[Closed] So I am sat here waiting for my wife to go into labour

Just wait and try not to feel to much like the spare part you inevitably will become later today.

And enjoy 🙂

If you get offered toast whilst she can't have any, at 2.30am, after 6hrs in labour politely refuse...other than that your on own!

Whatever you do.. don't look as it's coming out. It's like watching your favourite pub burn down.

If the drip is scheduled for 3, you want the epidural booked in for about 2:55

Good luck! It is a fantastic experience for both people, honestly it is 🙂 We did it 8 weeks ago.

There are so many people around during the birth, you really don´t have much to do. Make sure you take plenty of stuff, things got a bit hectic for us after the birth and it was about 3 days before I left the hospital. I wish I was a bit better prepared for those days of sleeping in the car and eating from vending machines! Phone, charger, book, warm coat, toothbrush etc.

We were 12 hours from the drip to the drop. Standard advice is don´t go below the waist, not for any reason 🙂

Again, good luck. Enjoy!

Make sure she has gas & air. It's great fun to hear the hallucination talk!

Whatever you do.. don't look as it's coming out. It's like watching your favourite pub burn down.

Genuine lols!

(Oh, and best of luck to all) 😀

Yes, never was the phrase "what has been seen cannot be unseen" more appropriate.

You will feel like a total spare part. Don't go overboard with the encouragement either, it's a difficult balance.

stay at the head end!

Just be supporting and don't light cigars on the ward..and i second never venture further south than the equator.

stay at the head end!

+1

And just do sweet FA for the next few hours. It's the last chance you'll get for some time.

Whatever you do DONT look down there (or be asked to sit/stand down that way at any point). kinda effects you especially if you like giving oral..

(Sorry has to be said)

Make sure she has gas & air. It's great fun to hear the hallucination talk!

This is probably worth filming, too. Be a perfect new xmas tradition, and one your future child will love 🙂

Good luck, Doug's advice ("Phone, charger, book, warm coat, toothbrush etc") is spot on!

[i](Sorry has to be said)[/i]

The pub analogy too subtle for you?

FCOL Hora, did you really need to post that????!!!! 😯

(Sorry has to be said)

jeez mark! there's loads of stuff that doesnt have to be said. But I know we can always count on you to say it though! 😀

Give her a nice big baggy shirt to wear. And look deep in to her eyes, not around the eyes, just the eyes. Nowhere else.

stayattheheadendstayattheheadendstayattheheadend!

Good luck fella!

pesary (sp?)

Peccary?

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Well the OP will be stressed and tired. So its good to be bloody obvious!

Ignore the 'don't go down the business end' comments! I watched both my childrens heads slowly appear and 'pop' out, its an unbelievable sight, an absolute wonder. And it'll be so long before you next eat sushi from the barber-shop floor that the images of birth will long be forgotten!

Good luck to you all. 🙂

hora - do shut up!

😉

The coolest babies are born at the Winter Solstice (in a snow storm). Fact.

Good luck

Oh and don't do what I did as soon as he/she pops out and go for a long ride in the Peaks to clear my head. 🙂

I think that was the last time I felt fit on a bike 🙁

MrsW is due sunday. I'm encouraging her to get on with it but she seems determined to make me do a full week of work. I have a feeling I'll still be waiting around on Christmas day.

Good luck to you both.

It can be a long wait ! You will feel like a total "spare part", just try and be as supportive as you can. Keep an eye on things and ask any questions of the staff you feel should be asked, get updates etc. Don't let the "mrs" see you being stressed, concerned. However you are feeling try and show you are calm and confident.

They and enjoy it and take in the events of the day, there will never be a first time again. I always cut the chord. Third time round (at home) the mrs wanted to see all the afterbirth etc and I'm glad she asked as we missed out the first two times. Creating life is a true miracle or evolution.

@hora this is the greatest thing our partners can do, if you don't love them more after this you are a dead man.

Good luck again, make sure we get an update !

cloudnine - Member

Whatever you do.. don't look as it's coming out. It's like watching your favourite pub burn down.

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Would have been funnier if I hadnt heard Robbie Williams say the same thing the other week on the Graham Norton show .... but sadly - it is true. Resist the urge to look at all costs!

