well guys shes 9 months and ready to go.....I think im ready.....i hope im ready.....yea i think im ready. So far i just want to thank some of you guys for your input on stuff. I know i will be asking more questions as time goes on but im hoping to meet the challenge and figure alot of this stuff out myself. oh should i snip the cord fellas or leave it to the pros?
Shes ready to pop
Snip it!
Then you win. :}
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I 2nd that
Quote:
Cutting the cord was about the last thing I wanted to do. ICK!
ICK, ICK double ICK
Chef Kev
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you could always pull a Dan Akroid
Snip it!
I wanted to snip my son's cord, I got to snip my son's cord, and I never ever thought of not wanting to do it. It was an extraordinary moment for me, and it was a moment that now seems to have occurred outside of time (i.e. Did I really do that?). Take the chance if you get it.
Randy
Cincinnati, OH
SAHD to Ryder (2 yrs)
Great spirits have always experienced violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
It's not that bad
I wasn't given the chance to cut my son's cord, but when offered the opportunity last June to cut my daughter's, I took it. I wasn't expecting it, and after my wife's emergency C section I was a bit freaked out, but they made it easy as hell with no possibility for error and I gladly gave it a big snip.
Now, if they'd asked me to tie it off, well....
Aaacckk!
This new lifestyle you are taking on will give you enough images to suppress. Skip this one, I say. I would rather spend that time holding the new baby, and letting the doctor do "doctor" stuff. Hey, wait a minute! That's what I did!
Of course, it's really up to you. Some people think it's "beautiful." (Some people also think a urinal on plywood is "art." Who am I to judge?)
Actually, the graphicness reminds me of my brother whose proud co-worker started offering pictures of his new baby around the office. "Wanna see my boy Johnny!?" he would say excitedly.
And then as you would say "Sure!" he would whip out pictures of Johnny... as he was coming out o' mommy. Augh! "Look he's got his mommies..... ummmm, nevermind..."
Not what my brother expected. I don't think the new mommy was too thrilled about the pics, either.
One more Nope vote.
Your paying for the Dr. to be there, I would let him do it, but then I am fully in the Yuck camp as well, oh and don't lock your knees, I heard about a dad that during the delivery locked his knees, and passed out, hit his head, and died (although that may be an urban legend because I can not find an article about it, probably good advice still).
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As I said...
...I cut my daughter's cord, and had no problem. I forgot to mention that I was firmly in the "let the doctor do it" camp before she was born. I didn't have the option when my son was born, and figured I'm paying doctors to do everything, not just some things, when the baby arrived. Still, there I was with the option, and I took it, without thinking about it, and I have no images positive or negative that have lasted in my brain. After the emergency C section, I was simply relieved all was well, and mostly forgot what the cord cutting was even like.
No offense...
...but for a bunch of guys that are in a typically female role and want to remain "manly", you guys are a bunch of wussies. ;-) Geesh...hope your kids never puke around you or get a deep cut or something else icky like that...
Randy
Cincinnati, OH
SAHD to Ryder (2 yrs)
Great spirits have always experienced violent opposition from mediocre minds. - Albert Einstein
Squeamish Bunch
I must say you all sound very squeamish.
If you want to cut the cord speak up and make sure the doc/midwife/nurses/doula/whoever knows beforehand. That pretty much goes for the whole thing, let the pros do their job but if you have any questions ask them, since you are there you might as well inform yourself beforehand and be as involved as you can. I thought the whole thing was fascinating and I think the doc particularly enjoyed showing me the placenta in all its amazing purple veiny detail. The only part I wasn't allowed be there for was the epidural. Our second kid arrived so fast there was no time for anything other than holding my wife's hand so it might be a once in a lifetime opportunity - you might as well make the most of it.
I remember watching a TV show years ago where the placenta was brought home and served at a dinner party - apparently it's rather like liver, if you can find the transcript of the show it's pretty funny. Maybe Chef has some recipes? Some people also bury the placenta and plant a tree - alas we don't have a garden.
All the best - I hope the birth goes smoothly for you all.
Placenta stew
Here ya go: Placenta Stew
Is your wife Australian by any chance? Spicy Australian Placenta
Well,
When my son was in the hospital as discussed in the fever thread, in order to be released he had to Pee and he wouldn't so they stuck a Catheter in his unit. The nurse asked me if I wanted to be in the room when they did it and I passed saying no, that struck too close to home! Would I still pass if we had to do it again? You're dang right I would! And no, I wasn't given the snip opportunity when he was born but I was game if given the chance.
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Placenta Stew.
Goddammit. I'm never ever ever getting that out of my head.
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AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
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I Think I'm Going to be Sick
Okay...that is totally disgusting. LOL!
I cut all 3 of my kids free...but didn't want to do any of them. It was a big deal to my wife that I do it, so I did for her. To me, it was gross. The thing I hope you guys talk about ahead of time so it doesn't take you by surprise is circumcision. If you have a boy that's something you will have to decided. I'm sure you know there are advantages to both sides (and stubborn people on both sides who refuse to see the other side has any reasoning to it). My wife and I discussed the options and finally decided we would have our boys circumcised for a variety of reasons (a big one being that almost all boys in this area of the country are, and locker rooms are hard enough when you are young). Now I'm not bringing this up so people can get on their soapboxes and start trying to prove why their side of this issue is correct. I'm just saying talk about it so that if you have a boy you are ready with a decision. Good luck on your new chapter in life; it will be very exciting!
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Hi Randy
I have carried severed fingers and tended to nasty steam burns. I am no wuss! :-) But the thought of cutting that cord just doesn't appeal to me.
I just get the Hibby jibbies...
Chef Kev
NaNu NaNu and Shazbot at one time were all part of our vocabulary
JPhillip said it, therefor it is, Chef= C=Caring, H=Helpful, E=Excellent, F=Fubar.
I know the show you are talking about
So there I was in the room with my wife
They had given her Patosin to educe labor and the nurse says we are going to break your water. They take out the knitting needle and shwoop
in the goonya they go. Water is broke. Next thing I know she comes to me with a stack of twenty towels and says keep putting them under our wifes backside to catch the embryonic fluid. ? Catch the fluid? Well Niagra falls eat your heart out..She flowed so fast I couldn't keep up. I guess about a qt of it got away from me and decided my new sneakers was the place it need to be.
So now 1 hour later I have a pruned foot from the liquid my daughter called home for the past ten months. I'm skeeved and pruned. " Note to self " LESSON learned on that fine day. WEAR the booties...
That was a life altering moment for me. I was the ickyest of ick and I came out the other side.
THEN I had to change the first poop diaper. OMG!!!! Maconium? I do believe they called it?
Chef Kev
NaNu NaNu and Shazbot at one time were all part of our vocabulary
JPhillip said it, therefor it is, Chef= C=Caring, H=Helpful, E=Excellent, F=Fubar.
Chef
I also was doused in embryonic fluid when my wife decided to pop. I wasn't completely grossed out by it, but it is definitely something that I could do without next time. And yes, those first few diapers are the worst ones I ever changed...not looking forward to that next time around. Good thing it only lasts for a day or two.
Randy
Cincinnati, OH
SAHD to Ryder (2 yrs)
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