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DH was honestly so awesome. He kept everyone at bay when I needed him to, was a great coach and was there every second I needed him to be.

The only funny thing that we still laugh about now was that he called my boss and said, "Hey, it's R, M's wife. She had the baby!"

Best: Let me make my own choices. He didn't question me whenever I made a choice, which is SO unusual for him - I would have lost it if he tried having input about labor techniques/pain management... thankfully he knew better! Also, his parents showed up during labor (WTF?!) and he didn't bat an eye when I said absolutely no they cannot come in. And lastly, he gave in to the spelling I wanted for L's name (We settled on the name months earlier, but were in a serious debate about spelling. I was about to give in to him, but after watching me labor he said I could have whatever I wanted!)

Worst: He is miserable without sleep... L was born at 2:34 am, so by the time we got settled in our recovery room he was begging me to let the nurses take L to the nursery so we (HE!) could get some sleep. I did not want my baby going anywhere, and was miserable the 1.5 hours she was gone. I've already told him he's leaving to go sleep at home for baby #2 because I can't handle his lack-of-sleep-crankiness.

@2PeasinaPod: Why don't they listen? haha He told me he felt queasy when they gave me the episiotomy. WELL, next time, listen.

@.twist.: Seriously...DH is a biologist, so he was very curious. He was fine with the pushing, but said it did not look like a baby that came out of me. Not to mention he saw other things that belonged in my body...not out and on my stomach.

I gave him very careful instructions before we ever went into labor. They were: do not speak or touch me unless I ask you to.

He did a great job. He stood for almost 24 hours straight at my bedside. The nurses were begging him to sit down and he just wouldn't. The next day the bottoms of his feet were killing him and he couldn't figure out why. We were all like, dude, you stood for a day straight.

The only negative thing I remember is that he was practically fainting from hunger, so I begged him to go out and get something to eat. For some reason he thought he wasn't allowed to eat in the labor room, so he ate really quickly at the cafeteria and ran back... but he was still gone for like 20+ minutes and I couldn't understand where he went!! Then when he came back I was like where is your food??? haha. He had indigestion too from eating too fast. Poor guy.

Our second delivery was much more laid back. We ate in the room and watched a movie. The only negative that time was that he was a little more verbal in making suggestions, like walking around or trying the shower during contractions... I told him to shut up.