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support and I must respect his deci-sLon and hZ.s attitude. <strong>And</strong> CA in,<br />

understand where he comes frot't& compieteiu because it is hes child as well as<br />

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goeng to have hke babe at home, that es vt.ot fcier Ovt hem_<br />

On the other hand, only 2% of the hospital group had discussed the issue<br />

of where to have the baby with their partners. The following quotations illustrate<br />

what some of those planning a hospital birth said about their husband or partner's<br />

involvement:<br />

Pedzani: we never reaLLe discussed where I wouLd have the babe,<br />

because, hts veews I IRYLOW are the savvte as ntent, becau_se hLs 'other<br />

actuaLLea vuldwefe, en hospetaL. tAnt, and I ntenv6, he Ls, he doesn't reallu have<br />

ai preference OM wa or another, but I lenow that he's (quite happe with the<br />

securete aspect of actualle haveng a hospetal berth rather than havi.ng it at<br />

home, so.<br />

ci.boelwe: We just assumed it would be LIA, hospetaL, we dedn't realle taLlz<br />

bout Lt. we dedn't descuss et at aLL.<br />

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