The other take away, is have a plan, but don’t expect it to happen anything like you expected. Every birth is different.
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and probably extreme pain as the fingernail claw into your skin. 38 years later I still can see the marks and feel the pain.
and the WTF moment; when she says in the middle of the labour; STOP, I DONT WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE
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Until my wife decided to have the Epidural, I knew I wasn’t seeing any part of that hospital cafeteria, and man, I was itchin’ to get down there.
Child birth is really hard 
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just be prepared to have your hand squeezed hard :slightsmile:
first one we arrived too late for epidural and wife just had the gas, second ones was booked in and she got epidural, but started to wear off during delivery.
You got the epidural at the start of the pregnancy 
Mrs. BomberAbroad had a c-section for our little girl and we were cracking jokes the whole time making the Drs and nurses laugh the whole time.
Having a kid although scary as hell, is amazing. Your never really ready, but you guys will be great! Enjoy every moment as ours is two and a half now and seems like it was only a few months ago she was born. Your life is going to change, but def for the better!
Wee BomberAbroad is also trained to say ‘Go Bombers’ whenever she picks up a footy or talks to my Port Power member parents! That’s my greatest parent achievement to date!
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Cracking jokes? I was put into an out of the way corner because they thought I was going to pass out. Which is what probably would have happened had I not sat down. C-sections are like a car crash and don’t believe anyone who thinks it’s an ‘easy way out’.
i was born via C Section…i always leave my house via the window
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I passed out during our first and almost during our second. Both were C-sections. Our first was always a concern and we had so many doctors and specialists in the room that it was busier than Bourke St. As soon as they got her out, they worked on her for what seemed like an eternity and we felt pretty helpless as we had to just watch via a video screen.
She’s beautiful now though 
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Our first felt like it was all going pretty normally, and then all of a sudden there were 15 people in the room. It was all fine, but clearly the medical staff had some concerns at the time. We didn’t even register that until later. Who were all those people?
Paparazzi?
Just in case the kid becomes famous later in life.
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A friend has always had a difficult relationship with his father after he was told that Dad threw up when he was born.
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Not sure the two things are related but not sure it can be ruled out, either.
I don’t know when the protocols changed from the father waited outside or at the pub until business was complete to now where you’re almost as involved as your partner but to be honest, I kind of like the old school approach. Blokes really don’t need to see all of that and don’t really add much value.
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After going through three, and to this day I am not sure why I did, I defend the right of every Male, not to be present at the birth of his children. Going to the Pub seems a much more civilised way of doing things.
I blame Germaine Greer.
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As soon as there’s any little risk factor - heart rate dropping, looking like they need help like vacuum or forceps, or anything else - roughly a thousand doctors and nurses appear out of nowhere.
We had that for Pills Jr.
In comparison, Lady Pills Jr basically fell out.
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I’m with you on this.
As someone who has given birth twice. Get ■■■■■■. The least you can do is be there and cop it.
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Well, I did it three times and didn’t like it much, and Ms Megz, your language is most unladylike. What would the children say ??
When my first was born it was not the done thing for a bloke to attend the birth. I sat in the park opposite and smoked a couple of joints, then went back in to the hospital once the deed was done. By the time the second was born it was a whichever you want thing, and she wanted me there to yell abuse at, so I dutifully went and presented said target. I must admit I enjoyed the first one much more than the second.
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It should be what ever the parents agree to. There is a lot of pressure on both sides for the bloke to be there. I reckon if you put it to a vote, a significant number of women would rather their mum/sister/bestie be there instead their fella. And a similar number of blokes wouldn’t disagree. Mrs diggers wanted me there for the 1st and was somewhat indifferent for the second. If we had a third I reckon she would have said “I’ll message you when it’s safe to come in”.
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