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Charles Kennedy's baby borrn

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Xzebra · 12/04/2005 06:27

Hearing about it on the radio made me smell amniotic fluid, am I weird, or what!? And remember how soft newborns are.

Little boy.

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Xzebra · 12/04/2005 06:38

Name=Donald James, born somewhere in London.

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lockets · 12/04/2005 07:19

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morningpaper · 12/04/2005 08:18

Great news!

cod · 12/04/2005 08:38

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LGJ · 12/04/2005 08:56

Radio 4

Said that the Lib Dems were the only party that were delivering on their promises.

JanH · 12/04/2005 08:57

BBC

Born at St Thomas's and just missed Saskia's birthday, lockets - born at 12.14am.

ButtonMoon · 12/04/2005 09:23

Good news but how coincidental for it all to happen so close to the General Election!!!!???

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Xzebra · 12/04/2005 09:26

born v. v. early this morning (like soon after midnight, I think).

Did anyone else listen to Emma on the Arthers have her baby last week, and think it was just a bit too realistic? Gave me the creeps, a real "NEVER AGAIN" feeling.

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elliott · 12/04/2005 09:29

Yes, I thought Emma's grunts were extremely realistic....they never seem to have a problem birth on the Archers to they? has there been a single caesarean? (maybe Lizzie's twins?)

Actually I think the Kennedy baby timing is dreadful - can't believe all the (male) commentators who think its fantastic timing -he'll be finding it hard to give the election the priority it needs (he doesn't strike me as very ambitious anyway) and she will be stuck without him for the next few weeks....hope she's got lots of non-political friends!

JanH · 12/04/2005 09:59

Tony Blair will have known for months that the Kennedys' baby was due mid-April, BM - I was wondering if timing the election for when the baby would arrive (thus taking Charlie out of the picture a bit and possibly reducing the LibDem threat) was the "coincidence", if there is one...

(TB does like first week of May though.)

I think Emma Grundy has been watching Discovery Health baby programmes!

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Xzebra · 12/04/2005 10:00

Lizzie had a C-section with the twins because of her heart condition.... I would love someone on Archers to A) find out the sex of baby before it's born, they never do that! and B) go overdue, have failed induction, have the long-labour from hell with different midwives coming on and off and on and off shift...followed by C-section which gets infected in the scar, failed breastfeeding due to the poor mother's body unable to cope.

Is Emma breastfeeding her baby? I can't figure out why she would, she was so keeen to get straight back to work, thought she'd be a "put him on the bottle from birth" type for sure.

I think that people like Mrs. & Mr. Kennedy can pay for the best domestic help... anyway, it's not like the have older children to look after, too.

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JoolsToo · 12/04/2005 10:05

could be related to your aylesbury cod

bundle · 12/04/2005 12:36

donald james is the name of a former boyfriend's father. never imagined a baby having that name!!

Marina · 12/04/2005 12:38

Great news for them both, glad to hear Donald James (hmmm...good Scots names though) is safely here

fisil · 12/04/2005 13:41

I am sooooo jealous - Sarah Kennedy had the same due date as me, and I just know that the election will all be done and dusted before mine pops out!

Real respect for Charlie. Nothing is more important than family, and it is great to have such a high profile Dad making huge changes (like alrtering the manifesto launch) so that he can be with his wife and son. Still won't vote for him, though.

Yes XZebra, Emma is breastfeeding - hence all the hassle from Susan and Clarrie on Sunday.

cod · 12/04/2005 13:58

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suedonim · 12/04/2005 14:33

Aw, nice news. Sarah must be glad to get rid of that bump - she looked soooo uncomfy!

Unusual choice of name - I can't think of anyone called Donald, young or old, even up here in Scotland!

Marina · 12/04/2005 14:35

I am struggling with the Donald, the only one I knew in RL was absolutely barking

motherinferior · 12/04/2005 14:36

I quite fancied Donald Dewar

JanH · 12/04/2005 14:39

Is Donny Osmond a Donald, I wonder?

JanH · 12/04/2005 14:41

Yes he is! "Donald Clark Osmond was born in Ogden, Utah on December 9 1957." He's quite nice...

bundle · 12/04/2005 14:54

MI!

motherinferior · 12/04/2005 14:57

He had that beaky intellectual look to him IRCC.

Marina · 12/04/2005 15:06

But his chin was nowhere to be seen MI

bundle · 13/04/2005 09:53

I would like to say how delighted I was at the appearance of Charles & Sarah on the news last night - not just because it was lovely to see a brand new baby, though he does look pretty damned cute - it was so fantastic to see a mum in her natural post-birth state ie rounded tummy, what a fantastic role model she is unlike people like Victoria Beckham who literally won't be seen in public until they can get back into their size 6 jeans, 5 weeks after the birth. (glad i got that out of my system )