Love your thoughts on the Bradley method and dad’s role in birth. We’ve gone the Bradley route both in the hospital with an OB and in a birth center with a midwife, and I have many lovely things to say about it.
We originally wanted to do Bradley method. But I don't feel like the class we took really prepared u very well. In the end of course it was a moot point because my waters broke, labor didn't progress and baby turned out to be breech and it ended with a c-section. And then my attempted v-bac ended in another c-section; so in the end five surgeries and no chances to even give Bradley a try. However he was there in the OR holding my hand and being my support. And having a c-section means being incredibly dependent in the first few days after birth, and my husband most certainly rose to the occasion every time, deep in the thick of diaper changes and night time wake-ups because I couldn't even lift her out of the bassinet on my own at first. He's always been a fully active partner in childcare, from well before any of the babies were born, caring for me during terrible bouts of nausea and vomiting. And an incredibly hands-on dad. I simply cannot fathom trying to raise children without him.
We did just the book, not the classes (the book strongly states not to do this!) but still found it really helpful. We had _most_ of labor with our first before an emergency C, and then narrowly escaped a second C with our second.
It would be weird for me to recommend it to someone with a condition where they knew they'd need a C, but I'd be half tempted to (and would definitely recommend the Birth Partner), because I think it speaks really well to the way mother and father can support each other and sets a good pattern for after birth.
Love your thoughts on the Bradley method and dad’s role in birth. We’ve gone the Bradley route both in the hospital with an OB and in a birth center with a midwife, and I have many lovely things to say about it.
We originally wanted to do Bradley method. But I don't feel like the class we took really prepared u very well. In the end of course it was a moot point because my waters broke, labor didn't progress and baby turned out to be breech and it ended with a c-section. And then my attempted v-bac ended in another c-section; so in the end five surgeries and no chances to even give Bradley a try. However he was there in the OR holding my hand and being my support. And having a c-section means being incredibly dependent in the first few days after birth, and my husband most certainly rose to the occasion every time, deep in the thick of diaper changes and night time wake-ups because I couldn't even lift her out of the bassinet on my own at first. He's always been a fully active partner in childcare, from well before any of the babies were born, caring for me during terrible bouts of nausea and vomiting. And an incredibly hands-on dad. I simply cannot fathom trying to raise children without him.
We did just the book, not the classes (the book strongly states not to do this!) but still found it really helpful. We had _most_ of labor with our first before an emergency C, and then narrowly escaped a second C with our second.
It would be weird for me to recommend it to someone with a condition where they knew they'd need a C, but I'd be half tempted to (and would definitely recommend the Birth Partner), because I think it speaks really well to the way mother and father can support each other and sets a good pattern for after birth.