When I witnessed the birth of my son I was shocked at how violent it was. It looked like my wife was the victim of a horrible crime. Little dude came out safe and the whole procedure went about as smoothly as it could have but even then it was a messy, messy process.
First baby, wife had been in labor for about 20 hours. Baby's heart rate was dropping, and everyone was getting very tense. The baby crowned but didn't move much further, and we were minutes away from an emergency c-section. There was fluid (and more), everywhere, wife was screaming and sweating, it was fucking brutal.
Baby comes out, wife is so out of it from the pain and exhaustion she had this 1000-yard stare for a couple of minutes before she snapped out of it (had refused all medicines). She was also bleeding quite badly from a tear when the baby came out.
In retrospect, it was a fairly typical delivery, baby was healthy, mom was healthy, we left the hospital on the usual schedule, etc.
Giving birth is quite literally a link to the human condition that is shared by all humans since the beginning.
When I witnessed the birth of my son I was shocked at how violent it was. It looked like my wife was the victim of a horrible crime. Little dude came out safe and the whole procedure went about as smoothly as it could have but even then it was a messy, messy process.
First baby, wife had been in labor for about 20 hours. Baby's heart rate was dropping, and everyone was getting very tense. The baby crowned but didn't move much further, and we were minutes away from an emergency c-section. There was fluid (and more), everywhere, wife was screaming and sweating, it was fucking brutal.
Baby comes out, wife is so out of it from the pain and exhaustion she had this 1000-yard stare for a couple of minutes before she snapped out of it (had refused all medicines). She was also bleeding quite badly from a tear when the baby came out.
In retrospect, it was a fairly typical delivery, baby was healthy, mom was healthy, we left the hospital on the usual schedule, etc.
Giving birth is quite literally a link to the human condition that is shared by all humans since the beginning.
There is a reason why men have evolved to get those instinctual rushes of "my child" love the moment they lay eyes on the little things.
Because if we didn't get it right then most would fucking bolt just from sheer disgust.