https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 03 May 2026 06:24:47 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2451075 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:51:51 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 2451075@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes - he filmed it both times.... It was supposed to only be from my head, but he's 6'8", so EVERYTHING was on video. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450993 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:10:23 +0000 MrsBrewer 2450993@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! He said he wouldnt look at first, but then he was holding a leg while I was pushing, and my midwife was encouraging him to watch! Once he did, he was such a great motivation! Telling me how much progress I was making each time! I pushed for 2 hours, so I needed the encouragement!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450977 Fri, 05 Feb 2016 12:01:29 +0000 alphagam84 2450977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>haha he didn't want to but they made him hold a leg so he had no choice! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450339 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:37:14 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2450339@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He watched it all, he was all about it. wasn't grossed out at all. I only pushed for less than 10 minutes so it wasn't too much up close and personal time. I didnt have anyone else in the room. That would have been weird to me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450330 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:33:29 +0000 MrsStar 2450330@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, he watched everything both times! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450315 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:22:40 +0000 PawPrints 2450315@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, he was up by my head the whole time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450304 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:12:08 +0000 jhd 2450304@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>yes. and i felt a little squeamish when he later described it to me! ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450300 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:09:36 +0000 LovelyPlum 2450300@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Applesandbananas: lol, I thought the same thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450299 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:09:00 +0000 LovelyPlum 2450299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not my story, but my dad, who is the most squeamish person I know, had to be put on a gurney while my mom was in labor with DD2. They thought he was having a heart attack, but he really passed out from seeing blood! Fat lot of help he was ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450298 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:07:57 +0000 LovelyPlum 2450298@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He didn't, but that was because I needed him to help me stay sane and lucid. He is the only reason I was able to get through pushing with my herniated disc. </p> <p>I don't know if he would have looked, though. He's pretty squeamish in general, but he also said he wanted to look. I think he glanced down a few times, but he mostly stayed with me. And thank goodness for that! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450294 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 23:04:34 +0000 lovehoneybee 2450294@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep, front row view, along with my mom and MIL. FIL was there, too, but he was up by my head. </p> <p>I had a c-section the second time, and he said he looked about 10% of the time. I was really anxious and really needed him close, but he stood up to look a few times. He said he saw my guts. I asked him why he'd want to look and he said it was probably (hopefully) the only time he'd get to see something like that in person. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2450281 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 22:51:27 +0000 sapphire 2450281@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. And my mom and MIL. I wanted my biggest supporters there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2449887 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:42:55 +0000 Winterbee15 2449887@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I had a c/s and he watched. He was fascinated. He gets so excited to retell the whole story which is nice since I couldn't see anything! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2449821 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 19:08:53 +0000 Ajsmommy 2449821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No and it makes me laugh when I think back<br /> . When they told him to grab a leg the look on his face was priceless!! He knew he was going to hold a leg but I think when it happened it was so much closer than he'd imagined. He was a trooper though but when they asked him if he wanted to look as dd was crowning he said no...they asked are you sure, she's got hair.... He was like nope I'm good! Lol. And when they asked if he wanted to cut the cord he said no thanks </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2449769 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:19:51 +0000 Applesandbananas 2449769@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm not sure. I had a c-section and was so nauseated that I didn't pay a whole lot of attention to where he was or what he was doing. </p> <p>When I was scrolling through the main board, I interpreted the thread title as being about tv, as in does your husband watch every tv show there is, and I was about to chime in and say omg yes...then I realized it was about childbirth :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2449763 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 18:13:15 +0000 Ree723 2449763@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, he was right there getting a firsthand view of everything both times! He is usually pretty squeamish about blood etc but he was so mesmerised by our child being born, he couldn't look away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2449597 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 16:05:14 +0000 Rainbow Sprinkles 2449597@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yeah, especially during the first 2. He saw everything. (He said sometimes watching the head crown haunts him in his sleep... :-P) The third time I had more of a traumatic delivery, so he was kind of huddled in the corner while a team of doctors surrounded me, and he didn't really get to see much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything/page/2#post-2449504 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 15:15:33 +0000 Mrs. Pickles 2449504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>nope, neither time, which is a good thing because they were both C-sections and I didn't want the doctors to have to pick him up off the floor.