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.
My son and his wife had twins. My wife and I went down to help out. Brand new twins kept all four of us running. At least we were able to let the new parents get SOME sleep.
I was in the delivery room helping through the birth of both my boys and my son was in the delivery room, then surgery for the c-section and helped with the babies a lot in the hospital so he could ask questions with medical staff there for answers.
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u/Upstairs-Hedgehog575 Apr 24 '26
Is it? That sounds horrendous.