I would let her deliver however she wanted (as long as it was safe and covered by the insurance) but I would voice a strong opposition to any ridiculous name.
I will always fight against the people I care about when they decide to saddle their kids with Krea'tivv U-Neeque Nhaymes. Unusual names are great, just let them be easy to spell and not sentence the kid to a daily ass beating in elementary school.
If I'm paying for it, I'm calling most of the shots.
"f I'm paying for it, I'm calling most of the shots"
Where's the line you'll draw at giving up your control? Would you deny her an epidural that she's begging for if you don't think they're necessary? Or is it more 'I'd rather you go to the hospital to deliver instead of on my living room floor'
"I'd rather you go to the hospital to deliver instead of on my living room floor." Bingo.
Birthing center with trained doulas and access to a hospital in case of emergency? Fine. Hospital and fully medicated? Also fine. Au naturale at the hospital? Great! I'm not paying for an elective c-section, and I'm really, really uncomfortable with the idea of a child homebirthing to the point where I would refuse to allow her to do it.
I don't think I should have a say at all unless it was something which included no medical personnel on site. I can't really say anything as far as the name goes since I named my daughter Seven.
As long as she wasn't planning on something stupid like delivering the baby with dolphins I wouldn't step in. Now a stupid baby name is another story. I would have to put my foot down on some "creative" name.
The only thing I would speak against would be an elective c-section. I had an unplanned section with my first and would NEVER do that again if I could avoid it, and I would never wish that on my child. But natural, medicated, hospital, birth center, home. All that I think it should be the mother's choice. I think people who judge those decisions are a-holes.
Names, I would try to be supportive of most anything that wasn't offensive (ie, Adolph Hitler, or Asshole, or something).
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If I'm paying for it, I'm calling most of the shots.
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Where's the line you'll draw at giving up your control? Would you deny her an epidural that she's begging for if you don't think they're necessary? Or is it more 'I'd rather you go to the hospital to deliver instead of on my living room floor'
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Bingo.
Birthing center with trained doulas and access to a hospital in case of emergency? Fine. Hospital and fully medicated? Also fine. Au naturale at the hospital? Great! I'm not paying for an elective c-section, and I'm really, really uncomfortable with the idea of a child homebirthing to the point where I would refuse to allow her to do it.
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Names, I would try to be supportive of most anything that wasn't offensive (ie, Adolph Hitler, or Asshole, or something).
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