When my mom was giving birth to me, the umbilical cord got wrapped around my neck and while struggling, I ended up ripping the cord off. Twenty years later, my dad still has not let me live that down! Every now and then he says "I spent 2 weeks taking a class so I could cut the cord properly. I was ready to cut the cord, but nooooo, little miss independent had to rip it off herself." I was choking! It seems to me that my survival was a little more important than cutting the cord. Is cutting the cord something really that important to fathers, or is my dad just being a brat?
2006-10-05 15:27:37 · 23 answers · asked by i luv teh fishes 7 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
It did happen. My parents told me and they had no reason to lie about it. I think you're just jealous.
2006-10-05 15:43:53 · update #1
That is the only thing that husbands can physically do to bring you into this world, is cutting the cord. Both my girls had meconium, so they had to be cut and taken to have their lungs checked, but they saved enough so my husband could cut it, which I thought was very nice. You do all the carrying, the sickness, the uncomfortable nights, the labor and pushing--He wants to have some part in it (Other than making the baby) this is what he can do.
2006-10-05 16:14:01 · answer #1 · answered by Lissa 3 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I have never heard of any 2 week class that tells a father how to cut the cord. The birthing class can be a 2 week course, but the procedure of how to cut the cord is actually a 2 minute speech.
For the fathers who do decide to cut the cord, the doctor gives him instruction while he does it. It's the same as cutting anything else. Snip. Done.
My son was also born with the cord wrapped around his neck. No one felt like they were missing out on anything. What we could have missed out on, is our son. It doesn't matter who cuts the cord or why - a cord is just that. A cord.
They also give a speech in the birthing class, of how a circumcision is performed, but a doctor does that too. Good thing, too. I wouldn't trust my man with a scissors anyways.
2006-10-05 16:15:12 · answer #2 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think he was just teasing you. Other than that, I think it's pretty inportant. My son's father cut his.
If it's wrapped around the baby's neck, I would definitely be upset if the doctor, nurse, etc (a trained professional) didn't cut it, etc immediately. If daddy doesn't get to the the job initially, oh well. That's life. It's not the end of the world. Thank God you survived without brain damage. What nut of a doctor would just sit there and wait for the baby to tear it off herself! Thank God you were as strong as you were!
2006-10-06 04:54:43 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cut the cord on all 4 of my sons. This might sound bad, but when the doctor was ready for me to cut the cord, all I was thinking "What the hell, I just want my boy to be alright, I don't give a crap about cutting a damn cord"
2006-10-05 15:37:23 · answer #4 · answered by dlobryan1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think he was just kidding you, I think he love you for being so independent when you weren't even old enough open your eyes.
I think he likes to brag about his baby being able to have the sense to take care of herself. I think he feels that no matter what happens in life, you will come out of it on your own.
I have two kids, never heard of taking classes to cut the cord (??). But If I did and my kids did that, I will be SO proud.
I hope that is what your dad feel, but that is the way he SHOWS it.
2006-10-05 15:47:57 · answer #5 · answered by timer 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well that may have happen but now they let you fake it even if the cord is cut before by a Dr. due to a tramatic event such as the one that happened to you. Don't worry about it it really is not that big of a deal. If thats the only thing he has to hold over your head I wouldn't worry about it. Tell him to chill out.
2006-10-05 15:37:08 · answer #6 · answered by pugaboo03 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is he saying it sarcastically, maybe joking? My hubby didn't cut the cord on our children. We never thought it was as important as him just being there and watching their births. It depends on the people, it's a very important issue for some.
2006-10-05 15:38:18 · answer #7 · answered by lisa s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your dad is joking with you in a typical fatherly way. This sounds like something my husband would say, men sometimes joke about things that they shouldn't. Ignore your dad when he says this, or just smile.
It's not important at all for the father to cut the cord, it's just symbolic. It gives him something to do and makes him feel part of the action.
2006-10-05 15:32:01 · answer #8 · answered by BabyRN 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think he's messing with you. I have 2 sons and I cut the cord to one. I thought it was special because I got to be part of his birth, as least as much as I could. I didn't take any classes for it though.
On the lighter side, I had to hold him down when they gave him a circumcision. I didn't want to. But my wife told me I had to. *whip*.
Now that was a painful thing I had to do.
2006-10-05 15:43:05 · answer #9 · answered by Highbeam 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
haha thats sweet that you and your father have that type of relationship that he can joke around with you about somthing like that. Alot of fathers think that it is super important but some dont see the point in cutting the cord.
2006-10-05 19:52:37 · answer #10 · answered by ME 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