Posted on 10/27/2006 11:31:40 AM PDT by gobucks
rofl
BURN!!
As a mom who has given birth both naturally (no pain control) and with an epidural, I would suggest the epidural every time. I was able to relax more and enjoy the birth, rather than endure an incredible amount of agony.
Drug me!
"No woman should feel guilty or inadequate because some birth plan didn't work for them".
I couldn't agree more: but there are more than a few guys out there who 'went along' with the idea of a birth plan, but then failed to prepare for what actually occurred. It is solely to them, and men like them, these words are directed.
(lol, btw, my hands are still kinda of sore! Of course, they are not as sore as some parts of Mrs. Gb....but we don't pay much attention to all that, given the joy we are enjoying w/ little miss gb).
"What an unadulterated, hippydippy load of quatsch."
LOL. You are right. The dad can be there "participating" his little heart out, but that isn't going to make it stop hurting. I had my first four children the "natural" way. When I had my fifth, the doctor gave me an epidural. What a relief. I said, "Why did people work so hard at talking me out of this." The doctor said, "If you figure it out, let me know." Naturally, number six was accompanied by an epidural. I love the last two every bit as much as the first four, and our relationship is just as good.
But I'm happy for gobucks and his transcendent experience. I just think it could have been just as transcendent with less pain.
a bad tooth and a new child should not be equivalized...
heres a helpfull parenting tip,when baby naps you and mama nap too. It will cut down on posts like this.
Congrats.
I would apply that same comment to the entire contents of the post.
"No apple pie for you, GoBucks!"
For the woman, I would argue always it is easier, of course, to get an epi. But it is men, the lack of men that is, that concerns me. Where does this lack begin???? That is all I am focused on...; and a willingness of him to go down that road w/ her ... that lack of willingness that is ... that is what i am saying is the problem...
Of course, I'm not a moron who believes those fathers who were not present have any less joy in being fathers.
I just think a man should stick with his wife in that situation.
lol!
She screems like a Ferarri...
Is this guy for real? Yeah, I'll show this one to my wife. She'll probably make a deal... she'll deliver a baby naturally if all the while she gets to kick me in the nuts repeatedly.
I pity any man who tries to stand between a woman in labor and her meds.
There is a reason, gobucks, that epidurals are so popular...they work. Pain is not our friend...the anesthesiologist is. I know...mother of five. Largest baby, TEN POUNDS!!! I'll spare the details, but if I were a man, I would have been on ESPN's SportCenter for that one.
Hmmmm,
like the folks who believe that the pain a woman suffers in childbirth is the punishment of Eve.... It's wrong to take away the pain because, well...women are supposed to suffer!!!
Oh, yeah...
and you haven't been through the pain of childbirth. Only your wife.
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