Did you watch when your kids came out of the peephole?

[sally]

I think that's a very private thing and I only wanted the nurse and doctor in there with me. My husband was fine waiting outside all three times. I didn't want him seeing me like that, while some women welcome it being video taped.

[username]

My husband was in the room, up next to my head. I dunno, there might have been a mirror in there but I don't think either of us was studying it. He did take a pic of me holding each kid after they were born. The kids each looked normal, I looked terrified and pissed off having my picture taken just then. Of course I was bleeding to death and my heart rate was near zero so that might have had something to do with the fact that I wasn't exactly photogenic at the time. Video? Hell no. Never wanted one.

[Love Child]

Most likely I would not want video
Having not had children, or finding someone I want to have children with, I cannot say who I would want there with me. I would hope that my significant other would want to be there.

[Duchess]

I wouldn't do it & I don't want to see anyone else do it. Blood and yuk. Hell no. No! It's probably way more yuk than I could handle seeing and then there's the pain aspect. I have no interest in sharing my pain, just leave me alone.

[SIXFOOTERsez]

I was not there as both of mine were c-section babies, was there when they came out of surge though.

[ramseycat]

The ex was in the room but he wasn't in the catchers position. I had a hard time with Thing 1 and was in labor a long time. My SIL was in the room. By the time he came out I was in so much agony I didn't care that she was still there. I just wanted the kid out. Or to die.

[Duchess]

Holy cow!

[ramseycat]

Thing 2 walked out in about 45 minutes and was like wassup? Of course I was completely wasted on this drug called Paradise. He was an easy baby and child. Until recently that is.

[Midwest Spy]

Watching the placenta make its way out afterward was kind of a shock.

Some folks eat it.

[Duchess]

Fuckity fuck

[Clang McFly]

Watching the placenta make its way out afterward was kind of a shock.

Some folks eat it.

it's the only reason to stalk maternity wards. Need to start bringing my own dipping sauces and salt though, since they never have any when I visit.

[Jimbone]

Both my kids were c-section, so I was there at the head of the OR table. Didn't see a damn thing until they pull them out and hustled them over to the heat/weigh/clean-up table. A quick APGAR test, they let my wife see them, and then I went with them to the nursery.

As I recall I was in the OR probably 15 minutes or less each time.

Now when I worked on medic unit, I saw the real deal and it's pretty frightening how your vaginas bulge. I'm sort of glad I didn't have to see my wife's do that.

[Duchess]

it's pretty frightening how your vaginas bulge

[sally]

Not only do their vaginas bulge, but sometimes women shit while giving birth too.

I was listening to a comedian on the radio yesterday and he said he wished someone would have told him that ahead of time, he thought his wife was growing a tail.

[Jimbone]

Worse is when the taint tears open or has to be surgically sliced. Kids start treating their mothers like shit right at the very beginning.

[Duchess]

Not only do their vaginas bulge, but sometimes women shit while giving birth too.

I was listening to a comedian on the radio yesterday and he said he wished someone would have told him that ahead of time, he thought his wife was growing a tail.

That's both funny & horrifying. I laughed at "he thought his wife was growing a tail" but the other stuff makes my eyes open wide and I say whoa.

[Maggot]

I learned to never laugh when the baby comes out, the legs can still kick.

[ramseycat]

I remember my ex totally freaking out when the doctor did the episiotomy. He said the doctor just grabbed scissors and cut. Then he gave me the same scissors to cut the cord. Lol

[SIXFOOTERsez]

I heard you can get an extra stitch in there and be 14 again

[Cutz]

I'd videotape it. You play that shit in reverse for their High School graduation party... let all their little friends laugh at the baby version of them crawling back into a vagina? That's gotta be good for some laughs. That'll teach em to go out at night and leave the gas tank empty in the car when I need to go to work the next day. Damn kids.