I were sitting beside my wife when both our kids were being born but I never got to see them being born just sat & held her hand instead.
A lot of men have no interest in watching them crown. My husband didn't look directly at it. Hell, I didn't even want to see it. When they offered the mirror, I declined without skipping a beat.
Hmm. Idk....yea, to each their own I guess. I didn't look in a mirror either... but my hubby was down there w the doctor and nurse with an excited grin on his face looking back and forth from the baby's head starting to crown, and back to me....saying "I saw his head! I saw his head!! He has lots of hair! You're almost there!!!"..... then another push and the same thing....he seemed so excited to me actually to be getting glimpses of his head. lol. It was adorable actually.
That's cool. Was just wondering. Yea, my hubby made me so proud...saying "there really wasn't much blood at all" and saying it wasn't gross at all. He DID say the placenta looked weird though...LOL. (You know some people eat them...the placenta... it's very nutritious).
Yeah, I think mine glanced a time or two, but he was pretty much 100% focused on me. He's never been great at multitasking lol.
We were partners for years before we had kids so if he was going to be grossed out I am sure it would have happened in the decade before. Everyday living has its own share of moments. It was an experience that I am glad we were able to share. Considering that our sex life did not change I can safely say the view had no lasting impression that was negative.
Lucky you, with my first I had stitches and it was MONTHS before we could try and then it was VERY painful. It was well over a year before I could without any pain. With my second, some tearing but no stitches and after six weeks we were able to no problem!
I thought it just tightened back up right after birth. There are a lot of child birth threads going on right now, kinda, idk, maybe 4? My clit ended up being a lot more sensitive after I gave birth for some reason and still is (tmi?) but my vagina didn't stretch out (or rather, stay stretched out).
I was actually considering trying my placenta. A lot of people say the thought of it is repulsive but I think it would be pretty cool. If I can eat animal meat I sure as hell could eat my own, right?!
I watched one of those baby story shows that had a family that made a placenta patte then served it on crackers to their guests at a birthing party.
Once they get to the terrible two stage, I cant really stand kids, and I dont mean in a bah humbug way, but in a OMG, get that thing away from me way Newborn babies are magical, coochie coochie coo, but I cant really handle the smell, and I dont mean soiled diaper, I just mean that general baby smell. I get why you'd be into it now, never had that much to do with them, and it would be all fresh and new and exciting if they are yours. Get why you'd be into it more so than especially the girls that grew up having to spend too much time as kids looking after their brothers and sisters...but then get into adult hood and repeat. shouldnt they be so over it by now. If that makes any sense
I helped raise my niece since birth, none of it is new to me. I get what you're saying. At the risk of sounding rude *honest* she can and has been a pain in the ass at times. But you're not supposed to say or think that because they're our future, they're a miracle from god..etc. etc. etc. I'm not terribly fond of kids really. I love my niece, other kids have their moments, but I'm not all for them just because I love this one. Just as I don't particularly like all women just because I love mine. People will go on about the miracle children are and how they're great joy, and while they do provide love and joy and happiness, I think most people have and keep them because we are hardwired to do so. Not necessarily because they're warm little magical beings. I'll say one more thing, which I can tell already is going to make me even more unpopular. It seems to me, as is the case with the many I have met, the only people who really really love, want and adore all children as a whole and want them more than anything in the world, are the people who cannot have them.
Meh... I suppose it's really weird to eat someone else's... Not really disgusting. You don't see dogs eating other dogs placentas haha. Eating your own definitely makes sense to me though. Supposed to really benefit mother and baby. Help with milk supply. Hopefully I find a man that will support my decision to give it a try