2007-11-14 16:26:35 · 27 answers · asked by It's Ms. Fusion if you're Nasty! 7 in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
To have first-hand experience of pregnancy and childbirth?
2007-11-14 16:27:44 · update #1
Of course, anyone with a modicum of curiosity and self-awareness has wondered that.
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Apparently, I was mistaken.
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So if I haven't, I confirm that men lack empathy and if I have, I am probably gay.
GREEEEEAT
2007-11-14 16:32:47 · answer #1 · answered by Gnu Diddy! 5 · 7⤊ 2⤋
I think my husband has. Of course, I tend to get flu-like symptoms when pregnant, so it's easy to see the bad parts and sympathize. I'm not sure he's ever really understood what it is to have a tiny person being made in your body, however. And honestly, I'm not sure that people who have never experienced it - of either gender - really have a firm grasp of such a strange concept.
I think at the end of a drug-free labor, every woman wonders for a second, Am I going to die from this? I've spoken to many, many ladies about this who agree that the thought crosses their minds at the very end, but that it's "OK". It really is an experience unlike any other, when the pain is bad enough that death is seen as a possibility, but that the thought is not upsetting or alarming - just "OK".
2007-11-15 05:07:45 · answer #2 · answered by Junie 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Hmmm well after giving birth naturally 3 times, the best comparison would be that it's feel like passing out a large (husked) coconut through your backside(haha not that I've ever passed a coconut).
And the labour like a bad charlie-horse(cramp) that happens every couple of minutes and covers from your chest down to down below. It gets worse with each contraction because your muscles(uterus) tire.
Pregnancy is like sea-sickness sometimes 24 hours a day. Then the huge belly....Not comfortable.
It'd be interesting though if men did experience pregnancy, I wonder if there'd be a difference in the maternity system to have nicer suites to give birth in and more paid paternity leave? Perhaps the problem of post-natal depression would have better resources to deal with it as well, and cheaper child-care. Just a thought.
2007-11-14 17:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by Shivers 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Think about it yes want it no! Hell where would the baby come out? LOL We would be C-section central. Plus as you know men are not the best with blood and are not equipped for it. And one other thing would the mother sit and give me massages and rub my feet? LOL But I will say that must be one unbelievable experience to have a life grow inside of you and to bring it into this world! I was just in awe of it watching my sons mother grow and to see it move and then to be there as his head and body came into this world to me it is the most amazing thing on the earth to see a new life being born!
2007-11-15 01:03:57 · answer #4 · answered by mrjamfy 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm a man and I've only ever thought about it very briefly. It seems like a very weird concept to have another person growing inside you. It's kind of creepy and kind of gross and most of all it seems like it would be such an awful burden to have to deal with for 9 months. And then.....it has to come out. What an awful experience that must be.
I am SOOOOOO glad I'm not a female.
2007-11-14 17:40:59 · answer #5 · answered by egn18s 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Wonder it, yes. Want to experiance it no.
Think about something and carrying something that big for that long no. The stress, changing of hormones and such no.
Being able to carry the weight is no the problem, it is the other issues I would not want to deal with that I thought about a couple times and try to block out completely. But the fact that having a baby happens truely is amazing in itself to me.
2007-11-14 16:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by Matt 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I gotta be honest--I'm glad that fell onto women. I have no desire to go through that, whether it's a good or a bad experience. But my wife was sick through her pregnancy and almost died in childbirth, so maybe I have a shaded perspective.
2007-11-14 16:38:00 · answer #7 · answered by Steve-O 5 · 3⤊ 2⤋
What's so great about it?Men go through so much in life that an issue like a pregnancy would be just one of those things.What about maternity leave and getting paid for, sitting at home?It's better to clear all such issues before hand as men don't like to live on HOPE and ASSURANCES only.
2007-11-14 19:11:49 · answer #8 · answered by brkshandilya 7 · 2⤊ 3⤋
I think they could get an approximation of early pregnancy:
In a large glass, mix together:
some beer
some wine
some gin
some disgustingly sweet liquor
some vodka
some rum
In an empty stomach, drink it very quickly
Head for the toilet bowl and heave-ho!
2007-11-14 17:57:37 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Several times I have wondered about this. Then I wonder what it would be like living in a world with so few people.
2007-11-15 01:26:55 · answer #10 · answered by wayne s 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-08 22:23:00 · answer #11 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