I've made my mind up. I don't want my partner in the delivery room with me. However, I would like a female birthing partner, a.k.a. a doula. Thinking back to my past three deliveries I realize full well that there is very little thought going on while giving birth. There is a lot of feeling though. My experience is that a male partner cannot enter that feeling space, whereas a woman who has given birth herself should hopefully be able to be right there with you...
He's fine with not being in the room with me while I give birth, thank Goddess. And yeah, we have a while to go yet and we might both change our minds, but this is how I feel about it now.
We have our first midwife's appointment booked in for the 11th of November which we will both be going to. This is the first time going through this process for me in the UK and his first time as a father-to-be, so we both need to clued get up.
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