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[Lucky Charm]

Aww that's kind of a shame she won't let the father be present.  It's his kid too, and to be quite honest, not all choices should be left to the woman (whole nuther thread).

Yet she'll let her kids be there.

My husband was always present and I don't even remember much and still ask him to this day about this and that ---what went on.

I think I kind of blacked out from the pain and really don't remember childbirth.  (I went natural all 3 times)  I do remember a mirror placed so I could see and once I realized what the heck I was seeing---I never looked at the mirror again.  That made the pain worse!

I was present for my last grandchild's birth and stayed at my DILs shoulders the entire time.  She was a champ.  Any time I had to pass around the foot of the bed I kept chanting, 'I'm not looking. I'm not looking, I'm not looking'.  Just out of respect, and it made her laugh.

I don't think any of my grandkids would want to watch their mother give birth and they are older than Sarandon's children.  But, she knows them best.

[Porcelain]

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

Aww that's kind of a shame she won't let the father be present.  It's his kid too, and to be quite honest, not all choices should be left to the woman (whole nuther thread).

Disgusting and trying to start a fight. Best not said.

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[suzyQ3]

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@Porcelain wrote:

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

Aww that's kind of a shame she won't let the father be present.  It's his kid too, and to be quite honest, not all choices should be left to the woman (whole nuther thread).

Disgusting and trying to start a fight. Best not said.

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If I didn't know better, I would say it was a joke. @Porcelain. Besides being disgusting, how would anyone of us be able to judge such a decision with any facts at all?

[Porcelain]

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@suzyQ3 wrote:

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@Porcelain wrote:

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@Lucky Charm wrote:

Aww that's kind of a shame she won't let the father be present.  It's his kid too, and to be quite honest, not all choices should be left to the woman (whole nuther thread).

Disgusting and trying to start a fight. Best not said.

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If I didn't know better, I would say it was a joke. @Porcelain. Besides being disgusting, how would anyone of us be able to judge such a decision with any facts at all?

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Ah. Maybe it was some sort of meta edgy Margaret Atwood Handmaid Tale joke.

[ItsME]

@CrazyKittyLvr2 ...  my mother has a PhD in worrying!  LOL

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@CrazyKittyLvr2 wrote

I loved my Mother to death, however, she had a black belt in worrying.  There is no way I would have had her there.

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[Cakers3]

We have no idea if the children will be viewing the whole birth-meaning standing where they will have the full view.  Even so, it's not our choice so I'm just going to wish mom a healthy baby and all the best to the family.

Children in the delivery room (hospital or home) is not a new concept.

[Carmie]

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@Mindy D wrote:

I am laughing a little. There are some squeamish members on the board. Some had a huge problem with a photo of a surgery on an ingrown  toenail. It was too much for them to view. Yet, in this thread, there are so many that aren't in the least bit squeamish or reticent about the viewing of labor and natural childbirth by themselves or by very young children. It seems to me that the childbirth is more graphic than the toenail surgery. 😁😁😁😂🤣

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Yep, what can you say, people are weird... I guess one is supposedly 'beautiful' while the other is not... Get real... As a concept, giving birth might be just lovely but the reality isn't at all...

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I am not bothered by childbirth or toe nail surgery.  i find medical things fascinating.  I always have, even as a child.

Not everyone was grossed out by blood, or afraid of vacuum cleaners as a child.  Everyone's is different.  For some children, childbirth must be fascinating.  If a mother feels her child will not  be able to handle it, hopefully, she will not force them to be there.

I know I'd be there..front and center!  Can't help but think there are a lot of "sissy's" on the forums.

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

@ItsME  It was good I lived 85 miles away. I saved my Mother a lot of worry by not telling her anything she would fret about.  If it was absolutely I told her, otherwise nope.

She passed away and never knew I had 2 uterine biopsies. They turned out to be nothing so why worry her.

[ItsME]

@CrazyKittyLvr2 .....we "kids" do the same with our mother.  Need to know basis only.  Biopsies, don't tell,  Bad biopsy results, she needs to know.  Doc said tell her not to worry.  I explained the PhD to him.   

[stevieb]

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@Carmie wrote:

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@stevieb wrote:

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@Mindy D wrote:

I am laughing a little. There are some squeamish members on the board. Some had a huge problem with a photo of a surgery on an ingrown  toenail. It was too much for them to view. Yet, in this thread, there are so many that aren't in the least bit squeamish or reticent about the viewing of labor and natural childbirth by themselves or by very young children. It seems to me that the childbirth is more graphic than the toenail surgery. 😁😁😁😂🤣

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Yep, what can you say, people are weird... I guess one is supposedly 'beautiful' while the other is not... Get real... As a concept, giving birth might be just lovely but the reality isn't at all...

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I am not bothered by childbirth or toe nail surgery.  i find medical things fascinating.  I always have, even as a child.

Not everyone was grossed out by blood, or afraid of vacuum cleaners as a child.  Everyone's is different.  For some children, childbirth must be fascinating.  If a mother feels her child will not  be able to handle it, hopefully, she will not force them to be there.

I know I'd be there..front and center!  Can't help but think there are a lot of "sissy's" on the forums.

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Nope, nothing to do with being 'sissies', at least not for me. Just not an experience I'll feel incomplete without having witnessed... What can I say, not interested...