Why do some women do it and would you take your children along to watch you give birth?

I guess they feel its the most natural & most beautiful thing in the world and they want there children to see it happening. Even if had been aloud when I gave birth to my children

My oldest son saw his 2 younger brothers being born. He was at the top of the bed at my head so he was not getting any radical shots of mom...
He has spoke often of it..how I looked, what I was going through..how amazing and yet gross it was. He and I are very close and he has more respect for what his mom went through then his father...
He has tremendous respect for me and women in general...he doesn't have any children at 25..when he does I know he will be there and very supportive.

Apparently some children are traumatised by the experience.

I think for my boy what would have traumatized..if anything, was how I looked. When he was bought there I was in full on labor. He was expecting me to be sitting up, hair done, make up on having a glass of cola. So that was difficult for him..he realized the amount of pain I was in. And we had discussed it after..he was worried about me. Later he came to just understand that it F'n hurts to be in labor and have a baby. I truly don't think it caused him any damage..he loves his brothers, tells them about how he saw them being born, and is amazed at what women go through. He also saw and felt the love when those babies were handed to me..so he knew that it was like that when I had him also.

I am watching a documentary about this at the moment, the panel are split over the discussion, some think it is a good thing, others think it is too much of a responsibility for young children. One member of the panel has stated that society is making children grow up too quickly and it may not be in a young child's interest to witness childbirth.............

sounds like u had a very positive reaction with your son,glad to hear it.at the time when I had my two sons not even the fathers were aloud in the room.when I had my daughter it was aloud.

I can see that...some conflict on the effects. There is a big age difference between my oldest and his brothers. So my boy always felt like the little man of the house anyway. Not sure if this experience made much difference...he is very protective of me and his brothers. Would he still be that way had he not been there..I think so, I think it's his personality and his nature. Of course this was along time ago...

It seems to me that if someone is teaching their children about the REAL facts of life, and where babies come from and what life (and death) are really about, then it shouldn't be traumatic for them. And it builds the respect factor, too. Respect for life. Respect for Mom. Respect for women in general.

I don't sugar coat ANYTHING for my boys...I have raised them alone and it was gonna come from me or the streets, I figured better me and honestly... their good young men now. I have been judged by many for my methods of parenting, for us it has worked. I had to fly by the seat of my pants and went with intuition...very little of what others thought. I feel now at their ages I did the right thing.

my daughter did her other halfs, neice 15 and her sister 18.. well her sister freaked out could not stay in the room.. the neice stayed in.. she thought it would be a good experience for them to not have a child all too soon i think it worked!!!!!!!! me i thought it was cool!!!!!!!! i never seen it before...

I am now so very confused after watching this documentary, the discussion has heated up!!! The only panelist who was saying it is a positive thing taking children into the delivery room has now changed sides, she is now saying children under 15 should not be allowed.I personally would not want to, I much prefer my son to still believe that the stork delivers babies.......... He's 25!

lol bonny!! well she did not allow brother in there... the only guy was daddy of the baby

Depends on the maturity of the child, I think. What's the difference between having a kid watch a dog give birth to puppies, and watching their mother?

Heck, a good man will be in there as well, supporting his significant other. And I know plenty who won't, because they lack maturity.

Most ment think they are dying when they have a common cold, do you think they would be able to stand the though of witnessing childbirth?

An interesting thing to think about and it brings up the point of talking with your significant other about whether they will or will not be involved in the delivery room, even as support. I wouldn't respect a man who wasn't going to be involved all the way through.

My dad didn't get the option of not being in the room. He actually delivered me, as the doc walked in. Of course, early on in mom's pregnancy with me, he was in the doghouse, since he and the doc were discussing the similarities between delivering calves and children. Mom was not a happy camper with him on that! LMAO!

depends upon the children,, their age and maturity, my children personally couldnt handle it but Im sure others could

I can see here the similarity comes in ...............Only the female of the species gives birth.

LOL! Yep.