As a dad myself, dudes who willingly deny themselves being in the presence of the miracle of childbirth let alone being there for the entirety of what comes after baffles me.
I will never understand the whole “miracle of childbirth” perspective. The miracle was the fact that the baby made it to that point. The birthing process is basically just shitting out a small person through a different orifice.
Am I wrong? I’ve had multiple kids and love them dearly……but there is absolutely nothing beautiful in the traditional sense about watching a small human exit a woman’s body. Fascinating is a far better word to describe it.
But to answer your question, probably my parents and maybe most of my peers in grade school.
I don't think anyone means the process is beautiful in the literal sense, because objectively it is not. But when people refer to the miracle of childbirth being beautiful, they're talking about the beauty of a brand new human being being brought into the world and all the implications that comes with that. They're also talking about the whole process of creating, growing and birthing that new human.
I totally understand that and did a poor job conveying it, I just disagree with it. It’s fascinating, awe inspiring, gut wrenching, horrifying, amazing, and incredible, but not beautiful IMO.
Sure but I think people's negative reaction to you now is cause you swung a little too far in the other direction. It is a little bit more objectively beautiful than "shitting out a different orifice", however literally correct that assessment may be lol
If people have a negative reaction due to a description that is more representative of the truth than the colloquialism we typically use, then that is on them.
I’ve had 2 and I think the miracle is how physically difficult it is to get it out, especially the first one. It’s horrifying and magical to get to the end of what feels like a marathon, then you or your loved one shoves a (in my case) 8-10 pound creature from a space that we are all used to being way less accommodating. It’s been years and I still barely understand how I could shit out such giant babies, the body is miraculous. It’s like Mary Poppins’ bag or watching an octopus escape an enclosure.
Plus there’s a lot of emotion once it’s over. For the birthing person it’s hormonal/biological. I’m not emotional at all normally and I almost cried. It’s just such a relief and your brain is flooded with all these euphoric chemicals.
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