Where they going to sterilize stuff? If so what?
2006-12-20 14:13:48 · 10 answers · asked by BummaMumma 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Newborn & Baby
scissors for the umbilical cord?
2006-12-20 14:17:14 · answer #1 · answered by Ndpndnt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, mostly to sterilize scissors, forceps, all that good stuff, but also to give the husband/kids/other something to do to keep them out of the way for a while.
Now we have sterile pre-wrapped tools for this, and it is actually more help for the father to be present for the birth. Lots easier, huh?
I think it was funny though, my husbands mom is still in the old days, so when I went into labor with my first baby, she went to the kitchen and grabbed a pot! My hubby told her that we were going to a sterile hospital to have the baby, no need to boil water!!
I cracked up too hard, then stressed out!
Oh, how times change!
2006-12-20 22:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by baby oh's 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, probably sterilization and I thought cuz a warm clothe helps the woman stretch without ripping. Cuz in the movies they always show someone wringing out a rag from the hot water...
2006-12-20 22:18:38 · answer #3 · answered by Amy D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To sterilize whatever they were going to use to cut the cord, and probably to give the father something to do so he'd stay out of the way. = )
2006-12-20 22:16:22 · answer #4 · answered by Mary L 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That was usually told to the husband. Boiling water took some time back then as you had to build a fire and get it hot enough. All of this kept him out of the way while his wife and the mid-wife got on with the job at hand.
2006-12-20 22:19:58 · answer #5 · answered by Scott E 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
that's what I always thought. sterilize the scissors to cut the cord.
2006-12-20 22:16:40 · answer #6 · answered by Bobbie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No No No, it was to make tea....the fathers back then knew enough to wander off, get drunk for three days and come back when it all over AND cleaned up!
2006-12-20 23:24:27 · answer #7 · answered by motherhendoulas 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it had nuthing to do with sterilizing things it was to keep the hysterical perosn or people out of the room and lower the tension for the mother
2006-12-20 22:18:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mostly to keep the father busy.
2006-12-20 23:10:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was to keep the "fat, old, panicing husband/mate" out the way way so things could get done. It works.
2006-12-20 22:39:32 · answer #10 · answered by sweetirsh 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