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[url=http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/why-the-trauma-of-childbirth-on-fathers-is-no-joke-8572222.html]Sauce[/url]
[quote]Fathers are being left mentally scarred after watching their children delivered in traumatic or life-threatening circumstances, according to a new study.
In one of the worst cases, a father was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Medical experts say the childbirth suffering of fathers should be recognised and counselling services made more widely available.
Oxford University researchers interviewed men about their experiences after their female partners underwent procedures including emergency Caesareans. They told a common tale of being left alone in hospital corridors with little clue of what was happening, while fearing for the lives of the mother and baby. Most admitted that they felt unable to talk about their feelings because they felt their main focus should be on looking after their partner and child.[/quote]
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Thoughts?
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So people care deeply for their children? To the point that it may cause mental anguish if their life/well being is in danger? Good thing we have the news to tell us this.
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why don't thy let the father be there with the mother ? the whole time, it is his child.
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Makes sense, knowing what could go wrong and not knowing what's going on in there could drive someone insane.