</p> <p>he stayed by my side the whole time, behind the curtain ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449341 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 14:05:45 +0000 MoonMoon 2449341@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! He's usually squeamish so I'm glad he did. Neither of us planned anything specifically, but it's hard not to see, I guess! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449333 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 14:01:04 +0000 mfa_lady 2449333@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep! He loved it. He gets more excited to tell her birth story than I do, and that's saying a lot--because I love telling it, too! My BIL and SIL just had baby, and it's been cute to see my BIL have the same reaction. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449324 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:55:42 +0000 2PeasinaPod 2449324@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes...both times! The first was a little traumatizing. He watched as I pushed, but I needed an emergency C-section, and LO1 didn't do all that well coming out. He was blue, and DH said he didn't look anything like a baby as they pulled him out, so I think that just freaked him out a bit.</p> <p>The second time around was a RCS, and it was far calmer. LO2 cried right away, and it was a lot better for him to watch! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449317 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:47:48 +0000 birdofafeather 2449317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yep. He saw it all! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449313 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:45:19 +0000 bisous 2449313@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>First time, yes! And he loved it. I delivered my second on my hands and knees and he stayed up to coach and hold my hands between pushes! He loved the first time so I feel bad about him missing seeing baby being born the second time (but I was so grateful to have his help!). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449312 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:44:43 +0000 gingerbebe 2449312@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My husband watched most of our C-section and told me it looked like the Texas Chainsaw Massacre. "There was blood flying EVERYWHERE. On the floor, on the walls, across the nurses and doctor's scrubs and masks." Apparently I bled a lot during the procedure. He also tells people he is not mistaken that our son is his because "I physically watched them cut him out of her belly." </p> <p>DS is a tad blunt. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449302 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 13:40:10 +0000 JenGirl 2449302@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yup! He saw everything and even touched our sons's head when you could first see it. And my doula was all over everywhere taking pictures. Honestly, I wouldn't have wanted anyone in the room who wasn't comfortable seeing everything. There was a giant mirror so that I could see, so I don't know how you would have avoided seeing everything. I guess I could have asked them to put the mirror away, but I liked being able to see the progress. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449112 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:06:06 +0000 sarac 2449112@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My second birth was in a birthing tub, I was on my knees and he was right behind me - so there wasn't much to see. But our baby was born en caul, and he got to see that and the midwives removing her from it. I didn't get to see it at all, because I had my head buried in the side of the tub, so I'm totally jealous. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449097 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 12:01:31 +0000 artsyfartsy 2449097@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not until the end. I had a c-section. I'm not really sure why he didn't watch...I was kind of loopy from the meds. The anesthesiologist was giving him a play by play though. I remember him telling DH to look once they pulled T out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449073 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:55:04 +0000 KT326 2449073@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My entire pregnancy we talked about him staying by my head and not looking (he doesn't do well with that kind of stuff). Well, once it was time to push the nurse told him to grab a leg and he had a front row seat. Almost 4 years later and he is still slightly scarred from the experience since I had to have a forceps assist. </p> <p>My sister was holding my other leg and my mom was in the room too. I didn't think I would want anyone else in there but by the time they got there it was time for me to push. In the end I was so happy they were there and got to experience that with me. Both of them had c-sections and never got to experience a vaginal birth. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2449048 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 11:46:50 +0000 DesertDreams88 2449048@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Multiple other men had told him not to look, so, he didn't. I didn't want him looking either. He stayed up by my head the whole time and did most of the directed pushing (the timing and the breathing and the sets of 3). His encouraging voice was what got me through that last hour. He said I was almost passing out between pushing contractions, so even if he wanted to look, he couldn't.<br /> There were 4 nurses and 1 OB, so they had things covered down there. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/did-your-so-watch-everything#post-2448959 Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:59:07 +0000 snowjewelz 2448959@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>He was by my head. I pushed for almost 2 hours, and he was on ice chip duty during my pushing breaks haha. He did go over there to cut the cord after. </p>