemdata/hardequipment/3PW087000_xy.jpg

Cheers R

[El scooto]

Thanks all for the comments. Whitebait aint all bad - just in moderation LOL. Hmm KTM baby wear - I should not have searched cause I found the KTM Racekid equipment page (http://www.ktm.com/PowerWear.51.0.html?subcategory=&cHash=208fe5cf3d&category=1012).

How about these
http://www.ktm.com/fileadmin/systemdata/hardequipment/3PW10900X.jpg

First Bike!!! We got his cousin a Mocka running bike like this and he is bloody awesome on it at only 2 1/2.
http://www.ktm.com/fileadmin/systemdata/hardequipment/3PW087000_xy.jpg

Cheers R

HA I knew it was only a matter of time before you forced him to wear orange!! I'll have to find some nice blue stuff for him before he gets corupted..

[chasio]

Thanks for sharing this Ryan. The memory of having a baby asleep on my chest is a precious one for me, and I spent quite a bit of time with our eldest just lying on the settee doing exactly that... She's 16 now and arguing about rock concerts on a school night, so the reminder of that quiet, connected time is very welcome!

Congratulations to you both and enjoy your Small Boy Challenge!

Neil

[magicfairy]

Sometimes good things DO happen to good people. Jim and I are thrilled for you both.

[cooneyr]

...Congratulations to you both and enjoy your Small Boy Challenge!

LOL, I like that - SBC.


Sometimes good things DO happen to good people. Jim and I are thrilled for you both.

Thanks for the message J and M. This is a great thing and we are enjoying it very much.

Cheers R

[MyGSXF]

HUGE congrats to all 3 of you!!! :first:

Welcome to the world of :ride: little fella :2thumbsup