Ended a 75 hr week with my birthday today. Wife just told me we're pregnant with our first 👶🏽. Yay!

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Congrats OP.. you are going to be a DADDY soon

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My husband didn't experience the physical changes of pregnancy, but he was there to hold my hair back as I puked my way through the first tri, fetch me 8 Tums over the course of the night to stave off the awful heartburn, massage the swelling out of my feet, deal my my moodiness and wildly unpredictable libedo, and physically flip me over in bed during the final few weeks when my core muscles had melted like butter. So yah, "we" were pregnant.

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OP:- project and leadership will forget all your hard work once you leave the firm.. your family will never forget ever that you didn't spend time with them

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Your wife is pregnant, you are not

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Is it yours?

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P1 and D3 are no fun.
B1 knows what's up.
Congrats OP!

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Congrats man. Now see what you can do to cut down your hours - best times of your family life are coming up. Don't waste them working. (Unless you're a work fanatic :))

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Congrats OP

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Congrats sir! Your perspective and priorities will change overnight.

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Congratulations

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Dad here and love it when women say "there's no we in pregnant"....
but there must be a "we" in everything else where men are different - because women must have everything a men can have (same rights) but men cannot claim joint pregnancy - because they are "different"
Grow up and get your mind straight... #masculinism #menhaverightstoo

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Thanks again all - we were trying for a while so we're definitely happy that we're pregnant! Looking forward to the next 9 months and parenthood. What a journey!

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Calm your horses, Prince 1

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Happy birthday OP 😆

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Congrats OP!! And happy birthday 🤗🎂🍨🍦🍥

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Congrats to you and your family OP! Best birthday gift you will ever receive!

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Congratulations and happy birthday!

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Good luck! :)

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Thank you guys 😊

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Congrats. Time for some work life balance!

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