Very well written! 06/15/1999

I think being able to see the baby on real player was great ...... you the father was great with your wife and mary you did great, you both have a beautiful son congrulations angie pruneda    06/17/1999

I think you are a wonderful writer. I was very touched by the emotion you felt and the detail you shared with everyone. I, too, am expecting my first child. A son, also. I cannot wait to feel the joy and excitement of delivering my baby, as you and others have felt. Congratulations on becoming a father and good luck to you! Diana    06/22/1999

Thanks much! I think everyone should write about their experiences during this hugely emotional and profound time. Memories fade, babies grow fast (as we're already discovering!). A journal or diary will become a keepsake, along with those precious newborn photos. Joseph    06/24/1999

I love your story ! Thanks for sharing it with us...Good luck ! Jackie    07/02/1999

I can relate. We too had a c section after 18 hours of labor because our baby was "sunny side up". It was a let down to not be able to have the baby naturally, but our disappointment vanished the minute we saw our little girl. Haley's Dad    07/19/1999

i want to see a video of a babys birth can you tell me where to find it cheiko    07/25/1999

I am printing this right now to show my husband. I am being induced tomorrow morning for hopefully natural labor and I know that he will appreciate this! jaimeleeg@msn.com    07/29/1999

Even after twenty years after delivering the last of my six children, I felt a lump in my throat and was caught up in the emotion and joy of this birth. Thanks for sharing and congratulations to both of you! Lydia    08/11/1999

What a beautiful birth story! Thank you for sharing it with me. I'm a mom 35 weeks pregnant and I'm getting "bummed" with the pains and discomfort. Your story reminds me of the gold at the end of the rainbow. I printed this story out for my husband to read tonight. Rosa Montes Goldberg    09/29/1999

Great story.... xochiltm@hotmail.com    10/05/1999

I think that it is the most wonderful thing to see a father become so close with his wife at this very important time in her life , you have truely touched my heart .God Bless you and your wife on your new baby. amy senft    10/05/1999

My husband hasn't seen this yet, but it will be his favorite experience on the babycenter! Thank you for sharing! tlmcwc@aol.com    10/05/1999

I just read your birth story. It was beautiful. My last child was born 6 and half years ago by c-section. He is wonderful and we also called him a buddah baby because he was so big. 9lbs.9oz. and 22". Enjoy him, before you know it he will be in first grade! Bridget    10/05/1999

This totally blessed me JD, after reading I was so overwhelmed! You are going to make a great dad indeed! I am just at 12 weeks now and I feel blessed already, may God bless you, Mary and baby Robert and bring you endless years of joy! lili in London    10/12/1999

I had a C-section after 39 hours of labor (4 years ago). I remember after the procedure I was VERY shaky and weak. Thanks for your point of view, sounded alot like what my husband had to say after the procedure. I'm 20 weeks along with my second, and have no strong feelings one way or another about delivery, only that I won't do 39 hours before C again! Laurel    10/12/1999

I think that this story was very touching to see a father care that much for his unborn child. Unfortunatlly my boyfriend was not there for me when I delieverd his son to a emergency C-Section. LaCresha Adams    10/18/1999

Having a child is the most happiest day of your life, yet, it is the most painful too. I was in labor for 14 hours and it hurt alot. The best thing to have to make you feel a little better is someone right next to you that you care about. Everything seems alot easier. LaCresha Adams    10/18/1999

I found this very helpful. I was always thinking about things just going right, but this has showed me that things could change in a matter of mins. Thank you Sarah    11/03/1999

Wow, what an awesome story! It's really wonderful to hear it from the Dad's point of view. I just have one question, did you really eat that breakfast in front of your wife? I am guessing that they wouldn't let her eat at that point! :-) Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story. Jen in Pittsburgh    11/08/1999

I am 4.5 months pregnant with my second child. My ultrasound is scheduled for this afternoon. Reading this piece brought back the joy of our son's birth 14 months ago and a wave of emotion (joy) that we have another child on the way and get to experience this miracle a second time in a few months. God is good. susan    11/09/1999

This was the most beautiful story of a childbirth. I have never been so attached to one story before. Your words kept me wanting more. I am about to have my first child also (Due February 14, 2000). My boyfriend acts the same way you act. He is very interested in everything I do, he also wants to be involved in the delivery room, I have no problem with that! You are such a great writer! (I knew that you were a professional from the first sentence of your story. When you have another beautiful child, will you please write another story? Alicia(19 and loving it )    12/20/1999

This was the most beautiful story of a childbirth. I have never been so attached to one story before. Your words kept me wanting more. I am about to have my first child also (Due February 14, 2000). My boyfriend acts the same way you act. He is very interested in everything I do, he also wants to be involved in the delivery room, I have no problem with that! You are such a great writer! (I knew that you were a professional from the first sentence of your story). When you have another beautiful child, will you please write another story? Alicia(19 years old and loving it )    12/20/1999

