Question for parents.

IslandFlyer

IslandFlyer

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I may have some company training to attend just before my wife's due date.

For all of you who have had kids, how close were you to the due date? I'm a little concerned about being out of state so close to the due date but such is life.
 
Both my kids were induced. The first one for the "known" factor of yes, let's be sure all parties (doc & dad) are present. The second was induced at 34 weeks for medical reasons.
 
Thanks for the replies.

I won't be able to just hop on the next airplane out if she goes into labor. That's my only concern.
 
If at all possible. DO NOT MISS IT. It was two (two kids) of the most incredible experiences I have ever had. Just my 2 cents worth.
 
I will say though, being present for the birth, to me, was highly overrated. Being present for the whole "in labor" thing was very highly overrated. I would have liked the old days - smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee in the waiting room and then they let me go in and see the baby after she's already clean and not gross.
 
Of all my friends and family members with kids, including myself. I only know one who had their child on the scheduled due date. Most were between 1 to 3 weeks early. Ours came 2.5 weeks early. Unlike Waco, I am not a real man and loved being present for the whole ordeal. ;)
 
I bet you eat quiche too...
SeanD said:
Of all my friends and family members with kids, including myself. I only know one who had their child on the scheduled due date. Most were between 1 to 3 weeks early. Ours came 2.5 weeks early. Unlike Waco, I am not a real man and loved being present for the whole ordeal. ;)
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and cry at Hallmark commercials
 
Bumblebee said:
in at the conception (which I'm sure you wouldn't have missed for the world)...in at the delivery...
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I would have been perfectly happy to wait out the delivery in the waiting room.

However my wife wanted me there for the first. The second was a home birth with a midwife. The third came so fast that I caught him myself. I'm planning on the same thing for #4.
 
Kids rarely come on their "due" date or even that close to it. Two of my kids came early and one came late. I took time off with two of them and barely made it home for the other. You don't want to miss their first moments coming into the world if you can help it. You are going to miss enough school plays, games, some birthdays, holidays, other events and "firsts" as it is. You need to try and be there to support your wife too.

But really, seeing your son or daughter being born, and participating in that entire process, holding them in your arms for the first time, seeing them placed in your wife's arms, hearing their first cries, looking into their eyes, checking out all their little parts, the immediate feeling of joy and love that rushes over and overwhelms your heart, just the entire experience is one you will remember/never forget, recount and look back on for the rest of your life. Congrats BTW!
 
A Life Aloft said:
But really, seeing your son or daughter being born, and participating in that entire process, holding them in your arms for the first time, seeing them placed in your wife's arms, hearing their first cries, looking into their eyes, checking out all their little parts, the immediate feeling of joy and love that rushes over and overwhelms your heart, just the entire experience is one you will remember/never forget, recount and look back on for the rest of your life. Congrats BTW!
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The birth of my kids were the most mind blowing, emotional experiences I have ever had.
 
pullup said:
The birth of my kids were the most mind blowing, emotional experiences I have ever had.
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It's not something you can even prepare for or fully understand/comprehend before hand or even fully explain to another person who has not experienced it. It's just that special and unique.

My Dad had tried to tell me (as I told my own kids when they were about to be parents) that the most remarkable things were that you would immediately fall head over heels in deep love with your baby, in an instant. He was right. I don't know how this happens but it does. You heart just melts. You also suddenly feel protective of them, I mean instantly. You want to care for them, nurture them, keep them safe and you know immediately you would do anything for them, even sacrifice your own life. Then there is the whole unbelievable part of......wow I helped create another human being. This baby is a part of me. He/she belongs to me and they are mine. I am their Dad. It's just as you said.....mind blowing. I don't think I stopped grinning for a week afterwards. That and the crazy checking on them every ten seconds day and night to make sure they were okay. I would sit by their cribs to wait and see if they woke up just so I could hold them and snuggle them.

And man, was it hard leaving them to go back to work. I called home a million times and made my wife put the phone next to their tiny ears so I could talk to them. lol
 
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