she`s just so pretty an`i hope jessica will be allways so happy like now..

I’m so jealous that she had a successful HypnoBirth. I tried the method, took the classes, etc but ended up with an emergency c/s.

I think one of the most special memories I cherish was that my dad was there when I delivered my daughter. He stood firmly at my head, my husband ‘caught’ her, and my dad was one of the first to pat her little head as she was being dried off. A tough Marine, he cried shamelessly. That was in 2000. He died in 2004, and knowing he saw his very cherished granddaughter’s birth before he was gone was the most special of things. Good for Jessica that she made sure to include her dad.

Erika, let me break it down for you. Do you have children? It’s like this, if his daughter-in-law were to have complications during birth, yes, I’m sure Grandpa Alba would be upset. I mean, it IS his first grandkid, and NO ONE wants to see ANY person suffer. Now, if it’s HIS daughter having complications, it makes it a little more real, because it’s YOUR ACTUAL child. If you were to lose your DIL vs. your daughter, it’s a not the same thing. Your daughter came from you, the DIL didn’t. It’s a different kind of love. If I have a son, and he gets married, has kids, yes, I would ABSOLUTELY LOVE that child to death. If one of my daughter’s were to have children, it’s a different experience, because it’s YOUR BABY HAVING A CHILD. That doesn’t mean he FEELS ANY DIFFERENTLY ABOUT JOSH’S SON OR EVEN JOSH, FOR THAT MATTER. He was saying the actual EXPERIENCE is different. It’s more emotional if it’s YOUR child having that baby, as opposed to the daughter-in-law. It’s not hurtful, and it doesn’t mean he doesn’t love his son or his DIL. And it sure as heck doesn’t mean he’s favoring his daughter, or her baby, IN ANY WAY. If Josh actually carried the baby, and birthed him, I’m sure Mark would have cried for his first grandchild’s birth. If you still have the opinion you do, wait until you have kids. It puts things into perspective, a lot. And if you do have kids, and still think he’s favoring his daughter over his son, well then………………….

AGAIN PEOPLE YOU ARE READING TO MUCH INTO THINGS! Anyway, what I was bothered about is the whole “nanny” thing. Why is it that rich people insist on having a “nanny”. The real test here would be to do it yourself!

I’m pretty sure that my dad has no desire to see me give birth. My mom had to make him be in the delivery room for the birth of my younger sister and their their child. He’s welcome to be there if he wants to be, but he would definitely opt out! I think I’d like to have my husband and maybe my mother, not a large audience.

Quite a few celebs have openly admitted to having a sceduled c-section. Not for medical reasons, just because they want to. Christina Aguilara said that she had to schedule and plan everything so she had a sceduled c-section so it will be on her time. My sister’s friend too did the same thing. She had a 9:00 am nail appointment, 11:00am hair appointment and a 1:00pm scheduled c-section. Again, not because she needed it, but because it fit in her schedule and the poor little guy was not ready and his lungs weren’t ready and he had to spend days in the NICU becuase of it. If you need a c-section, by all means, whatever it takes to get the baby out safely. I would never look down on someone for having a c-section, but to schedule it in to fit your plans, not because you medically need one, I think is silly.

I also agree, I couldn’t imagine my dad in the room. I love him to death and he is a gret father and granfather and I felt bad not having him in there, but that would just be weird. When I had my dauther he offered to be there to help and I know he really wanted to, but I just couldn’t do it.

I don’t think her dad said anything offensive about Jessica’s daughter vs. her brother’s. He was saying that, IMO, there was something so special about knowing that little baby came out of his daughter. I don’t think he was saying he favors one of the other, just simply stating that seeing Jessica give birth to her baby was a different experience.

Congrats to Jessica and Cash! I am sure she is absolutly beautiful!!

Thanks TwinMamma, I appreciate it! What are WHO’s recommendations based on? I had heard the bit about amniotic fluid but thought that, so long as the doctor was competent, it usually wasn’t a problem helping the baby clear their lungs after birth.

Of course major surgery is something individuals would want to avoid for the risks to their own personal health and that of their child, but I didn’t understand why the community as a whole were against it. (as opposed to say, any other personal choice that carried risks).

Anyway, thanks for helping me understand!

I had a natural birth with my son and fo most part only my husband and 2 nurses and a doctor were in the room with mum in law coming in occasionally and that seemed fine, I couldn’t imagine having my dad there though, that would have been a bit awkward LOL But each to their own I guess.
Also on the baby looking like Jessica, I hate tell Jessica’s dad, but the baby has Jessica’s complexion eyes and hair? Last time I looked Cash looked pretty similar in all those categories! Don’t forget there was a daddy involved in making little Honor! LOL

Not only did I have my dad in the room with me I also made him go to the birthing classes too… I am adopted along with my 5 siblings and I decided that my dad really needed to have the experience of pregnancy and birth… It was quite amusing having 2 coaches.. my dad and my hubby… somehow i ended up having my mom, mil, sil, hubby, dad, 2 doctors and 3 nurses in the room… too many people but didn’t care just wanted him out… when my son was born my dad was the first to hold him… i invited him to be there for my 2nd delivery and he politely declined and asked to just let him know when he could come see the baby… rofl…
The experience was decidedly weird but it gave my dad a whole new education and also a small amount of empathy (which he had been missing up until that time…) as for my mom, who could say no to having her there??? she has only missed one grandchilds birth and that was my 4th child… he came so fast the doctor almost missed it… she was really bummed but having just me and my hubby there was a magical experience as well…
I say… whatever floats your boat… You are the one having the baby, have whoever will help you be calm with you!!!
I love the name honor and I’m so happy that mom and baby came through happy and healthy… nothing is more important than that… Good luck to them in everything!