tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post114677224534935614..comments2023-11-02T09:08:09.242-07:00Comments on <i>Daddy Dialectic</i>: Dads vs. The Delivery RoomJeremy Adam Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11733669114207985920noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23363296.post-1146801672616561862006-05-04T21:01:00.000-07:002006-05-04T21:01:00.000-07:00My husband was in the delivery rooms 22 and nearly...My husband was in the delivery rooms 22 and nearly 19 years ago. He was of incredible support. <BR/><BR/>He grew up on a dairy farm, had worked a great deal with the vet on animals, had seen numerous animal births (though he'd be the first to tell you it is nothing like watching a person you love involved in the action). I came into the hospital at shift change with our first, was not taken seriously ("You're only at 2 cm, dear" -- Less than 2 hours before my daughter was born they tried to send me home!), and was left alone with only him once they started my iv. He had to go hunt down a nurse because my iv had been left wide open and I actually had a bulge form where the fluid could not enter the vein quickly enough. I still have a scar. He was the best advocate I could have had. Everyone entering a hospital needs an advocate to deal with the bureaucratic nonsense and busy-ness going on around them.<BR/><BR/>I can still hear his outraged "We don't leave the line that open for cows!" Glad I can remember anything about that with a laugh.<BR/><BR/>Jeremy,<BR/><BR/>Check out the "mothering" posts on Echidne today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com