If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know my husband does not understand the urgency or pain of child birth. Nope, Mike believes labor will wait for him to brew a fresh pot of coffee. And three years later, he pulled that shit again.
If you read both my birth stories, you will wonder why I am still married. But this phenomenon is not unique to my husband. No man can possibly comprehend the intensity of a contraction.
Until now…
A Dutch TV show decided to hook two guys up to a contraction simulator for two hours and it might be the most satisfying thing I have ever seen.
I think you'll find that pain translates in every language. You'll also find the smugness of the two women administering the procedure translates beautifully as well.
Normally I don't post videos that are ten minutes long, but I swear, I could watch men in labor ALL DAY LONG.
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BAAAHAHAHAHAAAA! OMG I have to see that again!!
(vaginal delivery, no meds, 11-pound baby, and these assholes cried more than I did!)
We are laughing soo hard!! Weenies!!!
Is it terrible – am I mean – for thinking that they got off easy? I mean, where’s the back pain, the side pain, the pelvic pain, the goddamn ring of fire?? Still, this was awesome. Much better than any 50 Shades of Grey nonsense. š
I laughed so hard, I swear I nearly peed (yeah I slacked on the Kegels).
I think any man who complains that women are pussies, need to watch this. So awesome.
If you ever have a third baby and your husband’s birthday or somesuch comes up before you give birth, get him a French press so he can take his fresh coffee with him. You can even ask for hot water, cups, cream and sugar, and probably even the ground coffee itself in the hospital or birthing center.
I can’t remember the last time I laughed so hard. : wipes tears: thank you! The guy that bailed after an hour or so should get thrown to a pack of pregnant women.
This gave me joy and tingles all over my body. This should be some sort of requirement for men to do before him and his wife/girlfriend/baby mama get discharged from the hospital after SHE just had a baby. This is amazing.
Heh. Heh heh heh.
1. Have you already looked into where you can either buy one of those machines, or sign Mike up for one of those experiments? “We’re taking a trip to the Netherlands, sweetie.” “What for?” “Oh, you’ll see.”
2. I totally want to give birth (if I ever get pregnant) in the Netherlands now. It appears as though there’s some ritual after labor where they present you with a plate of yummy donuts (I think those were donuts?)
In any case, that was awesome. Thanks for posting that!
That.was.awesome. More please.
Oh. My. Word!!!! I am watching this and trying to laugh silently because my husband just got home from snow removal all night! I think I may have scared the dog….
I must be twisted in some sick way, because for some reason that made me want to give birth to another baby again… -_-
I must be twisted in some sick way, because for some reason that made me want to give birth to another baby again… -_-
Oh yes…. that ring of fire…
this should be mandatory for every male doctor and father to experience
@ 2 Rusk with mice, sort of anis tread!
I saw this live one night, hubbie wanted to look away but made him watch! Felt kind of strange to see ….
And that was still only 2 hours! Sure, I only labored for 5, but I think the average labor lasts over 10 hours, and many over the 20 hour mark. A friend of mine labored for 90 hours! Yeah, I had to tell the hubs to stop looking at the monitor: “Oh, that didn’t look like a bad one.” Excuse me! Focus on your wife, not the dang computer!
I must be twisted, too, because this actually got me pretty excited about birthing baby #2. :/
That was amazing. I laughed REALLY hard.
I’m with you on that one! Mine was “only” 8 pounds but I got you on every other point! Aw hell…I’m gonna watch it again right now! AWESOME STUFF!
And they only had to endure two hours!
Gold. Pure gold. I also kept thinking, but what about pushing a watermelon out of your hooha.
I thought this was a stupid gimmick but after 2 days seeing the link I caved. It was HILARIOUS. But I can only imagine how motherf*ing annoying these fools will be when their wives or girlfriends are in labor one day. “Honey, when I was in labor…” TWO HOURS, shut up you wuss!!
Loved this! They should have had to do it for days on end, like I did!
Most awesome thing I have seen in years. Thank-you, thank-you, thank-you. Sharing on fb!
Ahhhh, I love this. And I love that you shared it. I would have only liked to see it go on longer. And possibly end with a 4th degree tear so that they would know the fear of sitting on a toilet that often follows child birth …
Nearly the best thing I’ve ever seen. Evereverevereverever!
What she said. Sooooo good. Thank you for finding this.
Ah, memoriesā¦
Women really are the stronger sex.
OMG you ain’t kidding. I tore AND had an episiotomy and hurt for about 2 weeks after wards with my first baby. Maybe a clamp on their balls? lol.
Maybe they should administer this to those girls on Maury Povich or whatever who want to have a baby at like 13 or 14. Maybe they’d rethink it. O_O
average is 10 hours?! does that include getting to hospital until birth?? or when it’s time to go?? My lil man came a half hour after I started pushing….
So first of all, this was hilarious and gratifying. and second of all, I am in awe of myself for doing that five times! I forgot how totally awesome I am — and all women who give birth.
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I would love to see my husband hooked up to one of these things – sure it can’t compare to what we really got through though!
That was the best!! I enjoyed that immensely. Really proud of that one fellow for finishing strong. Now do this for 48 hours and they will have some small inkling of what my first labor was like…..eh, not really. Labor is really quite a lot more than just the contractions.
It’s goo, and poo, and emotions stronger than any in life.