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I was there so that my wife could use her newfound Hulk strength to try and crush my hand while she pushed... and then to calm her down when the doctor was taking too long stitching her back up.
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I’ll never understand the need for anyone other than dad to be in there for the moment of truth. Nurses repel outta the God damn ceiling, why overcrowd the room with non-essential bodies?
(I understand that moms might think her mother is essential, but I don’t get it)
(I understand that moms might think her mother is essential, but I don’t get it)
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Yea, you guys are weirdos.Not just the bulk: allSo in the 10-20 the wife's mother was in the room for the bulk of them?IIRC, meow's MIL is a person of note here for being bad company. do not read too much into this.
for anyone in our circle who has a reasonably good relationship with their mother, it goes hubby+wife+wife's mom in the room. i do not have 40+ births as supporting evidence. but i have 10-20.
pittsburgh is like soviet russia in many ways. the different technologies and lifestyles that we refine here on the coast will trickle over to you eventually. until then, just keep washing those cars and removing mothers from daughters (presumably forcefully - yep). and i assume you all have awful mustaches.
Passing off NJ as the vanguard of culture and human advancement is, unquestionably, a restoration of you as the bad take boy of 5AF. May your reign be long and prosperous, at least until tif does a thing.
Again - assuming the wife + mother have a strong relationship. if things are shaky, then the mom is certainly not invited.
and quit playing dumb. i couldn't even find a restaurant in pittsburgh that carried olive oil last time i was there. it's basically on par with historic williamsburg, as far as catching up with contemporary times.
Re your last point, I have spent lots of time in the Philly burbs on the NJ side. Lets not pretend like it isnt all the mongoloids present in Philly with the added "benefit" of misplaced NJ pride, only with more space, more trees, and nice houses. A bootleg Main Line doesnt impress me much.
And we put olive oil on the table in the mexican restaurants here, so not sure what happened to you on that front
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There was only one nurse in our room when my daughter was born. Once she was in the final moments of pushing, more entered, but basically sat in the corner prepping the heating table.
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i dunno...i think having a person you trust there with you who has also expelled a person from their privates could be valuable support if the labor is difficult. i'm certainly skewed on this since mrs shmenguin went drug free and had long, horrible labors. her mom was valuable (for the first. not as much for the second, since i knew a thing or two at that point).I’ll never understand the need for anyone other than dad to be in there for the moment of truth. Nurses repel outta the God damn ceiling, why overcrowd the room with non-essential bodies?
(I understand that moms might think her mother is essential, but I don’t get it)
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mrs. shmenguin is a brave lass.
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Indeed. She didn't care for the experience of being dropped off in the ER and then escorted up to triage with our first. So for the next one she just had me park in the garage and we did the 15 minute walk. While she was 6 cm dilated and having contractions every 2 minutes. She also pushed for almost 3 hours, was in labor for 24 and was in extreme labor for 12. No drugs.mrs. shmenguin is a brave lass.
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And then she had to go home with shmenguin.
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It's rare that it happens but this thread delivered today.
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Nice play on words, dodint.
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My older daughter was born at Mayo Clinic in Rochester (hooray United Healthcare insurance at my employer!). I am not joking, but the delivery room was packed with doctors and nurses - all all of that was their standard procedure. Just in terms of delivery doctors - the starting lineup was THREE (one of them with the *sole* task of being the "expert stitcher"). Two or three anesthesiologists (all with MD degrees), some back-ups, nurses.There was only one nurse in our room when my daughter was born. Once she was in the final moments of pushing, more entered, but basically sat in the corner prepping the heating table.
My younger was born in NW Arkansas. A really good clinic, but when we asked "so how many doctors will be present" - they looked at us as if we were from a different planet...
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It all depends on the situation, but in most cases you won't even see the doctor until the pushing begins.My older daughter was born at Mayo Clinic in Rochester (hooray United Healthcare insurance at my employer!). I am not joking, but the delivery room was packed with doctors and nurses - all all of that was their standard procedure. Just in terms of delivery doctors - the starting lineup was THREE (one of them with the *sole* task of being the "expert stitcher"). Two or three anesthesiologists (all with MD degrees), some back-ups, nurses.There was only one nurse in our room when my daughter was born. Once she was in the final moments of pushing, more entered, but basically sat in the corner prepping the heating table.
My younger was born in NW Arkansas. A really good clinic, but when we asked "so how many doctors will be present" - they looked at us as if we were from a different planet...
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If that was intentional, it'd be brilliant.Nice play on words, dodint.
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Seems like a tad overkill.
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All of your terrible puns and you deny me this?If that was intentional, it'd be brilliant.Nice play on words, dodint.
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The nurse and I delivered my second (who came into this world on a log flume, think about that word picture dodint) because someone broke the elevater at Magee.
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Midwife center for both our kids, so no drugs for my wife either.
All I remember is hearing the man in black screaming when they went to 50.
All I remember is hearing the man in black screaming when they went to 50.
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First was natural, second was induced and a little bit of drugs necessary, third was natural.
Total # of pushes for all three: 11. Maybe.
Total # of pushes for all three: 11. Maybe.
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I have to agree. The birth of a child is something, at least for the actual birth part, that is meant to be shared by the mom and dad. I cannot fathom being in the delivery room with my wife's feet up in the stirrups, looking down at *that* with my mother-in-law right across from me. That is downright bizarre.Why would you want anyone's mother in the room? is this a thing and we were the outliers?
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No kids ever for me, but having the MIL there seems like some hippy/Satanic ****; that’s for the parents and health care providers.
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Listen, Chief - my puns are top notch gold, ya hear?All of your terrible puns and you deny me this?If that was intentional, it'd be brilliant.Nice play on words, dodint.
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This is how we did it. I also set up a phone tree so I didn't have to text 37 people. I told my brother and my SIL.My wife's mother has been a nurse for 35ish years now... she will not be in the room (nor will she be in the same town) when our daughter comes into this world. That goes doubly for my mother. It will be me and my wife. Period.
We will call and tell people the good news after baby c2i is born.
"Boy - 7lbs 7oz - mom and baby are healthy"
Then three years later
"Girl- 7lbs 5oz - mom and baby are healthy"
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I have no idea how or why my brain didn't process that as two separate children at first... I thought through the phone tree the boy turned to a girl at some point and everyone thought you had a girl instead.
I'm an idiot.
I'm an idiot.
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