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In reply to the discussion: NJ court ruling blocking newborn's dad from delivery room is first in nation [View all]joeglow3
(6,228 posts)320. That is NOT what I said
I said he could experience the initial stages of the baby getting checked out right after being born (being weighed, etc.) and then excuse himself when the mother attempted to nurse. This is just ANOTHER example of you making shit up.
I know. The guy should just STFU because if he questions ANYTHING the mother says/wants, then he is disrupting her zen and therefore, everything is his fault.
However, with the line of reasoning you have demonstrated, I would recommend you walk away as well.
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NJ court ruling blocking newborn's dad from delivery room is first in nation [View all]
alp227
Mar 2014
OP
That's how I see it too. Before birth there's one patient who has every right
NYC Liberal
Mar 2014
#5
If the father is not paying any of the hospital/medical bills, would he still have that right?
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#9
it has ALWAYS been the policy that no one goes in that room unless the mother
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#179
First of all, I see no reason why we need to assume that the child will have the father's surname.
Squinch
Mar 2014
#296
You've obviously never gone through labor and childbirth. It is physically and emotionally
1monster
Mar 2014
#222
Yes, but this is a specific situation. The child is newborn--and will only be so once.
Common Sense Party
Mar 2014
#19
Ah. Of course. Someone is making a perfectly valid point about the rights of the mother
Squinch
Mar 2014
#299
"Fuck him" is not a valid reaction to giving birth (however you want to describe it).
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#300
I haven't personally experienced it. But I am smart enough to get my information from those who
Squinch
Mar 2014
#311
You actually said "thanks for playing," didn't you? Is there a double no-backs on that?
Squinch
Mar 2014
#317
The fact that you are now making shit up speaks even more about your confidence
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#308
You advocated taking the child away from the mother right after giving birth no less
Tumbulu
Mar 2014
#318
he never asked to be in the delivery room, only to be able to see the baby at the hospital as soon
leftyohiolib
Mar 2014
#6
Female or Male rights? It should be phrased otherwise. It should be Human rights.
Half-Century Man
Mar 2014
#89
well, if he got what he wanted, why was he suing and how is it that he lost?
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#129
How so? He didn't have any right to be in that room and he certainly didn't have
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#224
Your entire argument that he was entitled to have the baby ripped away from the mother a minute
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#233
your argument has no merits. your argument is concerned with only one thing,
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#246
I was about to say that labor can and often does have the effect of making women in pain
CTyankee
Mar 2014
#86
There IS colostrum right away. And latching on needs to be established quickly.
antigone382
Mar 2014
#168
No I agree with the poster who I responded too. What is good for the goose is good for the gander.
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2014
#248
No the reverse sexism here isn't a figment of imagination. Visit the HOF forum sometime,
Exultant Democracy
Mar 2014
#253
Not my experience or the experience of my friends. They started nursing right away.
kmlisle
Mar 2014
#209
Mothers need the presence of a baby to stimulate the milk to come in, whether or not
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#231
In my 16, almost 17 years of being in the delivery room, I disagree with this.
Butterbean
Mar 2014
#260
My son was born Cesarean, and his mother was too out of it from the anesthetic to hold him.
olddad56
Mar 2014
#146
That's a completely different situation. In this case, the father would have been
pnwmom
Mar 2014
#234
So, like I said, move the baby to another room, as even you stated is standard process
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#289
There zero reason for the mother to do that other than using the child as a tool
joeglow3
Mar 2014
#291
"Any interest a father has before the child’s birth is subordinate to the mother’s interests,"
Drale
Mar 2014
#4
once the man has established paternity then there is a court system to determine
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#128
yeah, how dare she insist on only having people she wants present while she's in
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#119
In my case, I'd have preferred it if the father were present at the childbirth
My Good Babushka
Mar 2014
#131
Juries refuse to hide misogynistic comments, ergo misogynists feel welcome
geek tragedy
Mar 2014
#190
I don't know what's happening. And you are right: a lot of it is very characteristic of Republican
Squinch
Mar 2014
#197
"Any interest a father has before the child’s birth is subordinate to the mother’s interests,"
Douglas Carpenter
Mar 2014
#205
I wouldn't want a man staring at my @#$^)*& or me while I'm popping out a baby nt
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#235
I don't want a male gyn or obstetrician. I never understood why a man would want to be a gyn
Sarah Ibarruri
Mar 2014
#334