Hey everyone....

as I'm sure you all are sick of hearing me mention, LOL, I will be having my baby this week.
I'm trying to come up with ideas of special things I can do for Chris since he won't be here for his daughter's birth.
Of course I have the digital camera on the charger every night, ready to go and the video camera, too. I am not allowed to video the birth but as soon as she is out we are allowed to tape. That is fine by me though, i don't really want any footage of a baby coming out of me laying around LOL.

So I was just wondering if anyone else has been through this, what did you do to catch the special first moments for your man? And even if you haven't been through it but have some ideas I would greatly appreciate all of them!!!

Thanks :D

awwwww....how precious!
I hear you about the birthing tape laying around.....hehehe
Take lots of pictures...write him a letter discribing EVERYTHING!!
Good luck and take care......
and remember.......PUSH!!

i havent been through this..im sorry! but i would like to say good luck!!
make sure you take lots of pics yeah, but also you'll get tons of paperwork, name cards, the whole nine, just make sure that you save all of that, have someone take notes, like the heartbeat of the baby at certain times, what time you dilate to the next #, times of contractions..and make a scrap book for him!
most important the umbical cord (when it falls off)

Can you make an imprint of the babys feet or hands? I mean I know you can do this but can he get something like that? We did that for my best friends birthday in a card from her baby son and she just loved it :)


BTW Congrats and best of luck to Momma and Baby :)

That is a great idea!
How sweet would that be to send him her foot prints :)

Maybe somehow you can get the baby's first cry recorded so he can hear when he calls you. My babys father was in a different state when I had him and I left our sons first cry on his cell phone voicemail. He was so happy since he couldn't be there. Just a suggestion good luck.

I've been through it when I had my daughter. Write him a letter describing how the birth was in detail so he feels like he was there. Take her first pic. once she is out and of you holding her, and one of her getting cleaned up and have a friend or family member take the film after your done to a one hour or next day photo shop so he can get them as soon as possible or so you can send them with his letter. Ask the nurse if she can make an extra copy of her footprints so you can send it to him. And if you don't mind and your baby has alot of hair, you can snip alittle piece of and put a bow around it and send it to him so he has something to feel close to her. Good Luck and stay strong cause it gets really emotional not having them there. Congradulations...

...KD...

I was thinking the same thing PJ! Thanks for the ideas. I love the footprint one. I'm definitely gonna be doing that one. Plus, TONS of pictures. :( I hate this....

You've gotten som great ideas already, I see. I just love that lock of hair one! And do a scrapbook of step by step activities. You have a digital camera so this will be easy. Pic of the first outfit, first day at home, first night in babybed, first................everything, and second and third.............on and on. He will at least feel like he's sharing in these moments. Hey and Congrats!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Baby's are precious!!!

When I had my daughter I had them take an extra set of footprints at the hospital so I could send them to him. So I think the footprint idea is a good one.

If you buy a tshirt or a plain colored scrub top, have them put the baby's footprints on it. A good friend of mine did that, and then saved the shirt. It was actually a scrub top her husband wore during the birth, and they put the little footprints on the breast pocket...they still had it saved in a box, and their little one was 6 years old at the time they told me about it! I plan to do that if Brandon and I have one of our own.


BG

Kevin was in prison when our daughter was born and will not be home with us for the first 4 years of her life. Here are some things I did. I took tons and tons of pictures and then on the ones I sent him I wrote on the back of them to tell him what was going on at that moment in the picture. I wrote him a long letter describing everything that went on the minute I went to the hospital. When I got the birth certificate I sent him a copy with her foot prints. I had the video camera of course that only went on after she was born. Everyday when I write him I tell him atleast one thing she did that day. I could go on and on but if you want you can pm me. I don't want to bore everyone. I just think that even though he can not be there they deserve to know what went on with the birth of there child.

i sent him a hole roll of film i also took a pic of the daddy bracelet from the hospital i sent the hospital birth certificate so he could see how big her feet were i also took pics of all her baby clothes and stuff i had gotten from my baby shower he was in county at the time only visits through glass he got to hold our daughter when she was 4 mths old goodluck with the baby

I think it would be neat to record, not just the first cry but, all that goes on in the delivery room from the moment you go in till after the birth ... that way, he will have not only the pictures to look at but will be able to hear what was said during the birth.

i can't wait till "we" get to see the pictures :D

I was also going to recommend the fingerprint and footprint idea, but I was thinking about the actual little card that they put on the babies hospital bassinett that says "Baby ..." with your last name...Joy

Stronger, I was just curious when your due date is? I am due on the 14th, make sure you pm me after you have the baby and let me know how it went.

well what i would do is i would take lots and lots of pictures, like before you have the baby during (like when the head is out), and after you have the baby. And send him the babys wrist hand bracelet and a footprints of the babys hands and feet and the pictures of the baby. Then he would have lots of stuff to hold onto of the baby. That would be very special and i think the would like that. Write me and tell me what you gave to him PLEASE!!!!!!
Good luck on the labor and god bless you.

yeah..i agree-be very descriptive when u write to him..and CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!