Prince Harry's brought another view to giving birth

[Boffing]

I've just realised that my DH of 22 years has never thanked me for going through that (x3).

@MarieIVanArkleStinks
What’s to say you can’t thank and admire your wife and be a first rate father and husband.

A poo has never required me to be cut open in an emergency - stitches and staples back up - and stuck on my back for 24 hours with a drain coming from my stomach.

Maybe we aren't birthing wrong ladies - maybe we aren't shitting correctly

IsYourGoogleBroken
You're a man or childless aren't you?

When you read about Asian woman giving birth in the Paddy fields, then tying the newborn in a sling across her breast do it can suckle..then go back to working....they must be made of tougher stuff than us mampy pampered Western ones.

It's amazing there are so many independent females nowadays, saying there is no reason why we should not be treated the same as a male, given the same opportunities, rights yet we seem to want them to thank us for a perfectly natural function. We let males impregnate us then want thanks for the end result of our actions.

C'mon people.

If there's one thing humans are programmed to be sappy about, it's the birth of a baby. Making and birthing offspring is miraculous - mundane and quotidian, but nonetheless miraculous. We'd have been long extinct if we thought about all this rationally, were blasé about it, kept a stiff upper lip throughout.

You just have to hope that he remembers how he felt when he meets people throughout the RF's beloved Commonwealth, and realizes that everyone else is just like him and Megs. We all love our kids as much as they do. They're nothing special.

My lovely DH was by me for the three days of labour. Had a Caesar, baby peed down him within seconds of being born. Think I'd have hit him if he'd said thank you.

“I want a nice bit of jewellery if everything goes ok and we get a baby at the end of this pregnancy.”

Really @Eliza9919? If you get a baby? It’s not a women’s fault if her baby dies during pregnancy or labour. In fact it is a much more difficult and more life changing event to lose a baby.

He didn't 'thank' Meghan, he was showing respect for what bloody hard work it is!
Do you never admire or thank any men in your life for anything manicmij ? Surely everyone, regardless of what gender they are, likes a bit of appreciation now and then, it doesn't make them lesser beings.

It's amazing there are so many independent females nowadays, saying there is no reason why we should not be treated the same as a male, given the same opportunities, rights yet we seem to want them to thank us for a perfectly natural function.

This is such an extremely silly comment! Of course men and women are equally capable of doing most roles in society but we are not 100% physically the same. Only women give birth. While giving birth is "natural" it's also perfectly natural for women to die doing it. Even when it all goes perfectly it's an exhausting and painful experience - something that only women can do and women only do a few times in a lifetime. It's perfectly reasonable for a male partner to express gratitude/awe/amazement having witness what his partner has gone through.

When you read about Asian woman giving birth in the Paddy fields, then tying the newborn in a sling across her breast do it can suckle..then go back to working....they must be made of tougher stuff than us mampy pampered Western ones.

What a barmy comment. In some countries the maternal death rate is 10% - are all those women dying just mamby pambies who need to toughen up or is giving birth actually an extreme physical feat?

Yes, it was a lovely thing for him to say. Good for Diana, Meghan and Doria for teaching him well and kudos to Harry for hearing.

Hmm, I don't know, I don't expect a 'thank you' for giving birth and definitely not a 'push present'

It's not like either of us could do it and I say 'don't worry darling, I'll do this'.

The best thank you I got, and I am completely serious, was a cup of tea after dd was born. It was the best cup of tea I have ever tasted. (she looks out of the window, wistfully)....

Just like having a poo
www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/2010/apr/12/maternal-mortality-rates-millennium-development-goals

There are no poo related stats I could readily find on the Internet, but there is this
www.menshealth.com/health/a19548528/death-by-pooping/

Lucky Meghan! I have three children, three natural births. Not only did I not get any thanks of any sort but I was told that labour pains were overrated. Apparently, my husband knows exactly what it is like to give birth as he had kidney stones once and was in hospital for half a day...and according to him it’s the same as giving birth...😤😤

I have never seen Harry smile like that before! A genuine, excited, cannot contain himself smile 😊

I split up with my husband when I was 8 months pregnant. I had a long labour and ended up having an emergency c section. My mum was with me for that but I had her and him with me during labour. When I had come out of recovery, I remember he was there and he didnt even crack a smile. I dont think he said anything. Meanwhile, my dad was there grinning like a Cheshire cat. Ex did come up with me to the ward and stayed with me but I got nothing. We get on great now but that has always stayed with me. Maybe it was the tension having split so recently or just being overwhelmed with the enormity of it all but it really hurt and still does. I dont feel any hate or anger to him now as splitting was probably for the best ( in hindsight) but I do resent the things I missed out on during pregnancy and after, due to his behaviour which led to him dumping me. Sorry, I've gone off topic a bit but I emphasise!

After my son died I thought about how much I went through to bring him into the world. I still do. It isn't recognised or acknowledged enough IMO.
I am glad Prince Harry expressed his admiration publicly. It might make other men pause for thought.

*IsYourGoogleBroken

I just find it ironic it is somehow expected that someone says thank you - like you've given them a gift, because no woman, ever had a baby for her own reasons, for her self or because she wanted one. Odd school of thought. Just as well we don't all think the same*

To many having a child is a gift even if women wanted to have a baby.
For some it takes years before they can conceive, or numerous IVFs before they have a child. Don't know what world you live in, but it takes a lot of strength and energy to grow a baby for 9 months, then push it out of your vag.
You clearly have not given birth.

I can't remember what ExH said, other than being very chuffed but my son was like Harry, utterly awestruck that women can do that.

But I see the usual Reddit and Tumblr royal sycophants have arrived to lick royal arse and get yet another thread deleted as they all usually go.

Really? It's sycophants who get threads deleted, not wild conspiracy theories and accusations of fake pregnancy, surrogates and thinly veiled racism? I'm shocked.

It's not like either of us could do it and I say 'don't worry darling, I'll do this'.

No, but it’s in the woman’s gift to go ahead with the pregnancy or not. When I had severe hyperemesis, we had a (brief) discussion about whether terminating was an option. The decision to continue was a conscious one, ultimately made by me, because we both wanted a second child, and not without significant downsides.

Looking back, I’m not actually sure my husband thanked me after the birth. He definitely told me I was amazing. But he definitely did thank me when I was retching in agony on the bathroom floor.

Mine our 20, 18 and 15 and I thought the same thing op. My dh would never have thought to thank me or say he was in awe of me. However I know he loves me and I feel privileged that I did it because I'm a mum and I'd rather be a mum than a dad iyswim.

You need a thank you for a bodily function?

One the a woman will do an average of two times in her life that bloody hurts so yeah a thank you is a minimum really!