Refresher: Lori’s Daughter Doesn’t Want Her in the Delivery Room...
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Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives. And remember, you too can participate on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111. Lori, welcome to the program. Hi, Dr. Laura. It's such a pleasure to speak with you. It's an honor. Thank you. Thank you.

Actually, this situation, I shouldn't say situation, this was something that kind of upset me yesterday, but after thinking about it last night, I kind of think I've already figured out what she would say to me because I really value your opinion and I really do believe I overreacted, but I was just taken back. My daughter, she's my only child, she's expecting her first child in about five weeks.

So we text back and forth. We live a couple hours away from each other, and I just kiddly send her a text. I said, are you in labor? And she said, no. She says, I'm on a conference call, but if I was, I wouldn't tell you right away. So that just kind of threw me because all this time, I guess maybe I assumed or expected something,

without thinking to ask that I would definitely be at the hospital and be part of this process, not necessarily in the room, but there and being there to welcome the baby right away. And she informed me yesterday that her and her husband –

you know for the first few hours just want to have time to bond with the baby to just have that experience you know she said mom you can be here at the house and then you know when things are a little more settled we'll call you to come up and meet the grandchild and at first I was really upset and I was like hurt that she didn't want me there but in thinking about this

and thinking, what would you do, that I realized that that was just selfish on my part that just because that's what I want, this is their moment. It's not my moment in that sense. It's a very private moment between the two of them and their child. And even though I would love to be there and sitting in the waiting area,

You know, I'm just trying to come to terms with the fact that I will, you know, meet the child that same day but a few hours later, you know, and I was comparing it to my best friend who was in the delivery room with her daughter-in-law, not her daughter, and I guess I just assumed I'd be having that same experience. So that's kind of where I was at in just trying to come to terms with she wants it differently and this is something her and her husband have decided and I have to respect that.

You're a good mommy. Thank you. I'm not saying it's easy. This is their moment. You had yours when you gave birth to her. This is her moment. It doesn't matter what you did or didn't do when you gave birth, but that was your moment. This is hers. Absolutely. This is hers. And I agree that the three of them should be bonding. When my son and daughter-in-law have my first grandchild, I'm going to insist that I not be in the room.

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Thank you. Oh, I was listening to you on my way to Cleveland. You were channeling my answer. Good for you. I was. And I thought, you know, Laurie. Laurie, Laurie, they're going to dump that kid on you all the time so they can have free time. Don't worry about the first day. Well, that's what I thought. And I just you're going to be up to your eyeballs in that kid. Trust me.

Well, she called me back, and I think she must have known by the tone of my voice that she could sense I was upset. And bless her heart, she called back. And when she said that to me, I realized that that must have been difficult for her.

But then I thought, you know, I respected her for saying that to me. And then I thought, you know what, I could make this hard on her or I could just embrace it and go. I said, hon, that's such a special moment in your life. And one, she'll never, you know, get to experience again the birth of her first child. And so once she said that, and I said, well, I'll be at the house with the dog. And when it's time for me to come up, you let me know and I'll get in the car and drive to the hospital. There you go. You're wonderful.

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