Made Me Laugh

after my 4th shit on the table i didn’t care anymore.

I have heard the “watching your favourite pub burn down” remark before and it is so offensive on so many levels. What’s more, it is also totally and utterly wrong! This notion that once a woman becomes a mother she is no longer desirable or attractive is an antiquated view! And any man worth having a child with would surely agree.

I haven’t had kids yet, but I always tell my husband there’s no way I want him down there when it happens.

Kristi | Be Loverly

I love her annoyed face. Her comment was well-timed. I don’t think they got it though. *sigh*

I wouldn’t want my hubby heading anywhere down there either… I’ve heard some men have serious PTSD after the fact and hot sex just never happens again after that experience. When my middle sister Jan was in labor with my niece I was livid that she would not take the epidural. I spent all 13 hours not talking to anyone and just listening to spa music to stay calm and sane. After delivery she told me that the looking didn’t bother her, you just want things to go smoothly and your baby out safely whatever it takes. And that she had… I know natural childbirth is best, but I’m a C-section believer with hubs in the room all the way then. In praise of our wonderboys who stay in the room, actually do look, cut the cord, and are even sexier at the end of it all being great hubbies and dads!

Heck I had a crew of some sort of students come in, and I didn’t care by then!

This was pretty funny, especially the part where Cobie Smulders pipes up.

Personally I wanted my husband to look. I couldn’t understand how he’d not want to see when his child was being born into the world. While I was pregnant with my first, he kept strong in the opinion that he didn’t want to look. He said he’d be there for the whole thing but thought it’d be a bit too gory/bloody/scary for him to look at. He promised he’d stay right up by my head and thought he might pass out if he looked. When it came time though, there was no way he couldn’t look. He was absolutely fascinated and not grossed out or squimish at all about it. He did cry for both of our sons’ births but, I’m pretty sure those were tears of joy.

He looked, he saw, he conquered. I did not care. He held my legs. He held all of our children before I did. Our first son passed away shortly after birth, and my husband held him in his arms and told him how much we loved him and how proud we were of him. I was in shock. It was a horrible, horrible experience that I would never wish on anybody. I will never forget how awesome my husband was. We knew we would be losing our little guy when I went into labor. My husband had the presence of mind to talk to our son while he was still in my belly. He told him how much we loved him. I cry every time I remember it – like now.

Then, by God’s grace, we had our second. He held my leg while I pushed. Our second little guy was born screaming. He went to the table and as soon as our son heard his voice, he stopped crying. Our daughter was born blue (cord around her neck) and my sweet husband almost fainted when he saw her. The NICU doctor caught him and reassured him that she was okay. And then daddy held his little girl.

Er. over HIS shoulder, not mine. I’m not that flexible, nor would that be a comfortable birthing position. Hahaha.

Oh, guys. I had a water birth at home and in the moment had no concept of modesty, not even one bit. When my baby started crowning the midwives asked if my hubs wanted to catch him, and he was like, “uh, sure?” and to my surprise he plunged his hands into the water all gung ho, and our boy came out into the water, into my husband’s arms, and then was put straight onto my chest. He hasn’t really left our arms since, 3 months later! :) It all happened very in the moment without any thought but I know my mr doesn’t regret getting to have such a cool role in what is a mind blowing and truly amazing experience.

I didn’t want my husband to look and he agreed he didn’t want to see. But after getting the epidural at 2 am, the nurses set me up to rest and my husband up to sleep in the chair next to me. I was checked at 6 am and told it was time to start pushing. The midwife woke my husband and told him to splash some cold water on his face, it was go time. The bathroom was at the edge of the bed (!?) and when he came out a minute later I was in full push, baby crowning, minutes from popping out a little guy. He had no choice but to get the full show. It ended up being a blessing; he cried like a baby (more so, actually) and will now tell anyone who will listen about the magical miracle of birth.

Two babies. Two C-sections.
Unfortunately, my husband didn’t have that chance. But I would have liked to have him holding my hand instead of the -very kind, anyway -anesthetic.
xxx

“They’ll do it up but it just won’t be the same.” Hahaha
After I gave birth to my son I asked my husband to describe what it looked like. He made a long face and said, “Not good”. Haha! I think husbands should watch the birth. They should feel scared, excited, and in awe of what our bodies can do.

I hadn’t given it much thought with our first, but the midwife offered to put a mirror in our birthing pool for my husband to watch and he declined–too freaked out! In the moment I didn’t care one way or the other. When my daughter was born rather last year he said later that he had planned to watch this time but she came too quickly. I had assumed he still wouldn’t to and was secretly glad for my modesty, although I don’t think I would’ve prohibited him. It’s not every day you get to watch your child be born!

Too funny! It’s true what he said though, first time round We were both too scared and traumatised to notice a damn thing, and unfortunately second time round was too fast for Husband to witness (he was still on the train back from London!) we’d love a third, but he’ll still be right by my earlobe the whole way through next time, where he belongs!!!!!

I love the pub comment! Hahaha too funny.
I told my husband he could look if he wanted to but he DID NOT want to! I think he was a little freaked out about the whole thing. I think he looked a little with our first because he told me he saw that our daughter had a little hair. But he was definitely standing by my head when he saw so it wasn’t too bad. With our second, she came way too fast for him to do anything! He was standing next to me when suddenly by body started pushing and I was quickly rolled to my side to try and stop it (because the doctor wasn’t there yet). A moment later, I was on my back and popped out a baby…the nurse delivered her! It was her second baby EVER! So yeah, my husband didn’t have much time to take a look (I think he was pretty happy about that).
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This video makes me oddly annoyed at the men – it wasn’t about you! Ha … to strong of a reaction, perhaps?

Ha, I bet if men gave birth, they’d be bragging about how much they tore and how many stitches they needed, saying how tough their vaginas are!

Like most first time moms, I didn’t know what to expect during the birth of my baby. Everything was so fast, so I didn’t have time to be modest! Here’s my daughter’s birth story that I wrote for my local paper:
http://www.masslive.com/living/index.ssf/2013/10/elizabeth_lafond_coppez_a_baby_full_of_grace_arrives.html

With so many medical staff around and the labor pains, I could care less about who saw what. It’s a natural, experience that many, many, many, many women went through before I did.