I delivered my baby in a hospital with a midwife and, really, without any drama at all.
But I just read about a North Dakota dad who had to deliver his own baby when freezing flood waters made travel to and from his house impossible.
He and his pregnant wife were trapped inside, unable to leave or to have the woman's midwife come to them. The woman broke the news to her hubby that he was going to be the one to deliver their baby, like it or not. So he did what a lot of guys do in other, less stressful situations: He found some instructions and tried to follow them to a "T."
The man read some tips on the Internet and got busy doing what was necessary to deliver his new daughter, Margaret. All went well -- mom and baby are happy and healthy.
Wow.
Does the idea of your partner having to deliver your baby make you nervous? If push (so to speak) came to shove, and he had to, how do you think he'd do? How would YOU do if he had to deliver your baby?
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Pizzas are delivered, babies are born lol. :) The mother delivered her baby, the father helped to CATCH the baby. There is a big difference. By saying that anyone but the mother delivered the child, is taking that power away from the mother and giving it to someone else. ALL women deliver their own babies. Some just have help.
My husband IS catching my baby and it does NOT make me nervous at all. I think he will do a fantastic job at being my labor support and catching his child. He is excited about it!
Every pregnant women should plan on this, and have a back up plan as a just in case. She could have quick labors and if she hits transition or crowning DRIVING is far too dangerous. So I think that everyone should know what to do in these situations!
I could easily catch my own baby. I would gladly do it if DH was uncomfortable doing it. My body knows what to do. I wont be birthing on my back so reaching the baby wont be an issue :) Hubby is excited to catch though, but I will be able to feel the baby as he/she is coming, which is going to be amazing!
given how far the hospital is and how fast i deliver (50 mins with the first one......36 mins with the second one!!!!!!.....lol) it is highly possible that dh and my mother will be helping with this one!!!!!......lol
well the guy that i may be seeing would do great hes a police officer and has a boy of his own so he would be great
Well, I think I would be the one freaked out. If he had to do it, he would, no doubt about it. He would probably do it for any woman cuz thats just him, and hes just a dish washer at a nice restaurant. lol... I would trust him. But I'd be scared, just because of the situation, not because it was him.
Nope. My husband caught our last baby with no help. We wanted it that way. It was a wonderful birth :-)
after seeing th amount of blood with my first daughter, I'd imagine my man would say honey and the next sound would be him hitting the floor. This is a man who wears gloves to do the dishes, take out the trash and change a diaper, I can honestly say that if he knew there was no other way he would do everything in his power but jokingly, I believe he wouldn't make it past seeing my "panooch" stretched to 10
My husband almost did deliver my second 2 children. The nurses wouldn't call the doctor when I told them it was time. On both occassions the doctors barely arrived in time and weren't prepared. With my third child the nurse was actually holding his head in.
My husband could deliver our baby, and happily would. I trust him completely and know he would do just fine.
I'd be completely fine without anyone there but me and my hubby. We're due with our first in July and I wanted a midwife for the first one at least...just because I've never done this before, but after that I've considered simply doing unassisted homebirths. We're now having to switch to the hospital because of certain reasons, but even still, I'd be perfectly comfortable if it was just us.
Dh could catch. It really wouldn't be a big deal. Recently we had a homebirth with a Certified Professional Midwife. He's seen it done so yeah I think he would be fine. And if he wasn't there I know I could catch my own baby
My husband would be fine catching mine...if we ever had another I'd like to do a home birth and have him catch.