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Originally Posted by Lilly
You were of the generation that paced hospital corridors and only entered the room once the labour was over and the wife was sitting up in bed, holding the baby and they were both cleaned and washed.
Today's father has much more gruesome sights, sounds, smells to contend with before he gets a look at his baby. 
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I was a bit quicker than that Lilly, my first was born at 2.57pm on 24th March 1968, Mothers day, I arrived at 3.00pm spot on and the little bundle was in the cot unwashed, crying for England, then I got a b********g because I hadn't brought a Mothers Day card, Wemen