I stayed from the ugly end during all of it. Then when I thought it was safe, I went and picked the baby up from one of the midwives ... I then looked towards my wife .. and was greeted by the view of her legs up in stirrups and a doctor about to stitch her back up ... 😕 how I have wished over the years that I asked him to chuck in half a dozen or so extra stitches whilst he was there ..

Whatever you do.. don't look as it's coming out. It's like watching your favourite pub burn down.

stay at the head end!

hora - Member

Whatever you do DONT look down there (or be asked to sit/stand down that way at any point). kinda effects you especially if you like giving oral..

stayattheheadendstayattheheadendstayattheheadend!

[b]DON'T LISTEN TO THESE NUMPTIES ! [u]ITS YOUR BABY[/u] WATCH AND SAVOIR EVERY MOMENT ITS TRULY MAGICAL SEEING THE BIRTH OF YOUR CHILD ENJOY EVERY SECOND OF YOUR TRULY WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE [/b](dust in the room for a second there)

Ooo Christmas baby. Nice.
Best of luck.

Seriously - what is it with you guys? It is perfectly normal for a baby to come out of a lady's lady bits. Are you all so soft you can't cope with the sight or what?

plus a million to what @unfitgeezer posted

@hora this is the greatest thing our partners can do, if you don't love them more after this you are a dead man.

Hes the funniest little character, a real ray of sunshine and mad as bat-shit.

jambalaya - Member
I always cut the chord.

If you don't want to go 'down there' at least do this if you get the chance!

Ok so Christmassy name for little organic..........I'll get you started:
Boy: Noel
Girl: Holly

[i]WATCH AND SAVOIR EVERY MOMENT [/i]

Dunno about you lot, but mine definitely ain't the savoir.

It's a boy..... Still not out yet though 🙂

Would have been funnier if I hadnt heard Robbie Williams say the same thing the other week on the Graham Norton show .... but sadly - it is true. Resist the urge to look at all costs!

Someone said it to me 5 years ago before my first daughter was born.. im pretty sure it wasnt robbie williams though

Don't forget to cut the chord!

congratulations.... best christmas present ever......

Well done! I have fond memories of Nine Wells as my second was born there and the 1st spent the first 2 weeks of his life there after showing up a bit too early! 😀

Day 3. My resolve is weakening.

Chaos here. Lots of emergencies downstairs means we aren't getting moved down to get waters broken & drip until there is space. We were 4th on the list last night, and one woman had gone this morning but who knows how many emergencies there were during the night.

This machine is both a source of fascination and terror! Can't take your eyes off it. And panick stricken if it goes quiet!!

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Gonna be an Xmas day baby at this rate!

Good job I live 5 mins away as "sleeping" at home, showering etc.

Please let if be today for the sake if our sanity!!

Poor lass!

If you're squeamish stick to the head end. I actually quite enjoyed watching the baby come out with both our boys.

Our first boy was induced in the same way as your wife (he was 2 weeks late) and it still took another 36 hours before he made an appearance and even then he made things difficult - ended up being literally yanked out with a ventouse which was pretty scary.

It will be a magical Christmas in your house, all the best.

Come on child!!

Feel for you. Had our first at the start of the year and we were in for 5 days (labour being two of those. Well, labour was 1 day but had us come in early to twiddle are thumbs the idiots).

Hope it all goes smoothly.

Mrs S lasted out for 5 days of induc(ement)(ing)? and eventaully the boy was a sunroof job. Tough waiting but sit tight, you'll get there

Good luck to all three of you.

still no news?!
oh well...some things are worth waiting for although your missus wont agree...i agree with dont look below the equator especially if you're squeamish...i did both times but it didnt bother me at all...just a process of nature IMO.
my son was induced 1 week early and my daughter was very nearly the same as she was 9 days overdue....now i have to go through the whole thing again in about 5 months time!!
good luck!!

Ha Ha. My wife and I reminisced just the other night, how we used to get roaringly pissed on the sofa every Friday at least.

Now we sip at one drink and prop our eyes open with matchsticks before retiring at 10pm. But all for the right reasons!

Best wishes OP - be careful standing at the head end, I sprained a calf muscle there during KJ01's arrival!

There are certain things in life that should remain forever a mystery. I stayed northside, as agreed in advance with Mrs R.

As for cutting the cord - trained medical professionals are on hand, why not let them do their job?

@Organic I tuned in for pictures of your first born not some some medical equipment !

