Tell interesting things about your birth
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I was born so jaundiced the doctors told my mother I wouldn't live.
I was born quite premature - I think three weeks or so? When I was in the heated crib thing, my brother (two and a half at the time) turned the temperature up on the thing to full heat. No one noticed for hours, and there was a huge panic at the time.
My hair was white for my first eight years, and my brother still claims it's because of him
My hair was white for my first eight years, and my brother still claims it's because of him
heh.PARANOiA said:I was born quite premature - I think three weeks or so? When I was in the heated crib thing, my brother (two and a half at the time) turned the temperature up on the thing to full heat. No one noticed for hours, and there was a huge panic at the time.
My hair was white for my first eight years, and my brother still claims it's because of him
Did you punch him when you got older?
I was born quickly. The whole process took like 15min. The joke in the family is that the doctor made a great "save" when I was "launched".
Another interesting fact is that this was four days short of 26 years ago.
In related news, my sister expects her third kid around new year. I hope to get to see both the new and old (well ..) kids when I get there around that time.
Another interesting fact is that this was four days short of 26 years ago.
In related news, my sister expects her third kid around new year. I hope to get to see both the new and old (well ..) kids when I get there around that time.
My mom said after giving birth "Get that troll out of my sight! I don't wan't to see it!!"
I had black spiky hair when I was born, so I guess that's where the "troll" came from, as it was waaayyy before Internet
I had black spiky hair when I was born, so I guess that's where the "troll" came from, as it was waaayyy before Internet
Why 8? Why not 1, 9, 7 or 5? Just because there's two eigths in your birthday?
I was born on father's day and i haven't spoken to him for about 12 years.
... did i bring the mood down...?
... did i bring the mood down...?
No, I thought I did Mine's more tragic story than yours! She even said I look like a devil's child and wouldn't want to breast-feed me!
Anyway, me and my mum are in good enough terms now, I guess she was just suffering from postnatal depression.
Mine's more tragic story than yours! She even said I look like a devil's child and wouldn't want to breast-feed me!Anyway, me and my mum are in good enough terms now, I guess she was just suffering from postnatal depression.
Only unusual thing about my birth is that I'm born in Karachi, Pakistan.
OK, there's a lot of kids born there, but not so many all-Swedes
Oh, and that my parents accidentaly gave me the wrong name.
Their intention was to give me a name that hadn't been used by any ancestor. But my dads geneaology stuff were back in Sweden, and they couldn't remember if Henrik or Fredrik was a "free" name. They guessed "Henrik", but that was wrong.
A fun sidenote on that is that if anyone calls me by wrong name, it's pretty much always "Fredrik". My parents got kinda' semi freaked out when I told them that, and that's when they told me the story above.
OK, there's a lot of kids born there, but not so many all-Swedes
Oh, and that my parents accidentaly gave me the wrong name.
Their intention was to give me a name that hadn't been used by any ancestor. But my dads geneaology stuff were back in Sweden, and they couldn't remember if Henrik or Fredrik was a "free" name. They guessed "Henrik", but that was wrong.
A fun sidenote on that is that if anyone calls me by wrong name, it's pretty much always "Fredrik".
My parents got kinda' semi freaked out when I told them that, and that's when they told me the story above.The Universe has decided. Your true name is Fredrik, but you shall be known to us as Fredrik Who is Called Henrik. Isn't it spooky, for real, how things like that happen? It's almost as if...Basic said:Only unusual thing about my birth is that I'm born in Karachi, Pakistan.
OK, there's a lot of kids born there, but not so many all-Swedes
Oh, and that my parents accidentaly gave me the wrong name.
Their intention was to give me a name that hadn't been used by any ancestor. But my dads geneaology stuff were back in Sweden, and they couldn't remember if Henrik or Fredrik was a "free" name. They guessed "Henrik", but that was wrong.
A fun sidenote on that is that if anyone calls me by wrong name, it's pretty much always "Fredrik".
As a parallel, in my case the priest decided to baptize me with the wrong name so I was baptized twice, real quick-like. I cannot remember it (go figure), but given my temprament, I am sure I was thinking "you putz...*sigh*" at the time.
Did you actually grow up in Karachi or did your parents decide to squeeze you out while there for a visit?
Like John Reynolds, I was born jaundiced. I was also born too soon, a whole month too soon. I'd like to think I was born 5 millenia too soon or a millenium too late. If I can't have the future, I'd rather be a proper barbarian, ranging the countryside with a sword and a really peculiar helm with antlers on it ("Niii!!!").
Oh, and I'm a C-section. I guess that is sort of implied with born too soon though, although I am not sure about that.
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