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Will your partner stay with you while giving birth?

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  • #32
    dexter50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭dexter50


    I was present for the birth of our child and to be honest it is the greatest experience I have ever had.

    For the most part of the day the man is pretty useless and it can feel like your useless I think this is a problem with some men because they don't have the answers and really can't do anything to influence whats happening, all you can do is try and be supportive and be a punch-bag until the epidural comes and then your back to been useless again. When it came to the pushing part though the mid-wives let me get involved and let me assist all be it only holding my partners leg but it felt good to be involved!!

    My wife had to have a section in the end as little Josh was too big to come out naturally (10lbs 8oz) but I was there for it all and when you hear that little cry.. amazing..


  • #33
    Casey_81
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭Casey_81


    Im in the early stages of my own pregnancy, and I am half thinking of asking my sister (who has 4 kids) to be my birth partner.

    My hubby is great, but I feel that I would get better support from someone who has been through it all before..


  • #34
    cbyrd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,214 ✭✭✭cbyrd


    I couldn't have coped as well as i did during all 3 of my children's births if my husband wasn't there, but if he'd decided it was something he wasn't up to i wouldn't have forced him. Whats the point having an unwilling birth partner who's little use? He didn't do anything especially remarkable but just knowing he was there when i was at the height of a contraction just helped me get through it. He is my rock ;)


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