Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All of mine were "natural childbirth" with Tom in attendance and with the last one, we finally got around to having one at home. Tom and two midwives delivered her. She weighed 12 pounds 11 ounces. That's why she's my last one!! Tina On Sun, Sep 19, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote: > Great. For our last child, my wife wanted to do the "Lamaze natural > childbirth" thing. I went to classes with her, and as nearly as I could > tell my role was to be in the delivery room to offer support with breathing > etc. Anyway, our last was three weeks premature. On a rush trip to the > ER, > spouse wanted "the ******* shot". Too late, they said, it is happening > now. > So I was in the delivery room in a gown and mask, offering support. This > now involved holding spouse's hand, which kept pressing fingernails into my > palm, causing a substantial blood loss (no single-malt in the delivery > room). Every once in a while an assistant would pass me a towel to wipe up > the blood and give me an easily translatable look. Such fun, but the kid > turned out OK so no regrets. > > Ken > > > On 9/19/2010 6:44 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote: > >> >> >> I know very well how to delivery babies.... been there about 200 times >> shooting, watching, listening to directions and all the necessary >> interesting thingies. :-) And watched a couple of "father's to be faint!" >> We >> just left them on the floor until the important part was finished. :-) One >> guy put his camera up, looked through the viewfinder at the mother's >> crotch >> as the baby was emerging and promptly collapsed to the floor! ... hell he >> never even went "click! :-) The ruth is.... trust me.... >> "" THERE ISN'T ANY PICTURE THERE THE MOTHER WOULD WANT TO SEE IN ANY >> EVENT!" >> The doc step around him for a few minutes until a couple of nurses dragged >> him out of the way! :-) >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley, ASMP www.tinamanley.com