one born every minute : MALE 'midwife'

[ttc_lolly]

Philip Schofield the silver fox.... good choice

Emma - no you can't change! Wogan and his toupe are all yours!!

I too need to go to bed!!! Night xxx

 

[Hayley90]

Well, i have no idea what question time is... so im off to bed too!

 

[fifie123]

Whats the Problem

 

[emsiee]

It wouldnt bother me at all!

 

[Vici]

Wouldn't bother me at all. My fertility specialist was a man and he was fabulous x

 

[sjminimac]

i had 3 midwives due to long labour/shift change/busy birthing centre and one of them was male, and he was fantastic x

 

[NG09]

Wouldn't bother me at all, male or female, as long as they knew what they were doing I don't see the diference. I actually thought the male MW in last nights programme came across really well.

 

[KittyVentura]

I had a great midhusband - Jameswhile being induced. x

 

[helen1234]

exactly most consultants are male whats the dfference,

how ever if i had the ultimate choice i would choose women to be with me, plus i think my oh would be comfier too if i'm honest, i'm not keen on midwives telling mums when to push and not to and he was doing that. but women midwoves do that too on that programme

x

I'm keen on them telling you when to push and not too - as it was this that stopped me having any tears. I wanted to push the whole time, but by listening to the midwife and by pushing when my er, "bits" were ready for it, I managed to get through pretty much unscathed down there!

I 100% agree and I also had NO tears.

i'm on about telling mums when its time to push not guiding he head through the perinium.

if your tuned into your body and listening to your insincts then you dont need a mw to tell you when you need to start pushing. its instinct and you cant physically helpful, nothing worse than telling someone to push when the urge has gone its not effective.

 

[funkyfish586]

i thought he was fab & so caring. I would have loved a male MW. I dont have a problem with my male GP so its no different. Its not like hes doing it to perv! I thought he was so nice to that woman! x

 

[lozzy21]

I had a male consultant give me several internals and deliverd LO, and when i say deliver, he spent 2 min with his hands up my bits trying to free her shoulder.

When he first walked in, in my gas and air induced logic i thought hes black so his hands are going to be massive (he was well over 6ft) looked at his hands and they were massive! But you know what he was so gentle, more gental than any of the females that gave me them.

 

[Zarababy1]

i didnt watch it but honestly a male midwife wouldnt bother me in the slightest, infact i think i would reather have a male midwife than a female who's never given birth before!!

 

[Zarababy1]

exactly most consultants are male whats the dfference,

how ever if i had the ultimate choice i would choose women to be with me, plus i think my oh would be comfier too if i'm honest, i'm not keen on midwives telling mums when to push and not to and he was doing that. but women midwoves do that too on that programme

x

I'm keen on them telling you when to push and not too - as it was this that stopped me having any tears. I wanted to push the whole time, but by listening to the midwife and by pushing when my er, "bits" were ready for it, I managed to get through pretty much unscathed down there!

I 100% agree and I also had NO tears.

i'm on about telling mums when its time to push not guiding he head through the perinium.

if your tuned into your body and listening to your insincts then you dont need a mw to tell you when you need to start pushing. its instinct and you cant physically helpful, nothing worse than telling someone to push when the urge has gone its not effective.

Someones been reading birthing the easy way lol, I totaly argree helen!

 

[dani_tinks]

Wouldn't bother me, I had the doctor help deliver Jacobs shoulders anyway and apparently I was thanking him more than the poor midwifes who'd put up with me the whole way through , silly drugs!

 

[lozzy21]

I needed to be told when to push, despite only having gas and air i couldent feel my contractions, all the pain was constant in my back.

 

[FirstBean]

It wouldnt bother me either. When I was watching I thought he was a great midwife and would be happy for him to deliver my baby

 

[Dolly.]

I'd be happy for him to deliver my baby. I thought he was an amazing midwife

 

[Miss_Bump]

I was examined by a male doctor a few times and had so many people in theatre when Evie was delivered but I honestly didn't care.

As long as they were medically trained to help me in labour then thats all I needed.

It's their job and they see it all day

 

[SophiasMummy]

to be honest there are alot of very rude midwives down here where i live so much so that there is only one midwife for young mums up to the age of 21 as she is the only one that is nice to the young mums, i think if it were male midwives instead they would be alot more friendly. i also prefer male drs i knw it can feel a little embarrassing if the dr is fit but i would rather that than a female dr that i dont get on with

 

[midori1999]

I would be equally happy with a male or female midwife. They are there in a medical capacity, so I don't see why anyone would feel awkward or embarrassed.

I wonder how many women would also ask for a female doctor if a male obstetrician turned up to deliver their baby? We are meant to be striving for equality and that works both ways.

I thought the midwife was lovely and some women do need to be told when to push, especially if they get panicky. A lot of it is encouragement too, rather than just 'instructions'.