I (M) remember my overnight stay after delivery, I tried to soothe the baby when it awoke and it wasn’t feeding time, and woke every time the nurses came in i was there to help mom during feedings. We slept in fits, they wake mom every 4 hours to encourage feeding.
I remember the nurse’s told me that most dads don’t help, don’t get involved, and leave everything to the mom.
We were jut recovering from a brutal birth so I was eagerly interested in both baby and mom’s health and recovery but the stories the nurses told me were shocking.
When our son was born back in 2012 my wife, our new baby and I was finally about to be in our room by ourselves. The nurse told my wife “get some rest, and don’t worry these men now in days know what to do for the most part. So relax your husband has this…except for the feeding part. That’s all you mom”
5.3k
u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Apr 24 '26
Is it? That sounds horrendous.