Monday, 05 October 2009
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"Barfing" Coach
In preparation for your first child you go through the usual shopping spree to furnish the nursery and make sure your baby is the best dressed in the neighborhood. You go to all of your prenatal appointments, take your vitamins and eat as healthy as your cravings will allow.
Then comes the time when your husband plays an integral part in the process, aside from that whole providing the sperm thing. You sign up for “the birthing classes.“ Yes, that thing every little boy dreams of doing when he grows up. Well, my husband was very much into it, so much so that he listened attentively to the instructor, watched the videos without squinting and actually took a few notes.
Well I imagine that it was a big disappointment to him when the announcement came that I would have to go in for a c-section due to complications. My husband would be allowed to participate, but only as a bystander behind the scenes rather than an active participant. He was not going to let that stand in his way, no sir.
After the spinal was administered and the process of surgical delivery began I declared that I was feeling nauseous and had to throw up. The nurse handed my husband one of those crescent shaped dishes and said, “well, if you need to, here ya go.” As I started to gag my husband stepped up to the plate and took on a revised coaching position . He placed the bowl up to the side of my face and said, “Honey, you can do this!” I hurled. He then said, “ah, that was a good one.“ You could imagine the looks and snickers within the O.R. as I started to heave yet again when I heard the words, “Here comes another one” What the heck! If I had possessed the ability to move at that point I would have ushered him out of the room myself.
I guess the poor guy was nervous and feeling a little cheated not being able to use his highly tuned skills as my partner in the process. We now jokingly refer to him as my “barfing coach.”
How did your birthing coach do during your labor?
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I guess I was kind of my own coach. My husband helped distract me from the contractions (I had a natural childbirth - no pain meds) by reading to me, but all in all, he didn't do tooooo much. :)
When I was in labor for the first time, I just had my family in the room. My dad was "supposed" to be the coach, but he's just a kinda curious, geeky guy so he was poking around all the medical supplies and looking in cabinets and stuff. Haha.
My husband did wonderful! He only got smacked one time, for going on about how wonderful his Keebler Elf cookies were during a very huge contraction, pre-epidural. He was wonderfully supportive throughout the entire ordeal, and to my surprise watched the entire birth! I am praying for the same luck with him this time around come my due date in February
Hubby did fine until (major TMI) I started pushing and the doctor wound up my mucus plug and slung it down on the table. I had no idea what happened but he had to sit down for a while.
My husband and mom ended up in the delivery room with me and they were great! The hubby pretty much just held one leg and my mom held my hair back and helped me lean forward. I had two nurses, one was training and she didn't help much...lol. She was supposed to hold my other leg, but did not go a great job. I guess the person who ended up coaching me the most was my doctor...lol. Granted I got lucky and had a very short, very pain-free delivery!
My husband wasn't the best labor coach (pre-epidural I kept saying "I can't do this!" and he just said, "sorry honey, you don't have much of a choice." I coulda smacked him if I wasn't in so much pain.
) but he did great at "helping" with the delivery. The doc let him catch the baby and he even cut the cord (even though he didn't really want to do that part).
LMAO. I almost didn't click through to this one...I thought we were revisiting eating disorders! *snicker* Oooohhh...
Tim...as with most things, as with most men, liked the idea of being a part of the labor...right up until realized it would mean taking time away from other things he enjoyed. LOL. He never touched my Bradley book as I'd asked him to and, therefore, ended up sitting back and just letting me do my thing. Megan came so quickly (there was no pushing, there was no doctor...a nurse had to catch her and she ruined the nurses shoes. LOL), that he stayed at the head of the bed for the event as well.
My Hubby did great!
I was in hospital for bleeding and was about to be discharged and BAM - water broke (I guess I had contractions while I was sleeping and didn't notice them, lol), I had him running all over the place to get a nurse.
Labor was 37 minutes and Hubby was great, let me claw his arm (no meds at all) and yell at him and still cut the cord and watched our son's head coming out with no nausea and barfing :)
He ran to my friend (Godmother) and was so excited, saying "I'm a daddy!!"
Our son was a 32 weeks and Hubby went with him in the ambulance to the NICU that was 2 hours away until I could be sent home (I bitched until they released me 12 hours later)
@filtered_sunlight - I almost skipped this too ... I thought it was going to be on eating disorders as well, haha!
haha!
my husband didn't do too great. He said he didn't want to watch, but he ended up watching. Most of the time I just wanted to hit him though. My older sister was also in the room, and she was a lot of help. She just had a baby 2 months before I did, so I think I was just more comfortable with her telling me what to do since she just went through it.
