Yes. And that is the best bit.

It's a great moment when they come out and nice when the baby is all nice and clean too.

The rest of the 12+ hours you can keep.

As Thomas B Lander says. It's the most useless you will feel in your whole life. And that's coming from me.

Also it's brutal. Bloody and brutal.

Posted By: jafski on March 3rd 2010 at 13:30:26

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MOLTO IMPORTANTO!!!! FAO: MEGGERS!!! URGENT!! KLAXON!!! (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:18:29
- Agreed (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 3, 13:58:27
  - you should post this thread on mumsnet and see what happens (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 14:01:47
    - maybe post it under the heading (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 3, 14:03:49
- You know, I rather hope (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:56:17
  - PSP this... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:58:49
    - I'll bring it to the top later so he sees it (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 3, 14:03:03
- I think that the CORRECT advice is: "stay up the head end" (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 3, 13:49:48
  - Yep. It's a marvellous area of mystery and wonder (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 13:52:08
  - yup. Second this advice. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:51:10
    - meant to add (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:52:02
      - What a bizarre invitation (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 3, 13:54:05
        
        indeed. Have never regretted saying no. Not for a moment. (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:55:11
- Oh my, a boy, we wanted a boy didn't we dear? Oh gosh, you fanny's a right mess! (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 3, 13:40:47
  - ^^^ single and likely to remain that way ^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 3, 13:50:27
    - ^^^blub and no sense of humour alert^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - pants, Mar 3, 13:52:13
- Unless your kids are incredibly premature and you're not sure whether they'll survive. (n/m) (General Chat) - Arganth, Mar 3, 13:40:46
  - well we did go through that business (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:42:20
    - Yep, me too. (General Chat) - Arganth, Mar 3, 13:45:31
      - Mine had to go into intensive care due too a bit of fluid on his lungs (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 13:48:06
      - Even if I had the snip I'd still be uber-potent... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:46:54
        
        read as ^^^has issues, probably can't get it up^^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:48:16
        
        No, it clearly doesn't say or suggest that... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:49:26
        
        No! I can't get mine down at the moment! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:50:17
        
        You'll go blind (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:52:21
        
        I hver pfrfhct ieysigft (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:53:02
- What's wrong with you whimps, of course you have to be at the birth of your children! (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:33:22
  - "active part"? All I did was repeat whatever the midwife said... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:35:56
    - this is correct (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:39:21
      - I bet you didn't change nappies as well (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:39:59
        
        It were a way of life for me... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:41:06
        
        ha ha, I remember that...checking the RAL every motion (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:42:20
        
        I doubt he kept the same pair on throughout the entire thing, BSE. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:40:27
        
        oh mine! (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:41:31
    - and the pooing (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 3, 13:38:01
      - you could go to the toliet for that, I'm sure your wife wouldn't have minded (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:39:07
    - stitches (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 13:38:00
      - looking back on it all now though (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:40:22
  - I did the hard part (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:33:55
    - What, gave birth? (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Mar 3, 13:34:27
      - Why do babies come out when they're almost to big to fit? (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 13:36:08
        
        with arms (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:37:06
      - no, gave up his freedom forever (n/m) (General Chat) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 3, 13:35:59
      - if it was that difficult they'd have quit doing it by now (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:35:35
      - No. Just a small cock up at the start. (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 3, 13:35:13
        
        busiest twenty seconds of my life (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:36:12
        
        You did it twice? (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 3, 13:39:38
        
        pump pump pump........"oh sorry about that" (n/m) (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 13:41:30
        
        ^^ Bitter, bitter experience. ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 3, 13:42:58
- But do call your child Humberto (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:20:05
  - he may call it anything he wants but HE MUST STAY AWAY FROM THE BIRTH CLUMP (n/m) (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:21:13
    - no-one gets to stay away from that these days, Tombs (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:22:40
      - he might as well go to flying the space shuttle lessons or quantum physics for professors (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:25:52
        
        Don't you get to have a go on the Gasandair though? (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 13:27:03
        
        Yes. And that is the best bit. (General Chat) - jafski, Mar 3, 13:30:26
        
        "And that's coming from me". ha ha. (n/m) (General Chat) - Tricky Hawes, Mar 3, 13:31:31
        
        Yes, also "haha". (n/m) (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Mar 3, 13:32:39
        
        there's now WAY ON EARTH you are getting the gas and air mask of her mate (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:30:08
        
        Oh I did (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:30:29
        
        didn't have anytime for gas 'n' air, on either occasion (n/m) (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 3, 13:33:18
        
        Nor did I but when they tried induced her I did... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:37:21
        
        even with Scrampton Jnr Snr having been induced didn't have time (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 3, 13:40:20
        
        Ah, right, your Mrs has the same thing that mine did... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:44:04
        
        why would you name the cord "baby humbert"? (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 3, 13:26:46
        
        you should be at advanced quantum physics for professors of space shuttle flight lessons (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:28:39
      - You don't have to look down there though (General Chat) - Huge Small, Mar 3, 13:25:19
        
        It was probably one of the worst things I've ever seen... (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:27:07
        
        and the very high chance of Mrs Megson pooing herself (General Chat) - Ralf Scrampton, Mar 3, 13:35:27
        
        could take his laptop in i suppose (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:27:00
        
        My friend's husband took notes all the way through (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 3, 13:28:29
        
        After my eldest fought his way into this world they asked my wife if she'd like anything a (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 3, 13:32:00
        
        Was he preparing for a lecture..? (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:29:01
        
        He wrote a very lengthy article in the NCT magazine afterwards (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 3, 13:29:43
        
        Do some UStreamage (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Mar 3, 13:31:07
        
        That reads a bit wrong (n/m) (General Chat) - Fierce Panda, Mar 3, 13:33:26

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