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If a woman wants the father of the child present during childbirth, should he be legally forced to be there?

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Or risk losing all contact with the child?

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  1. My Gosh!! What a stupid thinking and what a stupid question? Do you people think men are your slaves though any sensible father would like to be present there.


  2. No, but hopefully he'd have the decency to respect her wishes in that regard.

  3. no..sum can't jus stand d delivery..@ times dey r quite senstv n rely on wives fr support..so

    dey shudn't b forced ..its his right to decide so...

  4. No, the mother can't compell him to be there in any way. But, likewise, if he wants to be present and she doesn't want him to be, he can't stay. His free will about where he will be is limited by other people's rights - as is the mother's free will about who is present (or not) at birth.

  5. No

  6. This is just silly now, if his excuse is that he would rather be with another family member like his sister because she helped him out during the pregnancy, he is a selfish twit and shouldn't be surprised when the mother starts using contact as a weapon. Then the mother should be punished severely for using contact as a weapon.

    *rolls eyes in a rare moment of passive aggression

  7. No o_O

    Why should he?

    Some people faint at the slightest sight of blood or pain.

    Some may not be able to stand watching his wife in pain.

    Some just may not like it.

    It's decency to try, but be legally forced is unfair.

  8. Of course not.  I'm not even going to make my husband be there if he doesn't want to be, he might be squeemish (and he might not look at me in the same way!).

  9. Do you wish to have everything regulated?

  10. No full stop!! some people are not good with viewing that kinda stuff!!!

  11. Not at all!  My dad would have been more of a hinderance because he is REALLY squeemish, but he was still a great dad!

  12. No he should not be forced. Some men cannot stand the sight of child birth and feint or feel ill. Then the medical staff have to spend time on him before the mother giving birth. When my wife was pregnant, I went to a film show of a birth and out of the 20 or so fathers present 3 actually feinted and this was only a film. I was at the birth of my 2 and it was good to be there and be of help, they were home births, so it was a lot more personal.

  13. Let's put it this way, fathers should have the right to go to a school play his kid is in, and a good dad would be there.  Yet, the law doesn't force him to.  If he misses out on events like her birth and school plays, it's both his and the kid's loss.

    Somebody should think about what the child wants.  For the kid to know that her dad was there for her birth is special.

  14. Not at all.  It should be his choice.  A pregnant woman is not the dictator over the father.  He must be treated as an adult and allowed to make his own decisions as well as the reproductions of them.

  15. No way, full stop!

    It is a thing between the couple to decide whether he is there.  You could just as well ask "if the father wants to be there, does she have any right to stop him, or risk taking full responsibility for the child"?

  16. it's upto each couple to work out what's right for them

    some men are useless in the labor room but later make great dads

  17. Certainly not.  There is no reason why the man should be there if he doesn't want to be.  The woman giving birth has doctors and nurses and people there to help her, what use is her husband going to be if he hates the idea of being there?

    And why on earth would the woman want her husband to lose all contact with the child?  How easy does she think it is going to be raising the child on her own?  why would she want to deprive her child of a father?

  18. No just ask MInnie Driver.LOL

    But really no.

  19. no.

  20. NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RIGHTS?!?!?! Anyone remember those? wow. no  no no noooooo is all I have to say.

  21. I can understand a woman wanting the father present, but I would not get the law involved unilaterally in such an important decision as being present at birth or not and whether or not you continue to have contact with the child thereafter.

    Personally, I would want the father of my child to WANT to be there. If he is forced to be there by law and doesn't really want to be present, this would inevitably put strain on the situation, rather than be a show of support on his part.

    If he doesn't want to be there, I would certainly not want him there against his will. Only those who wish to be present should be able to witness such an event.

  22. Oh, h**l no. Who wants someone who doesn't really want to be there, underfoot and whining, at one of the most critical points of your life?
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