Why did Elizabeth insist on seeing the baby born

She was also a control freak, hence her insisting on doing the delivery her way. Insisting she would labor and then when that fell through she wanted to be awake (which is understandable) rather than be knocked out for the section.

yewforest, I'm also a fellow adoptee and that was exactly what I was thinking. I think she wanted to, simply to meet someone biologically related to her,especially since she knew she could die and she didn't have the chance to meet her mother before that time. Obviously, this also served to inform the audience of the paternity of the baby.

you are kidding right?

why must everyone be so mean to each other?
irrelevant of whether that info should be common knowledge.

can you imagine there are topics discussed here or elsewhere that you would have no knowledge?

i think people act this way online because they are insecure about their own knowledge and can do so anonymously. if each person had to answer these face to face, i believe it would be much different.

furthermore, i have an 8-year college education, 2 kids (born naturally) and
did not, and would not have any reason to know how a C-section is performed.

i wish each person on these and other online boards would grow up and treat others as they would like to be treated.

Woops, I thought C-sections were major surgery and required being doped up alot. I do know though that you don't 'feel' the baby coming out, which is what Elizabeth might have wanted, she wasn't afraid of the pain, far from it.

She wanted a natural birth cause she wanted to be as consciously aware and participant as possible to the birth of her child, even if it was more risky than a c-section.

Practically all mothers want to see their kids, asap. The nurses though usually are insistent or quick enough to give the child a wash before presenting it to the mother. Since the mother in this case was a strong willed woman, she got to see the baby as soon as it came out.

She knew she was at risk at this point. Therefore, she knew that the doctor may want to put her under anethesia (not just the normal local used for a straight c-section) in order save her life, too.

It was an emergency c-section. I had one, and I was definitely knocked out.

>>> What I don't get is what moron thinks you will be knocked out during a c-section?

I guess that in your eyes I'm a moron, since I didn't know whether mothers are knocked out for c-sections or not. I wonder what percentage of the population are morons in your eyes. I wonder if you measure up to the same standards you seem to hold others to, or whether you too would fail the moron test in many fields.

It should be against the law to use "LOL" unless you really did LOL!

Which brings up the question: Can the race of the child be determined through ultrasound? That would be a very awkward question for a pregnant woman to ask, but I'm sure it happens occasionally.