Hear! hear!

[Sqad]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1015472/A-obstetrician-men-NEVER-birth-child.html

[ummmm]

no no no no no

I wanted him to see the pain I was in.....

[Sqad]

ummmm ;-)

[craft1948]

him being at the conception was bad enough.............

[Bbbananas]

My hubbie at the time was far more of a hindrance than a help. He was so busy sucking at the gas & air machine, I never got a look in. Selfish arse.

[redman41]

psml @ craft !

[Bbbananas]

lol ummm and craft.
Hear hear!!

[Sqad]

craft....blimey, did he stay for the conception....;-)

[redman41]

Don't think he did Squad......... Casper the Dog had him by the B....xs !!!

[craft1948]

yes sqad..........he couldn't get out from underneath

[ummmm]

He was useless mind...

I do think men need to see it to appreciate how hard it can be...not just the bonding thing. If men weren't at the births many would have the attitude that 'it can't be as bad as being kicked in the nuts'

I think it makes them more supportive...

Can make them more supportive...!!! I gave birth on the Friday and had to be back at work by the Monday. What an arsehole.....

[craft1948]

I gave birth in the days before the fathers were encouraged to be there.................just as well as I'd have probably decked him.....

[Sqad]

ummmm....I hope they docked your money for the Saturday and the Sunday.

[Bbbananas]

bl00dy typical response that.
And he's not joking craft.....

[ummmm]

lol.....sqad

[craft1948]

salla I bet his wife didn't work once the family arrived.....

[Sqad]

craft.....she continued to work throughout.......................it wasn't my wife who was having the baby...LOL

[jackthehat]

When my cousin had her first child her husband and mother were in the room.
Mum was holding her hand and husband was at 'the business end'. As the baby arrived he said "See, it's just like shelling peas......."
My cousin was so incensed that she bit her mum's hand........
Needless to say, his presence wasn't wanted for the second :o)

[Sqad]

jack.....quite.....I can't see what all the shouting is about.........!!!

[tonyav]

Stop your whingeing, It ain't no where near as bad as a kick in the knacker,s.

[andy-hughes]

I think that - as in most things in life - experiences vary. For every woman who's delivery is 'compromised' by her partner's resence, another finds her experience is enhanced - there are simply no hard and fast rules.

I was present at the birth of our youngest daugther, and was very glad i was - and I know my wife was glads to have me there as well.

It is a matter of personal experience, so the professor's words will strike a chord in some readers, and appear as nonsense to others.