Tough times especially for the Mrs, good news you are in the right place. Make sure you are not forgotten. I say this from experience as our first took a long time to arrive and to be honest I think the staff switched off, at one stage they berated me for not calling them based upon the monitor readout - I pointed out quite forcefully that it was their job to check the monitor regularly not mine.

Fingers crossed for all three of you, you might want to start thinking about c-section, whether you are both prepared for it. All that matter is health of junior and mum.

Got to be time for the sunroof option soon, surely!

Bonne chance!

Goodluck organic355.. I cant imagine it taking that long.. all ours were born within hours of arriving at hospital. Hang in there and fingers crossed all goes well.

As for cutting the cord - trained medical professionals are on hand, why not let them do their job?

It doesn't need a trained medical professional to cut a chord 😀 same as it doesn't need a cytech mechanic to fix a puncture!!

It doesn't need a trained medical professional to cut a chord same as it doesn't need a cytech mechanic to fix a puncture!!

But if there's one hanging around doing nowt let them get on with it FFS 😡

It doesn't need a trained medical professional to cut a chord

Indeed. You need a musician for that.

🙂

Good luck Organic. Both ours were induced but took less than 12 hours for each.

As for cutting the cord - trained medical professionals are on hand, why not let them do their job?

Because they let the Dad do it under supervision. I didn't cut the cord of either of ours as it actually made if feel more like being at work then, if that makes sense.

Good luck to you both. An amazing experience.

I didn't cut the cord of either of ours as it actually made if feel more like being at work then, if that makes sense.

You think you have the bedside manner to be a midwife? 😉

Our first boy was induced in the same way as your wife (he was 2 weeks late) and it still took another 36 hours before he made an appearance and even then he made things difficult - ended up being literally yanked out with a ventouse which was pretty scary.

snap. mine was exactly the same.
I went to say hello to him as he was being toweled down and forgot about the 'don't look at the other end' advice and caught a glimpse of the massacre. an image that still haunts me today. 😐

Like a badly removed fireplace.......

You think you have the bedside manner to be a midwife?

Well yes but I'm not a midwife.

We are still here!!!

Good god! Must be really frustrating and demoralising for you both, stay positive, it'll be over soon (ish!)

We had to wait 48 hours for our first after my wife went into labour.

The view from the top floor of the Sussex County hospital in Brighton is forever etched into my mind.

Jeez. No 1 was 7hrs, No 2 was 3hrs from first Contraction. The last one was a real rush to the hossie I can tell you - she went from 5 mins apart to one min apart during the 30 minute journey. Once crowning, KJ02 popped out like a bullet from a gun.

Think my second one took about three days - I remember walking round the local fair having to stop every now and again for a contraction 😕

Thing is we aren't even in labour yet!

Got taken to labour ward this morin at 7 ish, they tried to break waters a few times and couldn't then they put up a balloon to try and get things going. It fell out so not sure if it's worked or not but they say its a good sign, but wife isn't convinced.

Looks like i am sleeping here tonight.!

Wife's birthday tomorrow so odds on favourite for a shared birthday!

Jesus this is dragging on.
I hope you are on the 'gas 'n air', it makes everything better.
Good luck.

Also, can u now get wifi in maternity wards?

I wish I could think of something more constructive than FFS and TMI !

The Mrs must be pretty tired by now, thinking of you both. Fingers crossed (not legs).

By the way given the progress so far I don't see how you are forecasting a 21st delivery, I'm going for Christmas eve 🙁

Thread title needs changing to "So we're all sat here waiting for Organic's wife to go into labour"

No sweepstakes yet? Got a month till the next ones due and the current two are winding me up with pre Christmas exuberance.

Has your wife been in contact with angels recently?

Good luck op's wife. Time for sunroof job I reckon.

Well some of you called it. After a long period of inducement and not a lot happening the wife was knackered and in a lot if pain we made the decision to have a c- section

Meet LUCA born today, on the wife's birthday (bugger expensive for me!!)

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7lbs 11.5 oz. born 12:29 after getting admitted to pre natal ward on tuesday at 12:30 it's been a helluva week!!

Have a good Xmas I know we will once we catch up on sleep.

And thanks for your advice/support

YAY!!!!! 😀

Congrats, best wishes to all three of you.

Whew! congratulations.

Congratulations. Have a great family Christmas.

Yay! Good work, congratulations!

Excellent, a baby for Christmas. Well done!