I thought I was going crazy before your post ha. My wife had both our kids in the UK. First was emergency c section, second was planned.
Firstly the staff were great both times. The emergency section was scary after 12 hours of induced labour, but everyone knew what they were doing. I was just internally terrified I'd lose her.
But back to this post, my impression was that most (or all that I saw) dads were pretty involved. We have the easy job and it doesn't cost anything to be supportive. The expectation is that they would be supportive. So it's weird reading these comments because they don't fit with the reality I've seen.
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u/Clearandblue Apr 24 '26
I thought I was going crazy before your post ha. My wife had both our kids in the UK. First was emergency c section, second was planned.
Firstly the staff were great both times. The emergency section was scary after 12 hours of induced labour, but everyone knew what they were doing. I was just internally terrified I'd lose her.
But back to this post, my impression was that most (or all that I saw) dads were pretty involved. We have the easy job and it doesn't cost anything to be supportive. The expectation is that they would be supportive. So it's weird reading these comments because they don't fit with the reality I've seen.
Might just be a US thing maybe.