After hearing about our latest labour and birth story, many friends are gushing about how calm and/or brave Henson has been. One said that “He deserves a medal” and another said, he should be named “Hubby of the Year”. 🙂
And I, of course, agree! 🙂
If you had read his post on the Birth, you would have read that he thought homebirthing was just a crazy idea. He didn’t really think I would do it and that he would be the midwife. But once he saw what was happening, he rose up to the challenge and performed marvellously!
He said that that was because I was calm and so he was able to be calm. But hey! I could be calm and he could have been a mess, especially with all the blood and bodily fluids all over the room!
I think he definitely deserves a medal for :
- Being my prayer warrior. It helped to know that I could rely on him to pray when I had to concentrate on the contractions. Knowing that he was praying with me to move the little one into optimum position was also very encouraging.Not bugging me to go to the hospital
- Trusting me to trust my body
- Occupying the children when I was labouring in the room
- Settling the practical aspects like meals for the children, bringing the car closer to our flat
- Not freaking out when the little one was seemingly stuck
- Catching the baby – he did pay attention when I was sharing all those interesting birth stories I’d read!
- Cleaning up the messy, messy room – including scooping up the placenta into the designated basin without any complaint or queasiness
- Shuttling the 6 children up and down just so they can see the baby
- Being dad and mom to them while I rested at the hospital
- Taking over all the mom duties even as I am home so that I can rest as much as possible, on top of clearing his own work
I am so blessed to have him as my dear, dear husband!
But of course being all that and more has made him very tired. So if you would keep him in your prayers, that he would recover quickly, it would be much appreciated!