Man Goes Through Simulated Childbirth To See If He Can Handle The Pain

fireflyeyes
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 12:15 pm: [report]

I’m sure most every woman would stop in the middle of labor if they COULD! Also, I think it looks different if you’re getting a baby out of it, rather than just trying to prove something. As much as I’d like to believe women are just stronger, I think its more like we don’t have much of a choice.

Perceptible
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 12:17 pm: [report]

This isn’t really a big surprise, is it? And this guy didn’t even have to recover from an episiotomy! Sheesh!

writergirl
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 12:46 pm: [report]

I agree with fireflyeyes.  We can’t just stop in the middle of labor at 8 CM without an epidural and say, “Hey, know what?!  I changed my mind.  I’m gonna go home now.”

I seriously tried to get the hospital to agree to my stance right about then, but funny enough, they weren’t going for it.

retro chic
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 12:53 pm: [report]

I think they could have settled that question with just one trip to the spa to get waxed, and get served a Pitocin cocktail to go with it.

kw1223
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 12:59 pm: [report]

How did they simulate that without a uterus?

equnsuocha
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:03 pm: [report]

I think the biggest difference here is that women are meant for this, hence all the women who say even though they KNOW they were in agony, once the baby is there they can’t remember the pain.  we are geared for it and our brains handle it as part of the birth process and not a straight pain response.  That said, I think women handle Big pain (ie childbirth) much better than men, but they handle small pain (ie cuts bruises broken pinky toes) much better than we do.

I had my nose broken in 18 places, snapped the bridge and collapsed a nostril when taking an elbow to the face during a water B-Ball game and was fine, but let me get a paper cut and I will whine for a week

Emmi Vendetta
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:03 pm: [report]

Yes yes i have child-bearing plumbing installed, but i’ll be damned if i’m going to have a child without doing it the way God intended: numb from the neck down.

Yes it’s painful but i think all women already know guys couldn’t handle contractions considering they already don’t understand period pain. Push on a guy’s lower stomach & they wince - try dealing with a vice grip on your pelvis for 6 days

writergirl
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:09 pm: [report]

once the baby is there they can’t remember the pain.

Actually, I remember quite clearly, almost six years later.  That whole “you can’t remember” it is just plain crap.

AND OMG!  Your nose!  That had to hurt!!! (understatement of the year there) Mine hurts just thinking about it.

MarieMacCee
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:18 pm: [report]

This pleases me greatly-it may not be totally accurate since he doesn’t have the mommy love for said baby that the other commenters mentioned as motivation (not to mention that once they’re on board, the train is the F out of the station) but I’m still definitely sending it to a bunch of my guy friends with the subject line: VICTORY!!!!

lemonsugar
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:21 pm: [report]

Ugh on the nose thing. Serious pain.

We do not forget the pain. We have to overcome it as we have a bloomin’ screaming baby to deal with! I know I have had three kids. Oh and the initial pain from breastfeeding is probably just as intense. Try that one fellas!

retro chic
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:38 pm: [report]

I think @writergirl, you and I covered this oddessy before. Second the “you can’t remember the pain” BS. As vivid now as it was then.

But I did not want to get off the table – even with the hideous Pitocin-induced pains and excruciating Back Labor ‘cause I knew that would mean a C-section. And I wanted that even less. It is a choice.

There is no way to simulate this experience for a man. Anymore than we can understand the pain of a passing a moderate-sized melon thru a penis. That thought alone should cure any man.

lawyrgrl
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 01:53 pm: [report]

@retro chic Cure them of what?  LOL!

SCRMOM
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 02:26 pm: [report]

I forgot the pain of three childbirths, but I didn’t forget the stress of the first six weeks with each of them.

@lemonsugar: I hear you with the nursing stories!  I hated nursing the first few weeks, but then I loved it and nursed each of mine for a very long time.

bethlynn00
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 02:31 pm: [report]

I agree, there is just no way to simulate childbirth with a man, real childbirth, because you have to have the contractions AND the stretching of the lady parts, at the same time.  So unless they had the machine going and a watermelon come thru his peen, I don;t think it was a really simulation of actually childbirth! I personally have never been thru it and if I ever do it I;m with Emmi Vendetta, that I would like to be numb from the neck down, actually if they could put me to sleep, like they use to do, that would be even better. After being in the room for several births over the years and probably too many episodes of I Didn’t Know I Was Pregnant, it has completely traumatized me to the point that I have horrible nightmares about being ripped open during childbirth…scary stuff.

Oliveira
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 04:06 pm: [report]

Exactly—first, looking at my anatomy, I don’t really see how they could simulate childbirth accurately, second, women don’t get the option to say, after three hours, “okay, I really can’t take it, let’s cancel the child thing now”. In any case, I am a bit scared now.

writergirl
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 04:34 pm: [report]

@retro chic—we did. 

@SCRMOM—if you’ve forgotten, they gave you better drugs than I had

SummertimeFirefly
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 05:31 pm: [report]

@writergirl - Yeah, such pain is not easily forgotten without insanely powerful drugs, i.e., the stuff given to Mad Men’s Betty Draper.

writergirl
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 05:40 pm: [report]

@SummertimeFirefly…yeah…and she got to stay in the hospital for ten days after giving birth too.

