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What do I need to do for my husband to come to the birth
I was wondering if anybody would know how I would go about this. So my husband is in Chicago Great Lakes, he finished his school he’s on holds right now and his cppa said he won’t be leaving for a couple months, there waiting for his new orders. My husband said I need to get paperwork from the doctors when I’m in labor saying it’s a live birth and that my husband gonna be on our daughter birth certificate. Do I need to call Red Cross when I’m going into labor to inform them so they can tell my husband commander? He said once the doctor give them that information they can write out the chit so he can fly out to me. But Idk how to go about it. If anybody been through this or has some information I would really appreciate it.
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Permalink Reply by Anti M on
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I think Red Cross will be the best bet. He should already have notified his command and have the chit ready to go, just fill in the dates and get the signatures. There's not much more for you to do, because the Navy doesn't really gave qa protocol for getting sailors home for a birth.
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Permalink Reply by m.n0va on
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All my husband had to do was put in for paternity leave around the time our daughter was due, he submitted and they approved. They get 10 days of paternity leave and I believe he can put in for extra leave time if he has the days and they approve. He just has to talk to his command about it and put in the proper paperwork for it all :)
My husband had to drive in 4 hours to get to where we were and I was ridiculously worried he wouldn’t get there in time for things. The day before he came in, they swiped my membranes and everything went super smoothly. He drove me to the hospital and all. Thank goodness!
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