'Fathers are not much use during childbirth'

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2011-11-15 19:16

Article here. Excerpt:

'Today, at the Royal College of Midwives annual conference, Ann Milton, the public health minister, will claim many fathers feel “uninformed and unwelcome” when it comes to maternity care.

Her answer? To “encourage” men to sleep in maternity wards on fold-down beds, so not only will they feel wanted but it will also ease the burden on midwives.

I will need at least two hands to count the number of reasons why that screams “bad idea”. The report also recommends maternity wards “should provide men’s lifestyle magazines to make fathers feel comfortable”.

Comfortable? Why should they be comfortable? Does any woman, in the first few hours/days of motherhood feel comfortable?

One hospital is even arranging ante-natal classes so they don’t clash with men’s office hours or football matches.

Hang on, it’s not about them! For once, equality doesn't come into it. Women have babies, men don’t. And if men feel that maternity wards aren't “comfortable” places for them, then guess what?

They probably shouldn't be there.'

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The many levels of bile that rise in answer of this BS is hard to control, but I will try! To exclude Men from the birth process is not natural. Being a part of, and watching ones' own children being born is a beautiful experience. One that should be encouraged. But, the way this article explains it Men are just about useless other than planting the seed. I call the author an elitist pig of the female kind.

David A. DeLong

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Submitted by David A. DeLong on Wed, 2011-11-16 21:12