Little Lamb
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 05:48 pm: [report]

I think the only comparable way to simulate this, would be to MAKE him go through contractions for the average time (15ish hours???).  Next, he’d need to squeeze an egg out his wang.  Then he would need to hang weights from his intestines so that they are going to fall out for about three weeks after the egg incident.

And there also needs to be something in there about him suffering through the painfully embarrassing sneeze-pee.

Little Lamb
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 05:50 pm: [report]

oops- *feel like* they are going to fall out…

SCRMOM
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 06:49 pm: [report]

@writergirl: Even though I went through labor with all of them, I’m 0-3 for vaginal deliveries.  My perspective might not be the same since I had none of the “after effects” of a vaginal birth.  My c-section recoveries were very easy, and I have only one tiny scar that is pretty low.

impoddity
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 08:03 pm: [report]

I’ve had cramps that have made me feel like there was more than blood clots being squeezed out of my uterus.  A definite turn-off for having kids.  Besides I love other people’s kids and there are plenty to go around.  I’ll just adopt.

Leesa
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 08:33 pm: [report]

I had an epidural, and I still remember childbirth as the most painful part of my life.  I had a remarkably fast first one, though, according to this video: 4 and a half hours.  Honestly, though, while the pain of childbirth was awful, the mere idea of needing to poo during the next three days or so was enough to send me into sweat-inducing terror spasms.

SCRMOM
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 09:04 pm: [report]

@Leesa:  Wow, 4 1/2 hours for your first?  That is fast. 

Did anyone get their membranes “stripped” to get labor to start?  That was more painful than contractions, IMO.

Kate134
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 09:23 pm: [report]

@ Bethlynn00 : Oh my god, “I didn’t know I was pregnant” scares the crap out of me! I started my period yesterday a few days late and I took a pregnancy test just to be sort of sure, and I only saw half an episode 3 days ago!

Kathls
wrote on October 15 2009 @ 11:39 pm: [report]

@ Bethlynn00 & Kate134:  I"m glad I’m not the only person who has been totally and completely freaked out by “I didn’t know I was pregnant”.  That show is too demented.  I’ve taken 4 pregnancy tests in the last 3 months because of that stupid show.  I live in fear now that I could go to the dentist and they’ll tell me I’m in the final stages of labor!  Or I’ll go to the mall and give birth to triplets in the toilet!

But this video has to be one of the funniest things I’ve ever seen, even if it’s not a ‘true’ simulation to labor.  I made my mom watch it; she got a kick out of it.

moogyboobles
wrote on October 16 2009 @ 06:47 am: [report]

I enjoyed my last labour.  At home, no poking around down there, no prodding…just got one with it and it was amazing!
State of mind is a huge factor.
Getting reading some Ina May Gaskin!

Elleohelle
wrote on October 18 2009 @ 04:52 am: [report]

My stomach twisted watching him- say what you want, that was brave. Maybe being female gives me a faint muscle memory (if you believe in that) but some part of me feels like it knows childbirth is agony. Not how much or how strong, but just knows. I agree that women can’t exactly say ‘to hell with it, let’s stop the labor now’ but tests have been performed that show some men could die from the pain we go through. Men can handle some sorts of pain better, and women others, so I think it all evens out, at least evolutionarily. These days, I’d be hard pressed to find a man who would ever even have to go through such pain, which I think gives women an edge in the argument.

Lucas Hardeman
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 08:52 am: [report]

I think I have a better solution to this whole childbirth-what-a-man-can-take argument. All this fancy equipment isn’t necessary.

All you need is a hospital-grade defibrillator. Place one handle on his abdomen, and the other, on his lap. Yell “Clear!”, and hit that red button.

Take in his facial reaction. If he’s still conscious, give him some ice chips, and repeat.

Move over, Einstein. Lucas is on your heels.

equnsuocha
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 02:05 pm: [report]

@writergirl

I have never been lucky enough to have a child of my own, but this is what many of you (women who have had babies) tell us so we dont run away screaming   If it is a lie, then it is a lie to perpetuate the species

As for the nose, yeah I guess it hurt, my head snapped back and the guy who hit me dropped the ball to make sure I was ok.  I picked it up and dunked   I actually thought I had bit my tongue when he told me I was bleeding.  I was in the locker room at the pool (I went to HS with some major league J.A.P.s) and they were all freaking out because of the sheer volume of blood lol.  I wasnt in pain until later when my Dad took me to the ER.  A man had come in that was bleeding really badly from his hand and was very drunk so there was blood all over.  They rushed him through triage and called, what I can only describe as, a Rolling Allergy Inducing Dust Wagon, out the door next to me to clean up the blood.  Thats when the pai started, right after the wicked allergy sneezing fit I was having >.<  I had 2 surgeries to correct it and still have a cyst on the bridge to this day.

SCRMOM
wrote on October 19 2009 @ 02:25 pm: [report]

@equnsuocha: If it is a lie, then it is a lie to perpetuate the species. 

To be completely honest, it’s really more about “misery loves company.”