Comments | chrisbarnes: The wonders of life

chrisbarnes

The wonders of life

Aug 15, 2009 01:21

I've just had the most amazing, tiring and wonderful day. I was (unplanned and unexpectedly) the birth partner for my lovely friend Katie.

( Here's how it went down. )

baby

Comments 17

quatrefoil August 15 2009, 00:44:32 UTC

I cried reading that, and I've been emotional about it since I saw you yesterday morning. It's a very rare privilege to see someone come into the world, particularly for those of us who don't have our own children. I am so very glad for you that you could be there, and glad for Katie and for Sophie that you could be there too. Congratulations.

chrisbarnes August 15 2009, 04:20:51 UTC

It is a rare privilege indeed. I'm a lucky man.

cassiphone August 15 2009, 00:52:49 UTC

Congratulations! What an amazing experience for you. I'm glad she had you there - having gone through it myself recently (for the first time despite it being my first child) I can't think of anything worse than not having a trusted person there to help you through it.

chrisbarnes August 15 2009, 04:21:12 UTC

Thanks! And congratulations to you too, :)

thebellman August 15 2009, 01:28:19 UTC

Thank you for sharing this story, and I hope mother and child are faring well.

chrisbarnes August 15 2009, 04:22:59 UTC

No worries. I couldn't NOT share it. Mother and child are well; baby's feeding and sleeping and Mum's getting some rest too. I'll be visiting them again today.

findalexh August 15 2009, 05:06:03 UTC

Awesome! I've always wanted to deliver a baby. Maybe in the new job I might get a chance?

I'm really jealous!

chrisbarnes August 15 2009, 14:42:34 UTC

I hope you do get to do it. Not that I delivered the baby as such - the midwife looked after that - but I was there and involved and it was fantastic.

findalexh August 16 2009, 04:58:18 UTC

I think I'd rather be involved like you were. Katie obviously has a lot of love and respect for you and you'll be involved in the munchkins' life.

Doesn't really compare to being in the right/wrong place at the right time. Right for me, wrong for her, I imagine most mothers would rather have an expert experienced medical team on standby, fully equipped and toting lots of pain killers rather than one bloke with badly remembered first aid training and a pocket knife...

catsparx August 17 2009, 00:26:48 UTC

Woah!

chrisbarnes August 17 2009, 01:15:12 UTC

Yeah! I'm glad I didn't go to Continuum now... I wouldn't have missed this for the world.