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Good deal! I cut my son's cord with my Spyderco Paramilitary. The nurse tried to hand me a pair of shears, but I just pulled my knife out of my pocket and cut the thing before anyone could say anything. It went through like buttah! It felt almost exactly like cutting through surgical tubing. Someday, I'll be able to give my son the knife I cut his cord with- pretty cool!
The nurse gave me a startled look, but decided to let it slide. The knife was closed and back in my pocket in about one second. There is so much blood and poop and gross gunk everywhere when a baby is born, "sterilization" is a joke. They have the cord clamped off at both ends before you cut through it, and then they cut it back themselves, the part you do is mostly symbolic.
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission! My wife doesn't know I used my knife, BTW, she was preoccupied at that particular moment- with what looked like a shotgun blast to her crotch.
Yipes. What a day that was.
The nurse gave me a startled look, but decided to let it slide. The knife was closed and back in my pocket in about one second. There is so much blood and poop and gross gunk everywhere when a baby is born, "sterilization" is a joke. They have the cord clamped off at both ends before you cut through it, and then they cut it back themselves, the part you do is mostly symbolic.
It's easier to ask for forgiveness than it is for permission! My wife doesn't know I used my knife, BTW, she was preoccupied at that particular moment- with what looked like a shotgun blast to her crotch.
Yipes. What a day that was.
