Okay, so I'm now doing my Obs + Gynae block, had my labour week last week.. as much as I hate O+G, I found ONE thing I actually really like in Obstetrics.. and NO, it's not the little screaming thing coming out at the end of it all making all hearts stop and start back again in a flurry.. nope, not the baby~ If I wanted to see babies, I'd be better off being a Neonatal specialist, I'd see them everyday! The thing that does it for me in Obstetrics is the helplessness in the men by the bed side, not knowing what to do everytime they watch the women they love in agonizing pain that they in part were responsible for.. Every scream renders a worried/pained look on their faces and they offer they're hand to be of some comfort.. I've seen a man offering a shopping spree, then a Chloe handbag then a pair of Jimmy Choos in the midst of all the helplessness and inadequacy they feel.. hahaha The scene is so incredibly common (well, not the Jimmy Choos, he's one in a million!) and emasculating to some degree that it appeals to my narcissistic nature very much~ well, it's not that I enjoy the pain of others, it's just that rarely do men let their emotions take control and they never let situations rule them as they sat/stood helpless on the side just watching and praying that everything will be alright.. It's a sight for all the feminist out there =)
That said, I know deep down in me core that as helpless as these men may feel they are, their women NEED them there. Even if it's just to offer a glass of water or a hand to hold or a stroke on the back.. These women in labour hold on to nothing more than their partners being there for them.. I may sound like a cynic, but a part of me envies these women who actually have a man of their own who would stand being cursed/sreamed at as they watch their partners going through hell to give birth to their future together....
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