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Re: New Jersey Judge Blocks Dad From Delivery Room
And the most important "principle" here is the health and wellbeing of the mother and the baby taking precedence over any father (or anyone not needed to actually help with the birth) being in the delivery room if for any reason his presence causes extra stress because it is the mother going through the birth, not the father.
Parents have to think of what is best for their child, not for themselves. My husband smokes but not around my children nor me when I was pregnant. He puts aside his personal wants for what is best for the children, even when it causes him to miss out on things or to be inconvenienced. And being in the delivery room for the birth of your child is a personal want, not a need. No father needs to be there for the birth of their child.
I wouldn't want to be in there either. However, I'm not arguing for me. I railed about Pigouvian taxes on smoking before and I've never had a cigarette in my life.
It's about principle.
And the most important "principle" here is the health and wellbeing of the mother and the baby taking precedence over any father (or anyone not needed to actually help with the birth) being in the delivery room if for any reason his presence causes extra stress because it is the mother going through the birth, not the father.
Parents have to think of what is best for their child, not for themselves. My husband smokes but not around my children nor me when I was pregnant. He puts aside his personal wants for what is best for the children, even when it causes him to miss out on things or to be inconvenienced. And being in the delivery room for the birth of your child is a personal want, not a need. No father needs to be there for the birth of their child.