My poor husband wanted to hold my hand. But I wouldn't because I was afraid I'd squeeze it too hard. lol.
I had a natural birth so my husband was suppose to play a big part and around 9cm I told my husband to not touch me. He took that as "stop coaching" so....that wasn't all that helpful. Thank goodness my mom was there.
My fiance did a pretty good job, my labor wasn't bad and I didn't threaten his life or anything. All I asked was for him not too touch me. and well. He didn't. He sure as hell helped lifting my legs for me though =)
I love all of your comments!!!!!!!! Looks like the boys are trying to do their best
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that's really cute though. I'd kill for someone who cared that much... even though it was probably really annoying at the time.
先說年號問題，明朝皇帝在位時間再長， 酒店兼差年號也只有一個，惟獨他特殊，在位總共不過十五年，年號卻有兩個，前一個叫正統，後一個叫天順。倒不是因為他非要搞特權，兩個年號之間， 禮服店是由一大堆可氣的事串起來的。
先說正統朝，差不多是地球酒店打工人都知道的，這麼多的忠良幹才他不信任，偏寵信一個教書先生出身的太監王振， 一幹閹党把國家禍害得烏煙瘴氣。後來瓦剌犯邊，忠臣良將的苦勸不聽，偏聽死太監攛掇，非要御駕親徵， 合法酒店經紀帶著幾十萬人牛氣哄哄出了長城，按說既然親徵你就好好 打啊，他不，走到半道又後悔了，連敵人影 酒店工作都沒見著就撤兵，撤兵麼撤得快點啊，跑還沒跑成，讓人家圍在土木堡包了餃子，稀裏糊塗一場 酒店上班混戰，幾十萬大軍全死 光，連本人也當了俘虜。丟人到如此，實在可氣。
英宗被抓到蒙古高原上去啃生羊肉了， 酒店兼職爛賬總要有人收拾。皇帝讓人綁了，敵人打到家門口了，總不成學宋朝 來個衣冠南渡吧！還好喝酒 有他親弟弟給他收拾，弟弟朱祁鈺繼承帝位，改年號為景泰，可氣的正統朝總算結束了。景泰帝信用 酒店PT良臣于謙，成功組織北京保衛戰打垮敵 人，再運用外交壓力，逼得酒店喝酒 瓦剌把英宗放回來當太上皇，總算不用學宋徽宗那樣客死他鄉。折騰半天，祖宗江山差點丟了不說 禮服酒店，皇位也折騰沒了。這樣的鬧劇，怪不 得別人。
雖是傻事敗事一籮筐，但傻人總算有傻福，雖說皇位沒了， 台北酒店經紀命還是保住了，回來舒舒服服過太上皇的日子倒也 不交際應酬 錯，可他不消停，拉幫結派培植私人勢力，幾年後趁著弟弟病重搞了場“奪門之變”。奪粉味 回了皇位不說，上臺第一件事就是殺掉了功臣于謙。並把當初北京保衛戰 的功臣們來了個大清洗，掌握朝政大權的都是徐有貞、石亨、曹吉祥等一幫姦險小人。雖然過了沒幾年，這幾個人也被明英宗清算，下獄的下獄（石亨），充軍的充 軍（徐有貞） 寒假打工，被殺的被殺（曹吉祥），可明朝的政治氣象，還是一片烏煙瘴氣。
皇位奪回來了，自然就要改年號。於是，明英宗 兼差改年號為天順。從正統年到天順年，打敗仗，殺忠良，寵小人，亂國家，儘是他辦的敗事， 酒店小姐每每讀史到此，不知有多少人氣得 酒店公關直哆嗦。
可正統朝的事畢竟年頭遠了，真正給後 暑假打工世攢下麻煩的，是天順朝。
“天順”麼，按字面意思，自然有風調雨順的意思。 打工從這個意義上說，“天順”朝時代的明朝，運氣還真不 壞，別的且不說，單說綁過明英宗票的瓦剌，那在土木堡創下台北酒店經紀擊敗明朝幾十萬大軍，活捉明朝皇帝偉業的瓦剌首領也先，沒死在大對頭明朝手裏，倒在內戰中被一刀 砍死。到了天順朝時期，瓦剌又和鄰居韃靼打個不停，因此，雖然少了良將於謙，但終天順一朝的邊 酒店境形勢，還算是太平無事。