Yes, the third was scheduled, second was an emergency (prospect cord).
I’m not sure if the doctor even noticed me for the second. It was the nurses who kept bugging me to sit down.
They brought a stool over, and I said I didn’t need it. They kept bugging me to sit down, but I was better off standing. I’m a bit too big for most furniture, and the stool they brought over was tiny.
To their credit, they stopped bugging me about it before my wife had to tell them to piss off.
Edit: It wasn’t about me watching what they were doing. They were all expecting me to pass out. The only way I would have passed out is if I sat on that stool and then tried to stand up again.
The reason for this really comes down to safety. As sure as you feel that you won’t pass out, anyone who works in an operating theatre will have seen someone pass out when they said they wouldn’t, which then creates a second patient! I’m sure you’d prefer everyone focus on looking after your wife rather than yourself. Just an extra perspective from someone who has seen this exact situation.
Yes, the third was scheduled, second was an emergency (prospect cord).
I’m not sure if the doctor even noticed me for the second. It was the nurses who kept bugging me to sit down.
They brought a stool over, and I said I didn’t need it. They kept bugging me to sit down, but I was better off standing. I’m a bit too big for most furniture, and the stool they brought over was tiny.
To their credit, they stopped bugging me about it before my wife had to tell them to piss off.
Edit: It wasn’t about me watching what they were doing. They were all expecting me to pass out. The only way I would have passed out is if I sat on that stool and then tried to stand up again.
The reason for this really comes down to safety. As sure as you feel that you won’t pass out, anyone who works in an operating theatre will have seen someone pass out when they said they wouldn’t, which then creates a second patient! I’m sure you’d prefer everyone focus on looking after your wife rather than yourself. Just an extra perspective from someone who has seen this exact situation.
That makes sense, they’d have to supply it for a C-section but not a vaginal birth since all that pushing means the stool typically just shows up.