re: Wtf is a duala?

Next question.. why the downvotes?

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why the downvotes?

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I'll take a stab:

A) people don't like the idea of tax dollars being used for this

B) you likely confused Medicare for Medicaid

C) some people are just haters

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You went home the night your child was born? Wow

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No. I never went home for the first child. For my daughter, I spent the night, then complications happened with the baby and she was put in ICU. It was very exhausting, and the duala helped with that. Wife and I were appreciative.

Have you ever been to a hospital room for birthing a child? I assume you have. The last thing on the hospital's mind is catering to the supportive husband. For my daughter I had to sleep on a rock hard loveseat couch which my body could not even fit on. They gave me a flat pillow and a bedsheet in a room that was 65 degrees. I got maybe two hrs of sleep a day. Horrible.

When she was in ICU I was at the hospital beside her all day and night. She had to be there for several days, so it was best for me to go home, get a good nights rest while the doula helped, and return recharged the next day.

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Sooooo basically all the supportive things a husband/ new father would do?

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You act like the husband will know everything about handling a pregnancy, birthing a child, etc. If I was a woman and my husband was telling me I had to do this and that when I was hours or minutes away from squeezing out a kid, I would tell him to flip off. Being supportive goes way beyond being at the bedside and holding her hand. There is so much stress and complication leading up to and after birth, and if I had a choice that option B would go smoother and put my wife at ease, I would do it.

And remember, when I was first told about it I thought it was the craziest idea ever, and family should be the ones there. I was proven wrong.

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Have you ever been to a hospital room for birthing a child? I assume you have.

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Yes, and I slept on the little couch/bed/chair thing. No, I didn't sleep great but was there to help my wife and newborn.

Men complaining about their sleeping situation after their wives give birth to their child is legitimately the most pathetic thing I can think of

The truck with four wheels in the back….

Sounds like part of anatomy of female genitalia.

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It's a doula. They're not medically trained so they range from helpful birth coaches to insane hippie retards who will tell you to give birth in a pond so a doctor can't steal your placenta

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This was very short and to the point but very descriptive