DedicatedDad
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Re: Mom's dilemna
11/02/11 07:05 PM
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I wrote this before, but I think it's time to write again.
When my ex and I decided to start our family, I wanted to be as involved as I could through the whole process. I read books and sang to the womb each day to our unborn children. I waited on my ex hand and foot for many months to make the experience more positive as she was clearly very uncomfortable. She didn't have to lift a finger for months. As her birthing coach I was there every step of the way. As I held my crying newborn's hand upon her birth and said: "it's ok, it's your daddy," she immediately stopped crying, probably from being familiar with my voice. I cut their cords, held them for hours, and did 90% of the feedings/changings/parenting/caretaking for my babies for months as my ex wasn't up to it.
I was as involved a father as one can be. Yet, if you ask me what it's like to have a baby....I have no clue. I was there every step of the way, I can read about it in books or talk to moms about the experience, but I didn't deliver them, so I can't possibly ever know.
I tell this story, as it runs parallel to being an NCP. If you haven't actually walked in the shoes, you can't possibly know what it's like.
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