Community Chat

[CrazyKittyLvr2]

I saw an article this am that Susan Sarandon's daughter, Eva Amurri, is due to have her 3rd child.  However, she and her husband are divorcing and she doesn't want him present for the birth. Home birth with mid-wives.  She said her girlfriends will be present as will her 5 yr. old daughter and 3 yr. old son. She wants them to see the miracle of birth.  Okey, dokey.

Now, I don't know if she means just in the room or at the business end actually watching.  Either way, I think 3 and 5 is way too young.  It's not like it's  the family dog having puppies.

My DD is 50 and when she was in nursery school one of her little classmates was picked up early.....to go home and watch her Mom have her baby sister or brother.  The parents were.........unique.

Thoughts?

[50Mickey]

That would be a no for me.

[Mz iMac]

I personally see nothing wrong w/it.  My children learned at an early age that "the stork" did not drop them down a chimny or dropped them on the doorstep.

[Cakers3]

Puppies come out the same way as human babies-just an fyi.  LOL

Whatever is comfortable for this family unit is fine.

[millieshops]

I see no reason children that young should be present for their sibling's birth.  Too much chance they will see their mother in pain, too much chance they will manage to get in the way, and little chance they will understand what is going on unless someone else in the room is explaining -  and fully understands what they are seeing themselves AND knows how to explain it to one so young!

To relate this idea to yesterday's thread pushing the idea Archie should be taken to England for his parents' trip, I feel this is all about some adults acting poorly.

[beckyb1012]

I do not see a problem with it at all. 

[bikerbabe]

It’s been fairly common among the 20-30 somethings that I know. I think it’s nice. 💕

[suzyQ3]

I don't see anything wrong with the concept, but I do wonder about a couple things.

I hope that they are prepared for any contingency regarding complications that would be very frightening for the little ones.

Also, having witnessed the birth of my grandson, I can say that little ones, even knowing about childbirth, could be very upset by the reality of it.

If I were she, I would have videos in which you could filter out any scary parts.

[tansy]

My DIL had her then 5 yo daughter present when she was delivering her son.  There was a designated family member to keep an eye out for her and to whisk her away if need be.  She wasn't at the "business end" though.  I would not have been comfortable with that for myself.

[Puppy Lips]

Oh heck NO.  They are way too young for that in my opinion.  If she is having a home birth, chances are no epidural either.  Natural childbirth is painful (for most women).  I would think young kids would get quite upset seeing "mommy" in pain and seeing the afterbirth and all the blood.  I think it would be traumatizing, to say the least.

Dogs, on the other hand, bless their wonderful hearts, do not scream in pain during puppy birth (that I know of anyway).