• more about #midwives
    TroubleonWheels: Days away from having baby #5, and having had 1 natural, 1 induced, 1 24+ hr labor, and one w/every complication known, I have nothing good to say abo... more »
    Neopatra: This male midwife needs to experience the pain of a swift kick to the nads. It will bring him much needed enlightenment. more »
    KentuckyBabe: It feels really strange that on this site... something as empowering as natural childbirth isn't revered. It's not manditory and no on is a pussy for... more »
    hamustar: I wonder if that midwife (dude??) takes aspirin when he gets a headache or tums when he gets indigestion? Do you think he gets anesthesia when he has... more »
    mbot says Spock yeah!: Guys, guys, guys, relax! I've seen LOTS of births on TV. Here's how it goes: The woman is screaming and crazy-eyed all the way to the hospital. On... more »
    solidbrassfasteners: Yes, women need to be prepared for motherhood through several hours of searing pain. Because the preceding 9 months didn't prepare them at all. Childb... more »
    The Lone Scout: For what it's worth, I've heard a female pre-natal instructor give nearly the same advice, saying that the pain of labor is an important part of a wom... more »
    queenieinmanhattan: Well, obviously we shouldn't extend the reach of modern medicine to childbirth, or use preventive care during labor to head off complications. That's... more »
    quiquimarie: I was having a discussion the other day with my soon to be midwife female friend about why on earth men want to be ob/gyns or in this case a midwife. ... more »
    SergioJibsheet: As an L&D nurse who works with both MDs and midwives, I feel like they're both right and both wrong. Are modern women "less stoical"? Sure, because ... more »
    foolish-rain: Interesting. I was just thinking that men need to be kneed in the groin to prepare them for the pain of urinating with an enlarged prostate later in l... more »
    le monde is rond: Dr. Walsh, look. Are you still mad about that apple thing? I thought we worked through that. It really didn't seem like a big deal at the time! Sheesh... more »
    GorillaB: Two of my friends had C sections and they hated it. The babies heads were to big for their pelvises. They told me they were in pain for weeks after th... more »
    NorvinStoat: I'm planning a natural birth next month, but "needing pain" is not at all the reason I'm choosing not to have an epidural. Birth experiences are imp... more »
    rofling_medusa: I read a few months ago that the pain of childbirth was merely nature's way of warning that the act was potentially dangerous and to seek help. Sounds... more »
    lalaland13: I understand wanting to go natural. It's something I might consider if I ever have kids. But I will also consider my mom's story of how she was determ... more »
    PennyArcadia: I noticed one thing: that he's actually claiming a drug-free childbirth isn't specifically good for the mother, but that it's mostly good for the chil... more »
    mepo - Robert Cornhole invented it: And my burst appendix, the lego of character development. more »
    VioletBlue: My first child was breech. I was given massive amounts of morphine and then finally an epidural before the caesarean. My baby and I were both so dope... more »
    as.you.wish: What Dr. Walsh is really trying to say here is that woman should feel the pain of childbirth to prepare for the suffering and agony that is being a wo... more »
  • #painintheas

    Male Midwife: Women Need Childbirth Pain To "Prepare" for Demands Of Motherhood

    Professor and midwife Dr. Denis Walsh says moms-to-be get too many epidurals these days, depriving them of the important character-building effects of agony. More »
  • #waterbirth

    Manhattan Moms Extol Virtues Of Water Birthing

  • #justsad