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A chat on subreddit /r/me_irl
human
Oh man, when I delivered my first child my mom, MIL, and FIL were all in the room. I don't remember the exact details, but my placenta wasn't delivering and then I lost a lot of blood very quickly (not enough to need a transfusion but close...my husband still says it looked like a scene from Dexter). His parents were focused on the baby, but my husband (and mom) refused to leave my side. He told me later he was SO excited to meet our son, but knew his parents were there and he was terrified I was dying and thought I needed his presence more. 

I mean obviously I needed the doctors the most, but I appreciate his dedication to wanting to stay by my side right then (and I don't side-eye his parents at all, there was no way they could help and would have gotten in the way).

The L&amp;D nurses at that birth were absolutely amazing, I felt so supported.
gpt
I almost bled out after my C-section. My nurse (complete and total angel) pushed on my stomach to make sure everything was coming out the way it was supposed to and my sister described it as the elevator scene in The Shining. I just thought I peed myself until my nurse started doing this to stop it