My wife Kelley is due in 13 days and we are both anxious to get this delivery under way. Your story really helped me to put things in perspective and concentrate on what is important in the next few days. Not that I haven't already. You have written a beautiful story and I hope to do the same kind of thing with our own little twist. Hope mother and baby are doing well... and dad too. jim and kelley    12/29/1999

I think that giving birth is never forgoten on both the mother's and father's side but I also know that sometimes father's don't want to assist in the delivery room and I strongly suggest that thei do. It is so butiful. Mother often forget stuff that happened cause of the drugs and stuff but the fater can always be their to tell theim how butiful it was. 01/27/2000

I am a 19 years old mother of a wonderfull 7 months old daugter and proud of it. The father was mentaly young and all the way throw the pregnancy he was distant and sometime he would tell me that he diden't want to be a part of our lives(baby and I). Of course he diden't want to assist at the birth but he did. I think that it made him think and mature cause now we are engaged to be maried in one year. So girls if you are stuk with an immature man and you love him please don't give up cause good people do change. Anik, Canada    01/27/2000

please show pictures of the actual delivery 02/06/2000

You did a wonderful job portraying what really happens in the delivery room. I am 17 weeks with my first child, and recently witnessed my best friend giving birth. It is amazing. Congratulations to you and Mary. And congratulations to Robert for having a great set of parents. Nicole    02/19/2000

i really enjoy reading on this topic, and i am glad to hear that you as the father is really happy to be a dad. www.sherr@regina.com    03/10/2000

loved it, I'm 6 months pregnant and we're reading everything under the sun as I had heart surgery and this will be our first baby. I'm going to have Jim my hubby read this one too the real video clips were awesome -- what an excellent story & site you keep up! We really appreciate babycenter.com :) Mary & Jim Goodman    03/23/2000

Wow, I am so thankful to have a dad's eye view. My labor with my daughter was 46 hours and very non eventful (total dialation 1 cm). We wound up having a csection, but I couldn't get my husband to share his feelings about it. From reading this story, I can almost se the facial expressions and feeling, and they are such a close match to those I saw on my husbands face. Thank you, Denika    03/25/2000

What a greatly descriptive story! I had tears coming out of my eyes. Selma    04/19/2000

Your baby is very cute the best of luck! Georgia    05/18/2000

Congratulations on the birth of your baby. I am 37weeks pregnant and will be having a C- Section. I would like to thank you for your story...my partner got choked up whilst I read to him your story. It was beautiful just like your son. Thankyou for sharing. al13167@yahoo.com    06/07/2000

I am an expectant father (first time). Although the estimated delivery date is 3 months and 1 day away, I still feel my nerves, butterflies, and rampant emotions every day. Especially when I read beautifully written birth stories like this one. Fatherhood has already changed me, even though our son is still in my beautiful wife's tummy. Everything is different already, and life's priorities have changed. We are creating a FAMILY. A loving family. My hope is that the feelings that I have now will carry through the rest of my child's life. Thank you for a wonderful story...I've been reading the weekly installments of your diary as well - excellent!! Bob Niendorf    06/12/2000

If someone wonders what it is like to look into the eyes of God I could say you can compare this sensation to the look into the eyes of a newborn baby. I experienced this joy when I saw the eyes of my first granddaughter as she was pulled from her mother's womb and it will always be a spiritual time for me. I feel honored to have been there. Gigi    08/23/2000

a baby born to a 1st time dad ( not mom's first) with a rare disease- ex. classic galactosemia. only child with disease as other 2 son's have different dad. jill    08/23/2000

Its a shame after all that good labor experience, you wife staying at home til she was 6 centimeters and all, she chose to have an epidural and totally slow down the chance to really push hard and deliever naturally.... Women and their husbands alike should look into how many c-section are caused by epidurals... next time go natural, its the best for you and baby!!!!! Autumn    08/23/2000

This was truly the best description of a c-section birth. I had a c- section in 1996, and the experience is unforgetable, let alone describable. Good Luck Dana    08/23/2000

I enjoyed reading about your experience and I think it will help me during mine when the time comes thank you! Traci    09/04/2000

Your son will certainly appreciate reading about this detailed accout of his birth and how you felt during the whole episode. Wonderful job and I'm pleased that all of you are doing well. Best wishes for a wonderful life. Tara    09/15/2000

I think this is a great story!! You did good!So detailed and precise about everything. Thank you! Sandy Matthews    09/16/2000

This is an absolutely terrible story. Excatly the reason that I don't plan on drugs, and at 8cm. come on! then of course you have to have more drugs and eventually this woman had a C-section. Just imangine the hell you put your baby through. so that you could have a couple of hours of "comfort". 09/25/2000

It may be a little long but I think you'll get a lot out of it - i did and it's written by a dad. PJ    10/16/2000

This is a very interesting story as well as a joyful one. It is good for teaching others what to expect in labor. Towera Mwalwenje    10/17/2000

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