tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276514340427852569.post6996674493914838977..comments2023-07-25T02:04:54.346-07:00Comments on Not Just a Working Mom: Soccer Coach does not equal Birth CoachNicole Peltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07791466101496995936noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276514340427852569.post-46765376774554575942009-08-12T12:24:38.894-07:002009-08-12T12:24:38.894-07:00Nicole,
Speaking as another "below average b...Nicole, <br />Speaking as another "below average birthing partner," despite having a decade of labor room experience when my first child was born, I have a special place in my heart for labor-coaching daddies. <br /><br />Considering that a) they're often feeling hormonally weird (testosterone usually drops during a mate's pregnancy, while estrogen [!] rises), b) they're worrying about everything from fainting to the scary what-ifs of childbirth, and c) they have absolutely no way of knowing what birthing a baby really feels like, it's no surprise that a lot of men are happy just to survive the whole thing. <br /><br />I'd give my own labor coach performance, which included knocking things over and falling asleep at inopportune times, a C-minus. Tops.<br /><br />If I could do it all over again, I'd gladly let my mother-in-law (an experienced newborn nursery nurse and mother of five) do the coaching, leaving me to hold my wife's hand, fetch whatever she wanted, and worry my dad-to-be worries as my daughter inched her way into my life.<br /><br />But that's just me...some men love the coaching.<br /><br />Take care (and thanks for your very thoughtful comments on Birth Day),<br />Mark SloanUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02048156283447551672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4276514340427852569.post-53452136245648735332009-08-12T09:24:54.342-07:002009-08-12T09:24:54.342-07:00I also read Birth Day for the book club and though...I also read Birth Day for the book club and thought it was a wonderful book. For a non-fiction medical book, I couldn't put it down. I also chose to write about the idea of a Doula. I gave birth to my kids around the same time the author gave birth to his, when dads were thought to be the best coaches and Doulas weren't heard of. I think they are a great idea.Jennifer/Connect with your Teenshttp://connectwithyourteens.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com