A Woman Is In Labor

One thing i can think of that would be wrong to ask is if it hurts when giving natural child birth. Yeah you are squeezing something the size of a watermelon out a hole the size of a pea, yeah thats going to hurt.

What upset me was people telling me to breathe. I WAS breathing... but you think you need to tell me? It's not like I'm going to stop breathing, minuse the fact of doing it to spite the person who tells me that. I didn't yell or anything. I was all in all pleasant. If I was snappy at all, I spent the next few minutes apologizing for it.

well i have nor ever will be pregnant but i could imagine if i was and my hubby said anything about my size or how it looked down there as a kid is ripping me apart i would be pissed.. its gotta come out somehow!! and even after i had healed i would wonder if he would still have that mental image or something.. but im sure there is plenty worse lol

Well, this is what I heard my nefew say to his girlfriend when she was in labor. Just think honey Eve did this to you. She hit the wall and said blank Eve. I just walked upstairs and laughed my butt off. I went back down and told my niece to take her to hospital now. As she was still standing there staring at her brother like he had lost his mind. Your friend onlydia

I am a man and I have three kids. With my exwife I did ask the question, "does it hurt". I thought it was hilarious. She laughed a bit. My second child (first with my soon to be) I said a lot of different things. "There, that wasn't so bad now was it", that had to have been one of my favorites. I made reference to this being fun and all sorts of stuff. With our last child this past July, I think I made the doctor mad by being funny. Camomom and myself were having a great time. Her doc walked in and asked her how it was going and I responded with,"GREAT! we're havin a party in here". I know I sound mean and hateful, but if you knew me then it would make more sense. If you need to know more, I am sure that camomom can elaborate more on how she felt about me joking around. I think the worst thing to say would be suck it up and take it like a man. HAHAHA.

I think a man should never say the word 'relax' or 'dont worry,everything will be alright' because the pain which the woman feels during labour, no man in the earth can understand. Because during labour pain a woman can never relax ..

Really? She yelled that. That's so cool.

Well, my husband was actually really good during the births of our children. But I had a nurse for my first pregnancy that kept telling me to feel for the contraction as she watched some little screen of a machine hooked up to me. Like I wouldn't feel it!

One thing they should not say "Are you in pain" I think that much should be obvious. When i was in labour with my youngest child it wasn't what my partner said it was what he done. He was flirting with all the nurses,the midwives could not stop laughing all through my seven hour labour.I knew it was harmless fun and he didn't mean anything by it. As he has a great fear of hospitals and this is his way of coping.

How about ? I'm sorry. There's very little you can say to a woman in that situation. You might try holding her hand. I also don't too believe in husbands witnessing deliveries.

"It's going to be o.k. Trust me" How could he possibly know? Trust him?

I would say the safest thing would be for him to speak softly, compliment her and tell her how much he loves her. Anything other than that could be dangerous. I winded my ex-husband by hitting him in the stomach with the little pan they give you in case you vomit. All he had said to me is..."come on Baby, let's breathe" and he started breathing as we learned in Lamaz class. I lost it!!!!! I think I had superhuman strength because I turned and hit him in the stomach with the pan and shouted "leave me alone". This was a very muscular man. I saw the wind go out of him.

"You look hot." My husband said that to me when I was in labor with our first son. (Second son was C-section so that didn't count.) I was in labor for 22 hours with him and definitely in no mood for ANYTHING other than getting that kid OUT! The thing was, RIGHT after he said that, he slapped a VERY cold, dripping wet washcloth on my belly while I was in the middle of a contraction! I took Lamaze classes and was practicing it during labor. I was doing a really fine job, too. I didn't feel any pain! Well, at least there was no pain until........ That washcloth broke my concentration, excruciating pain rushed in, and I screamed at him, "If you EVER do that again, I'll KILL you!!!" Now, you have to understand that I was a very quiet person at the time. I'm so peace-loving it's sickening! LOL I wouldn't even hurt a bug. I was nicknamed "Mary Poppins". That should give you an idea of my normal nature. When I screamed that out, my husband was so shocked he couldn't do anything but stare at me with his mouth wide open. People peeked in the room to see if everything was okay. So, to any man who happens to be reading this and is planning on becoming a father, NEVER, EVER tell your wife she looks hot and try to cool her off by slapping an ice cold washcloth on her belly while she's having a contraction!!!

I think the husband should keep quiet and do say anything because whatever he says is going to sound wrong. I have just deliver my baby about 7 weeks ago. My husband just accompanied me quietly inside the labour room. He stayed with me throughout the whole session and have to skip from going to toilet. I really appreciate that.

My baby is like a few day overdue... my husband and i did everything we can to induce labor... walking... eating... etc... and when my water finally leaked (it did not burst like with other women)... at 4 in the morning... i told my husband... and his reply was "Are you sure?"... and he even wanted to look at that area just to be sure...

LOL, I think one thing that a man can't say to a woman in labor or rather should not say is, "I can understand the pain" or "I wish I could have helped you".

"Man, you've gotten big!"... THAT would be horrible! If my husband told me that, I would slap him right away... and then ask for his forgiveness =P Happy MyLotting and have a nice day! Xp

hahaha thats funny..u know what..in fact theres nothing u could say to a woman in labor that she wudnt get mad at. shes in terrible pain, i dont think she would see any reason..lol..ppl who are in pain tend to get angry with no reason at all.i shud have watched that discovery channel it seems very funny to me.

Labor!! Man, I had two labors and I screamed and shouted at anyone....no man will ever understand what we women go through, so I guess they wouldn't know the right words to say, so we can't blame them, but I wish they would just say : I'm HERE!. Instead of saying so many things that's just adding more pain. And please men don't ask us if we're hungry while on labor..? That's just sooooo stupiiiid! My husband did that to me....*&%$#@

When I was pregnant with our daughter, my husband kept asking me if I was alright, and kept telling me to breathe. I wanted to kill him! The worst was when he asked me if there was anything he could do. I told him it was too late, he already did enough! He got yelled at a few times. With our son, he just kept his mouth shut...LOL