What was your dad doing while you were being born?
Lulu made me wonder in another thread...
Where was your dad while your mum was giving birth?
I remember my Grandma asking me when I was telling her Charlotte had been born whether Daryl had been nervous while he was walking the hallway waiting for hr to be born...I had a giggle.
Was he there, not there, told ot leave?
Did he faint, or was he a fabulous support person?
My dad was apparently in the staff lounge with the doctor eating steak and jelly when Iwas born...lol
sadly mine was at work for mine and my sisters birth . but my dh was right there by my side for both mine ... brave man ... he even took my placenta home in a bag ... thats huge for a sqeamish man like mine
My dad was taking photos of me coming out...those photos are very well hidden. So well hidden that I don't think they even know where they are. I've seen the photos.
When my little sister was born my dad was down the business end catching her.
All i know is my Mum was in the hospital bed & Dad was told to go home with my older sister, Mum was reading the Post magazine having a glass of orange juice with crushed ice then she got a urge to push & by the time she pressed the buzzer for the nurse to come, the nurse just caught me in time ... not bad effort seeing Mum was in labour for 36hours
Oh yeh also, Mum told me when she was pregnant with me the Doc thought she was carrying twins (turned out i had broad shoulders for a 7lb bub) ... Mum said oh well better go buy two of everything as Dad was getting ready to pass out at the thought of twins
The doctors/nurses told my Nan & Dad to go have lunch as there would be a while yet...so they did...and so i came lol. They missed the whole thing. Guess i was just too shy to come out with all those people watching haha
I was born at the Mater Mothers in Brisbane. My Dad was a truckie and when my Mum went into labour he was on his way to do a 12 hour trip. So he dropped her off at the bottom of the hill along with her suit case, wished her luck and said goodbye. Around 14 hours later he returned but I still wasn't born , so he went to the pub to wait. He returned a few minutes before I was born and was allowed in to witness me being born...My poor mum was only 18 years old andlaboured all by herself. What a champ
(MD ... how funny as my DP couldn't wait to get his hands on the lemon pudding they wheeled into the labour room only moments after my giving birth ... he asked with hesitation if i wanted it and i said "Um, oh yeh i'm the one that just gave birth so I AM having it ", LOL )
Mum had only just turned 16 when I was born and Dad was almost 17. He was at the movies with his mates and was highly embarassed as his Mum got them to stop the movie so she could go in to find him. I was already born by that stage but he wasnt a happy chappy about it.
He did manage to make it to my brothers and sisters births though.
My hubby missed our third sons as he was out having a smoke!!! I had been slowly labouring for ages after been induced and he was starting to get on my wick. I was only about 5cm when he said im going out for a quick smoke. I was quite happy for him to go, and as soon as he did I had two massive painful contractions and said to my midwife I need to push.
Three big pushes later and ds pops out. hubby came in just in time to cut the cord and I have never let him live it down.
Lucky he has given up smoking now so was there for Scouts birth and fingers crossed he had better be there for this one!
My Dad was in th eroom with my Mum - I'm 33. He says it was one of the deepest bonding experiences of their marriage. He also tells of all the back rubbing he did during the labour. Poor mum was in labour from Friday to 1am Monday when I was born - a long time!! And Dad did the traditional wet the babies head pub thing afterwards with cigars and all apparantly.
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What was your dad doing while you were being born?
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