Labor and delivery can be an extremely stressful time for any soon-to-be mom. Going through childbirth is scary, painful, and hard — to say the least. Many women, of course, look to their husbands and partners for support and love during this time in their motherhood journey.
While most dads are supportive and kind throughout childbirth, there are those who say things that probably should never have left their mouths in the first place. Some things just don’t need to be said aloud, especially during an already overwhelming and stressful time. One nurse on TikTok has heard it all.
Nurse Holly has decided to share some interesting stories online.
Holly is a registered nurse who works in the labor and delivery department at a hospital. She has heard just about everything both moms and dads utter in those crazy moments throughout the childbirth process.
Recently, she decided to take some quotes from soon-to-be dads, partners, and husbands, and share them online in a funny yet kind of alarming way.
Holly turned a bunch of the comments she's heard in the delivery room into "inspirational quotes."
Think about all of those Pinterest-y type quotes you see with beautiful backgrounds and cool fonts. Instead of putting the typical motivational phrases, Holly plugged in things she’s heard dads say during labor and delivery.
One dad said, “I think you should just get a C-section. This is taking too long.” Another one of the quotes read, “Sew an extra stitch down there for me, doc. We want everything just the way it was before all of this.”
People on TikTok became so invested in the things that dads had to say, that Holly made it a multi-part series.
Holly posted a Part 2 video in which she shared even more quotes from fathers, such as, “Wake me up when the baby gets here I’m tired,” as a dad proceeded to fall asleep during the birth of his child.
Another father asked his wife to “move to the birthing ball,” so that he could sleep in the bed. And a third asked the doctor if the hospital did DNA tests, as his wife was pushing the baby out, because his “mom wants him to get one.”
The videos and quotes only went downhill from there.
The more videos and quotes Holly shared, the worse the men got. One guy told the doctor, “the position you just put her in is blocking my view of the TV.” Another apparently said to his wife, “just eat the crackers and peanut butter they gave you, I’ll be back later with food,” but showed up later with no food and clearly drunk.
Another dad told his wife, who was having a C-section and crying, “You took the easy way out. This isn’t even bad. You don’t have to do any work to have the baby. They do it all for you.”
People online were shocked and floored by how some of these men behaved.
TikTok users in the comments shared their total surprise at how crazy men can be at a time like this.
“All they literally have to do is stand there and be supportive and comfort their wife while she does all the work but that’s still too hard for them,” one person wrote in the comments.
Many women also asked what we are all wondering, “Is it safe to assume that none of these couples are together anymore?”
The vast majority of users online said that if their own husband ever said these kinds of things, it would be a surefire way to get a divorce quickly. That said, we’ll keep watching Holly’s TikToks when we need a good laugh.
