Any one know how teenage fathers are treated by medical staff when girlfriend is in labour?

Question

I am writing a novel in which i have a pregnant 16 year old girl, i want boyfriend (babies father) to be with her when she gose into labour 6 weeks early. i only have personal experience as a married adult couple. i was wondering if he would be treated any differently he is 17.

Answer 1

no he wouldnt be, and if he did then the staff would want reporting, i assume its set in modern day times?

if anything he should be praised for sticking around.

Answer 2

vvell its your story so you can make it hovvever you vvant. I'm sure they are treated differently but in reality a doctor or hospital has no right to treat someone badly, they shouldnt treat him any different then the mother. There job is to deliver the baby and treat them like any other patient and not to judge, although i'm sure theres some nurses that are stuck up and might not be so nice about things, but they could probably get in trouble if they did treat them badly or different.

Answer 3

nope my friend was 14 when she went in labour and her boyfriend was there and was treated as anybody normally

Answer 4

hi no he would not be treated differantly as i was 16 with my first child and the boy friend was seventeen the medical staff treat u as an adult. but the boyfriend was no help

Answer 5

well he'd probably be given a bit more support as staff recognise that he's emotionally and mentally younger than the average father, so more care and time would be given in discussions.

Answer 6

like utter scum! i had my first baby at 15 and he was 17 and he got treated as if he had raped me or something!

Answer 7

no he would not, why would he be? he is still the same as any other lad/bloke, nervous and excited and there for there partner obviously.

just because he is young makes him no diffrent.

Answer 8

no, theres no reason why he would be treated any different just because hes young

Answer 9

no he would be treated equally by the staff, and no different to any older male whos other half was pregnant! they just do there job