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hello from the hospital!!!

I always went with what my wife wanted as far as family goes. She's the one going through hell, so I let her decide. With each one, we had less family there. Everybody was there for the first, and by #4, it was only her mom at the hospital.
Cutting the cord is a MUST. Like PKM said, don't expect it to be like cutting a piece of paper. It's more like cutting an orange with scissors.
Put the first diaper on.
Be involved with everything. Get a good view of the birth. It WILL change your life.
Trust the docs and nurses. It's not their first rodeo, but it is yours. But also trust your gut and ask questions about things your not sure of or don't understand.
Don't pass out.
 
Thanks bigb and PKM for all of the advice - it seems like simple things, but it really helped me visualize the day 100x more. Can't wait.
 
bigb said:
Be involved with everything. Get a good view of the birth. It WILL change your life.
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I did not want to watch the actual birth. I stood up by my wife, holding her hand and coaching her breathing. I cut the cord, handed the baby to my wife and participated in every aspect of my kids' births. Do I regret not watching the baby actually come out? Not even for a second. It's simply not something I wanted to watch happen.

Funny story about the birth of my second kid. She comes out and the doctor comments that the placenta is unusually small.

"I need to double check and make sure there's not another baby in there" he proclaims.

My heart jumps into my throat. Twins? No ****ing way... I'm not prepared for this.

Doc takes a peek and states, "Yup, that's the only one."

Of course I hear "Yup..." and about wet myself before he finishes the rest of his sentence. Who the hell say "Yup" when they should be saying "Nope"?!?
 
That is hilarious Scat....."Yup". Thanks for your input.....I'm interested in all opinions, stories, comments. This is great.
 
eat and drink. keep your blood sugar up when waiting in the room during delivery. easy to lose track of if you are going through a long delivery, dont wanna pass out and miss the whole thing. try not to worry about anything, you are in good hands and your wife needs you calm and collected. enjoy the ride, nothing in this world will ever even come close to this experience. and i think someone mentioned it earlier, try and get the week off work, you're gonna need it.
 
I've been saying that any day above ground is a good day for quite a while.

not sure though that it's better for a babe to pop out early. . . . sometimes necessary but generally the closer to term the more uneventful. . . that is undramatic, as in unstressed. . . . both for mom and babe.

A lot of doctors go for scheduling an induction because of convenience. . . . . and achieve more unstressed deliveries to boot.
 
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