"Oh no, not again!"
Posted on 07/30/2008 6:23:52 AM PDT by Coffee200am
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay missed the births of his four kids - because he feared it would spoil his sex life.
Ramsay's fear was not hidden from his wife Tana. He told her everything honestly.
"We have the most amazing life. We're very active in the bedroom and I think you're a beautiful lady," The Sun quoted him, as telling his wife.
"I don't want to see something coming out of a sort of sci-fi movie.
"I don't want to see a skinned rabbit or skinned pigeon coming out of your ninny and then get excited and hold it.
"Give it to me when it's all nice and sort of clean and ready to go," he added. (ANI)
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If that were my husband and he refused to be there after he helped make the baby, his sex life would be non-exisistant.>>>
LOL My husband was there and perhaps wished he wasn’t but not because of that. He has trouble with his hand today 20 years later because I nearly sqeezed it off during my worst contractions.
Strangely, after five children, he's still not repulsed.
Ramsay is my hero. This is hilarious and I bet a lot of men feel the same way but just don’t want to admit it.
"Oh no, not again!"
I'm not sure how recent it was. I know that my father was in the room when my mother gave birth to me - that was 30 years ago.
I feel the same way as this fellow and I’m the MOM! I remember the nurse asking if she could adjust the mirror so I could get a better view of the birth. I was horrified! I’d have no interest in seeing my own appendectomy either!
I gave my husband a lot of credit for watching. Three babies, no anesthesia for any; I didn’t much care who was there at that point. I absolutely cannot understand women who want their parents, kids, neighbors and photographers present. If I’m ever present at a birth it would probably be on a public conveyance and unavoidable.
But to each, his own. If his wife is fine with it kudos to him for being honest.
He’s also a moron. If witnessing a birth killed your sex life, every kid born since 1975 or so would be an only child.
I've been there for all three births and it didn't do a thing to damage our sex life.
Yeah, I stood up by my wife’s head, holding her hand.
Good point. Hadn’t noticed the source.
o/~ Hello m’honey, hello m’baby, hello my ragtime gaaaal... o/~
I had c-sections with all 3 of my children. It was incredibly frightening to be awake, numb from the waist down, knowing that my abdomen was being sliced open and I couldn’t do anything about it. I’m incredibly blessed that my husband, an engineer by trade, was curious about the surgery instead of nauseated. He talked me through the entire experience and I couldn’t imagine making it without him.
Look at it from the woman’s point of view—she has no choice but to make it through the event of delivering the child. I think the selfish one is the man that can’t put aside his own fears and misgivings and be there for his wife. It’s an act of love to sacrifice in that way.
When my wife gave birth to our first daughter, the doctor was working the head out by running his fingers around it, trying to get her to stretch a little more. This caused her to squeal with pain and ask him what he was doing. I (in my support role) explained it to her like this: "Have you ever seen a mechanic put a tire on a rim?"
Yeah...We women have it so easy. All we have to do is feel the birth happening. ;-)
My husband was the same way. My mother was with me and they called him when the babes were cleaned up. I didn’t mind though.
I remember being asked the same thing with one of my kids - about the mirror... NO THANK YOU! LOL My husband was there with me for the birth of all four of our kids. He said it was an amazing thing to witness, and I know I appreciated his emotional support...
There are people though who pass out at the sight of blood, and perhaps with Ramsay that is the case. There is a difference between preparing animals, and seeing blood from a human being! LOL
Anyway, I can’t fault him for feeling that way. As someone else posted - if it’s OK with his wife, then let it be. I don’t think any of us has a right to chide him for his opinions on this.
Times have changed: My Husband was with me in the operating room-(I had a Cesarean Section) for our child, but my Late Father was not in the delivery room, with my Mother for the four of us./Just Asking - seoul62.......
I figured out the way to clear the room of unauthorized people - just YELL, really loud ( it's easy 'cause it hurts )as the baby is emerging. They'll all leave, or at least be stunned enought to not smile, laugh, or reach for a camera.
I perfected this technique during three births, and I can vouch for it's effectiveness.
He’s the ninny.
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