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My husband saved my life when I passed out after losing too much blood after the delivery and by some inexplicable circumstance no one except him was in the room and the nurses were at the far end of the corridor. The call button was not at the head of the bed as it was supposed to be, but hidden away in a drawer.

OP,

In this day and age, it's expected that a father would witness the birth of his children. If he can't handle the blood and moaning, then he shouldn't have copulated and doesn't deserve the babies.

PP, there are many things that a husband can do for their partner when she is giving birth! Psychologically, the very fact that you are there (not passing out) is a symbol of your engagement. If you utter words of encouragement and hold her hand, even better. If you cut the cord, hold your baby, etc even better.

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I know another couple where the DH advocated for his DW (my friend) when she said she was experiencing a lot of pain during a C-section and the doctors were ignoring her. it turned out the pain medication wasn't working. Good thing he was there for her or they would have continued ignoring her and she would have felt the entire thing.[/b]

If your DH can't be your advocate at times like these, when it really counts, what good is he? I'd kick him to the curb. [/quote]

It must have been one f'ed up hospital that would ignore a mother in pain and that the husband would need to be alerting the the doctors to the situation. The lesson is not that a husband should be present but that you should select a good hospital and doctors.[/quote]

That's not the kind of thing you know until you experience it. I would quote what the doctors said to her before her DH stepped up but I don't want to out her or myself here so I won't, but yeah, good thing her DH was there.[/quote]

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