Question for all the TMF daddies?

[OnnaOtaku]

If you were present for the birth of your child/children did you cry? If so or not, did you think you wouldn't? Did it catch you off guard if you did and thought you wouldn't? If you didn't cry or tear up, any idea why not?

Just a curious question.

 

[slap'n'ticklee]

If you were present for the birth of your child/children did you cry? If so or not, did you think you wouldn't? Did it catch you off guard if you did and thought you wouldn't? If you didn't cry or tear up, any idea why not?

Just a curious question.

LOL I'm not male 😛 I have a sneaky suspicion, you have a hidden agenda 😉 🙂

Sorry if I was being presumptious 🙂

 

[unclebill]

I didn`t cry, but seeing your child for the first time is one hell of a moment. 😎

 

[unit5610]

I didn`t cry, but seeing your child for the first time is one hell of a moment. 😎

I agree with Bill. Plus we had a rough pregnancy so there was as much relief as joy when my son was born.

 

[tkrexx]

Both my kids were/are stubborn as hell, and big babies, while both my Wives were/are small women. Both deliveries were hard fought from 5am (My son til 12:06am next day, my daughter til 10:15pm the same night). Ultimately both had to be extracted. My son was a red conehead, my daughter a blue banana head. Neither had to be slapped, they both announced their presence to the world before they were fully born. My son had a lump 4cm across on the crown of his head for the first year of his life, from the maximum cervical dialation his Mother could achieve...Too bad her cervix and her mouth couldn't have been swapped, she could've given birth to a hippo. An adult hippo. Both times the individuals doing the ultrasounds gave us false expectations. I got what I wanted each time.

Did I cry? Not immediately. Not til my children and their Mothers were safely taking their first nap together.

 

[OnnaOtaku]

LOL I'm not male 😛 I have a sneaky suspicion, you have a hidden agenda 😉 🙂

Sorry if I was being presumptious 🙂

Ok? I'm not quite sure if there's something I should be picking up on in your response, but I have no idea what you're talking about....? 😕




As for the other responses, I was just trying to get an idea of what a more broad reaction would be from multiple people. Why? Because when I have our baby I don't want to yell at my husband for not crying. LoL. Silly, I know, but at the same time, I was curious as to the wide range of reactions. Not crying isn't a bad thing, I know this, but like any woman, they tend to have this "fantasy" idea of what it's going to be like and it usually includes the guy tearing up, to say the least.

 

[Riven]

I'm not a father yet, but I imagine I'll be tearing up. The more satisfying experience, will be raising the child.


Now, I just hope it'll be a boy.

 

[Deleted member 2452]

cry? why would i cry?

i was present for the births of 3 of my 4 kids. i laughed, i smiled, i beamed! why would i have cried? i was happy, not sad... just doesn't make sense.
steve

 

[toyou444]

i was present for the births of 3 of my 4 kids. i laughed, i smiled, i beamed! why would i have cried? i was happy, not sad... just doesn't make sense.
steve

Steve - Some people cry when they are happy...not manly men like you, but some people do! LOL!


I missed the birth of our first child because it was an emergency c-section and I was at work. My wife had two difficult pregnancies, and fortunately I was there for the birth of our second child. I did not cry, I was overjoyed! Three months of hospitalization later we took him home (his older sister was the same thing...both born premature) and I now occasionally cry when I see how well they are and healthy and think about how lucky we were/are.

~ toyou

 

[Ray<3tiklishft]

My son was born 7 weeks premature by emergency C-section. I was shocked when the nurse called for me and told me "This is yours!" Then I jumped for joy when I found out it was a boy. We didn't know at the time what it was going to be.

I was in the delivery room when my daughter was born, also by C-section. I was the first one to see her form the moment she came into the world, and I cried......tears of joy. I was caught up in the moment. She was the most beautiful thing I ever saw.

 

[911]

I'm no father (thank God) but I would cry, I'd be thinking how much is this little brat going to cost me? Just kidding I'd use birth control.

 

[EBunbury]

I was the designated standin for a friend whose husband was overseas in the military, and yes, we all three cried. (He was present by cellphone.)

🙂 E. Bunbury

 

[Headsnap]

Why would you cry at a birth as a man? Seriously, grow a spine. You're not pushing a roasting chicken out of your jap's eye are you? Women have the monopoly on crying in the delivery room as far as I'm concerned, the man's job is to stand there allowing his hand to be crushed whilst whispering vaguely encouraging sentiments whilst suppressing his growing nausea and revulsion at the sight of the stuff coming out of significant other. Call me old-fashioned if you want but that's my view.