Understand, I have gone through this torture, I mean blessed event, four times. I just can't, for the life of me, understand what woman, in her right mind, would agree to have this kind of over exposure. By the time I was nine months pregnant, my thighs were mistaken for Redwood trees and my rear end spanned two states. Stretch marks crossed my lower belly like Interstate I-75 crosses Ohio. And what husband would want his wife, most of who at nine months pregnant, look pretty much like beached whales, to be seen by all of his coworkers.
All illusion is destroyed.
So far, I have seen a baby born in a bathtub and another while the mother was on her knees. We are privy to seeing nurses, doctors and midwives check for dilation. During the bathtub birth the midwife suggested the husband check his wife for dilation too. Let me tell you, if my husband would have done that while I was giving birth, my legs would have clamped closed and severed his hand. Right after I gave him a thump on the forehead and threatened divorce.