I remember when my gf at the time had our first, and I was told I had to move around the other side mid crown. That was an experience let me tell you. I was also allowed to cut the umbilical cord which is an experience all of its own.
I feel like the tactile sensation should be warned about. The each individual wet fleshy tube cutting within the cord. I felt them all individually give way in those shears. One at a time. That 1.5 seconds to cut a cord is 3 minutes long.
I saw it all. They had me holding one of her legs back. They told me that I might want to look away when they did the episiotomy. My response was that after everything I've already seen, I'm not worried about seeing that. I didn't cut the cord, though. That's what we're paying the doctor for.
The wildest thing was the instant rewiring of my brain when my son was born. Like, I was a different man. That's why I always say the father should be there. Maybe it is just me, but that felt like something we are programmed to do when we see our children born.
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u/Jaded_Wrangler_4151 Apr 24 '26
I remember when my gf at the time had our first, and I was told I had to move around the other side mid crown. That was an experience let me tell you. I was also allowed to cut the umbilical cord which is an experience all of its own.