Picture this: I’m in early labor, breathing through contractions while the nurse helps me settle in. I\u2019m already in pain but doing my best to stay calm and focused. Just when I\u2019m trying to center myself, the door swings open\u2014and in walks my husband, rolling a suitcase behind him and carrying a tote bag like he\u2019s checking into a hotel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For a moment, I\u2019m relieved. Finally,<\/em> I think, he remembered the hospital bag. But instead, he grins like a kid on Christmas morning and proudly announces, \u201cBrought the entertainment station!\u201d Before I can process that, he starts unloading an Xbox, a mini-screen, a controller, a headset, an energy drink, and two massive bags of chips. He then turns to the nurse\u2014while I\u2019m contracting\u2014and asks where he can plug everything in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n And just when I think it can\u2019t get any worse, his best friend strolls in with a Slurpee and a bag of fast food, ready to join the \u201cparty.\u201d He looks at me, mid-contraction, and says, \u201cYo, she\u2019s only like 3 centimeters, right? We\u2019ve got time.\u201d Meanwhile, I\u2019m gripping the hospital bed rails, wondering how this became a gaming hangout instead of a labor room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n At that moment, between pain, disbelief, and pure annoyance, I realized something important: birth plans don\u2019t just apply to moms\u2014they should apparently apply to clueless husbands, too. Let\u2019s just say the entertainment station didn\u2019t stay plugged in for long.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Picture this: I’m in early labor, breathing through contractions while the nurse helps me settle in. I\u2019m already in pain but doing my best to stay calm… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22521","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"views":145,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22521","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22521"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22521\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22523,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22521\/revisions\/22523"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/22522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22521"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22521"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsinbr.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22521"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}