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He did the first time but it wasn't an option for #2 since she was a c/s.
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No since both were csections he wasn't offered.
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Yes--but he hadn't planned to! It was kind of sprung on him!
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I'm surprised at the number of men who didn't want to! Mr. Hedgie said it was amazing and so meaningful and important to him. It was his way of helping being her into the world. He supported me through pregnancy and labor and was able to watch her be born (not what I expected him to want to do) but that was his way of physically birthing participating. It was one of the nest moments of his life.
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No he didn't want to cut it. We just checked off on the birth plan that we wanted the doctor to do it. I'm glad they didn't ask again after she was born because he really didn't want to do it and probably would have felt some pressure. Originally I was a little sad he didn't want to but in the end I didn't care at all.
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Nope! He had no interest to at all!
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B@Mrs Hedgehog: I think in my DH's case, part if it might be cultural? Where he's from, men still don't usually stay by their wives throughout L&D, they stay in the waiting room. DH initially said he was going to stay by my head and not watch what was going on down below, but ended up being fascinated and watching the whole thing. But I think the idea of cutting the cord was literally a bit too foreign for him to process.
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During pregnancy DH was adamant that he didn't want to do it. He also was sure he didn't want to watch everything "down there." All that went out the window during labor. He watched everything and loves describing it in detail. He was also super proud to cut the cord.
A few months after LO was born I asked him if he realized the cord had already been cut since they did the "cord cutting" across the room after they checked LO for meconium aspiration. He hadn't realized that and I think I stole some of his thunder. I wish I didn't point it out to him.
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@MrsB2012: The plan for our latest birth was for Farmer Man to do the actual delivery. But then the whole birth team, including FM, forgot, lol.
And yes, he's cut all 3 cords, each time commenting on how tough they are to cut through.
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Hope so! We'll find out soon (eeek). DH will be rotating at the hospital where we plan to deliver (he's a med student) so we hope he might be able to catch baby too. (Assuming everything is going smoothly of course.)
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No we werent given that option because LO was born by C section
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Yep!
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I was present at my friend's birth of her daughter (homebirth), and her husband is very squeamish around blood, so I actually cut the cut!!!
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@PurplePeony: I think maybe you are right. It is very much a part of his/our culture and there was never any guessing as to whether he would do it.
I also want to make sure there is no confusion, I am not saying that I think any less of any man who doesn't. There is nothing wrong with choosing not to. It just happened that it worked for us and meant so much to him. I would have been surprised if he didn't want to but I wouldn't have thought any less of him. I am just surprised because I thought it was a bigger cultural norm than I guess it is.
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C-section baby, so they just left him a piece to "cut" so he could say he did.
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No. He initially didn't want to but then I guess at some point changed his mind. But D was delivered not breathing, so they just snipped it quickly so they could take him and get him breathing again.
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yep. both times.
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Yep! He probably would have caught her if they let him!
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Yup! It was looking forward to it, and the nurse/OB asked if he wanted to also when they pulled DS out.
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When the nurse was getting us into the labour & delivery room and asking a gazillion questions DH said that he didn't want to cut the cord. I had assumed that he would and we never discussed it.
When it came time to do it they asked him and he cut it. I think he is glad that he did. I barely remember this happening.
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yes DH cut it - but then again he asked to see the placenta too so he's weirdly interested in medical stuff.
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Yep! He wasn't interested at all in doing it before LO was born, but I think he got caught up in the moment and did it when asked by the dr's. lol. Not sure he would do it again
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Nope. I had an emergency c-section so the doctor did it. But DH really wanted to do it so he was pretty bummed
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