Lois here, it's one of the phrases that enrage the woman. What do you know, Peter? Do we really got this? Would you be 'getting it' if your inside felt like being torn apart by an infant the size of Meg?
This screenshot is taken from a video where the audio is of a slap, insinuating the woman giving birth slapped her husband for saying this. So, may be a negative take but it is the context of the video 😭
Well, I partly agree, as a person, but tbh a laboring person is in the most nervous state in their life probably, a whole lot of pain also. Things said during labor do not really count
For real. When our son was born, my wife chose to work her way up the pain management drugs (hydrotherapy -> nitrous -> IV drugs -> epidural) instead of jumping straight to epidural -- it was something she wanted to avoid. Unfortunately, the labor was long and not-so-great. When she made the call for the epidural, it took them a few minutes to get everything ready and actually in, all while she was sitting up in a less-than-comfortable position. As they were wrapping up the epidural, I said something along the lines of, "They're almost done, you're doing great, just another moment. You've got this."
Her response?
"I'm going to punch you in your fucking face!"
Both very out of character for her, and very surprising, lol. Turns out, hours of being in immense pain fucks with you, and having a bunch of people tell you you're doing great makes some things start to feel... scripted, or robotic? And she took offense to that. Looking back, a pretty funny moment admittedly.
Yeah but it's true. He's trying his best to be supportive and help, but when you are at a 10 on the pain scale and scared and overwhelmed, someone saying "you got this" is probably infuriating. Neither of them is wrong, it's just a crazy situation and in high stress situations when tension is high, saying something like that usually elicits this kind of response
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u/New_Musician8473 Apr 24 '26
Lois here, it's one of the phrases that enrage the woman. What do you know, Peter? Do we really got this? Would you be 'getting it' if your inside felt like being torn apart by an infant the size of Meg?