agsf_57 wrote:

On Mar 16, 5:30 pm, Banty wrote:
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On Mar 16, 7:18 am, Banty wrote:
In article , MarieD says...

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You're better off having your husband watch the kids in the waiting
room while you give birth. Spare the husband and kids your ordeal.

Spare the husband? It's his baby LOL I have no respect for men like you. My
husband caught our daughter and was proud and excited about it. And my kids
were excited, also. Grow some balls...
Marie

Some marriage if it's "her" ordeal...

Let's be honest here. We are not experiencing any of the difficulty
and pain of child birth. You give birth so you should get the credit.
Also, I think the husband should not be in the delivery room.

I'm pretty sure your grandfather wasn't in the delivery room when your
parent was born and I am sure he had a great and healthy marriage.

Banty

Regards...

Wow! - agsf can see into the lives of usenetters and the lives of their parents!

You're quite a lot more sure of yourself than the extent of your knowledge would
possibly justify. Here's a pretty clear example.

Banty (and, no, I'm not answering your questions about it)

The whole idea of the husband being in the delivery room (or room in
which the wife gives birth) is a concept starting from the 70's.
That's why I referred to your grandfather.

You are wrong about that. We were doing it in the 60s too.

And also before that although it was necessity and not anything
trendy. People didn't go to hospitals, and sometimes the father was
the only one available. I doubt if my father's mother who lived in a
ghost town in Colorado went to the hospital to have any of her
children. I'll have to get out my dad's birth certificate and look at
it to see what it says.

My mother was born at home (in 1909) and the attending doctor was a
cousin or uncle or something of the sort.

I am not sure I would want to have a young child there when I was
having a baby. My mother miscarried at home, and I have vague
memories of a lot of blood and anguish on the part of the adults. ,
But since this obviously isn't the first child, the labor might not be
as much of a problem. At least for subsequent deliveries, mine
wasn't.

In any case, I would be the last one to tell someone else what they
should or shouldn't do in that respect.