Re: Tips for newcomers

[Guest guest]

Your so right on the sharing, caring & loving of any marriage & especially

so with extra special reasons & care.

LOVE & HUGS, grandmomBEV

RE: Tips for newcomers

My Tip: For those parents that are currently in households where both

parents are around, take equal responsibility for the child. Arrange it so

both parents go to doctors appts, and tests. Research everything and

discuss it with each other before making decisions based on what the doctors

say. Two heads are better then one. Take turns doing treatments and cpt.

This is a huge responsiblity and having two people sharing it makes it

easier on both. No parent should have to go through this alone, esp. one

that has a partner.

I have been on both sides of this coin. In the beginning when Nick was

diagnosed I was married to (his biological father) who refused to hold Nick

let alone help with treatments or cpt. I went to every doc visit alone,

made every decision alone. When Nick was 6 months old I came to the

conclusion that if I was going to be alone, then I might as well be alone.

I left that relationship and found a true partner in life. My new husband

shares the responsibility of decision making and treatments (along with

everything else life throws at us), and I believe that partnership is what

gets me through the tuff stuff.

Pope

Nursing and Midwifery Student

Mom to (6 years, hospital waterbirth, nocf), (5 years,

c/sec for breech, nocf), (2 1/2 years, VBAC home waterbirth, wcf),

iel (1 year, VBAC home waterbirth (nocf).

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