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Women are inherently stronger than men. How do we know this? Because no man would willingly give birth or go through labor pains. The proof in the pudding is these dads who totally lost it during the delivery of their children. Even though they weren't going through the physical pain themselves, they couldn't handle the heat. Men, get out of the freaking kitchen delivery room if you can't handle the heat.

Giving birth is one of, if not the hardest things that a woman will ever go through. And although some women have it a lot easier than others, every woman has her own difficult labor journey. As with everything in life, however, it can be made a little bit easier with some humor thrown in. These women shared their stories of the funniest moments they had in the delivery room - from husbands passing out, to only finding out they were pregnant when they went into labor, to everything in between.

While men are generally very involved in the creation of a child, they're usually pretty clueless when it comes to the actual birth of their child. It seems like there's this fundamental knowledge about pregnancy and childbirth that all women know but men never got the memo about. Don't worry, I'm here to help. My wife just gave birth to our first child and man oh man did I learn a lot in a short time. It's kinda like trial by fire where you think you're prepared and then the doctors tell you your baby is enormous and you have five minutes to agree to do a c-section or else you're a bad parent. But I digress… Let's discover some of the things you have no clue about that you might encounter when your partner goes into labor.

Why does it take so long for us to understand how babies are born? When kids don't get explained something clearly, that's when their imaginations start to run amok. Unless you were a key witness at your younger siblings' birth, it's unlikely you knew exactly what went down until an embarrassingly late age. Eventually, they have to teach you in school exactly what happens. But until that point, all we can do is make up what seems the most likely in our little child brains.

On Reddit people are sharing how they imagined childbirth before they understood what went down, and it just proves how much e ought to invest in sex-Ed.

Anyone who has given birth will agree that labor is a pretty much all-consuming activity. All you can—and should be—focusing on is getting yourself to the hospital as quickly as possible. It would help if you didn't have to worry about tracking down your partner while doing so, who had made themselves as unavailable as possible. It sounds like an absurd scenario, right? Well, one woman who posted on Reddit's Am I The A-hole faced this very scenario when she couldn't reach her husband when she was in labor. After failing to respond to her texts and calls, she called a friend to take her to the hospital. Her husband, who only looked at his phone at the end of the workday, was p*ssed at her for not going via his office to get him, so that he could be there for the birth of their daughter. Of course, the internet jumped to the woman's defense, calling her husband out for being a massive a-hole. 

OB/GYN's may be professional, but they've also been around the block when it comes to the crazy stuff they have heard from patients. Working in the medical field is already hectic, but being a doctor for the female body is whole 'nother story. Naturally, people have many questions and misconceptions about what goes on down there - both men and women alike. On this gem of a Reddit thread, OB/GYN's spilled the tea about all the crazy things male significant others have said at appointments, and you already know we got all the juicy details. These men seriously gotta take it down a notch at their S/O's next appointment. Scroll down for the wildest thread responses. 

During these tough times, the only thing that gets us through is love, and that's exactly what Shona and Conlin Moeller have shown us in the most heartwarming way. Shona went through a traumatic experience when her waters broke at five months and had to be rushed to hospital where she will remain on bed rest until she gives birth. Her husband, Conlin, has been camped outside the hospital ever since and has been giving her social distancing date nights. Check out below how cute they are... 

Most parents document the beautiful experience of giving birth through photos they are sending to their family group chats . However, one dad from Texas decided that live updates on social media would be more fun. And boy, was he right...

Child birth is an incredible, life-changing experience. It's hard, and painful, and long, and scary. It can also be amazingly beautiful, as evidenced by these jaw-dropping birth photos. Is there anything more gorgeous than a picture of a new parent seeing their baby for the first time?