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{{trope}}
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This is the one where a woman is giving birth, and a man must coach her through the process. It may be played for laughs as the man pulls horrified faces at the sight of what's happening between the woman's legs, or it might be emotionally-charged melodrama.
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Aversions would include: a non-professional woman assisting during another woman's labour, with no men present; or a woman giving birth alone, instinctively knowing what to do, and not needing any emotional support to keep her from panicking.
Can be subverted by having the man [[Panicky Expectant Father]] or even pass out while the woman just gets down to business.
Often combined with [[Screaming Birth]] and [[Locked in
If you thought this was about some other type of delivery guy, you should look up the guy who visited nine months prior under [[Pizza Boy Special Delivery]].
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{{examples}}
== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Barefoot Gen]]'', the titular character's mother is pregnant at the start of the film, and the family is anxiously awaiting the birth of the child. Then Little Boy drops, and after a {{spoiler|failed}} attempt at rescuing her husband, her daughter, and her other son from their burning house, the stress causes Kimiko to go into premature labor. Six-year-old Gen tries to find a medical professional, but all the doctors and nurses are too busy attempting to treat the burned bomb victims. Thus Gen is forced to deliver the baby himself.
== Fan Works ==
* [[Played for Laughs]] at [[DC Nation]] when Sue Dibny went into labor. Ralph was busy with a rogue, Mid-Nite was stuck in surgery, so little Allanah Dibny was delivered by Eel "Plastic Man" O'Brien, Hal Jordan, Martian Manhunter, and Wally West!
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== Film ==
* In the first ''[[Men in Black (
** [[Sesame Street|Ah! Hah! Hah! Hah!]]
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* John Ford's ''[[The Three Godfathers]]'' has three main male characters, so only one has to go in and help with the birth, which takes place offscreen (though the man [[Gone
* Theo does this for Ki in ''Children of Men'', in a rundown building in the middle of a battle-torn refugee camp. She names the baby after his [[Dead Guy, Junior|son]].
* In ''[[Ice Age]] Dawn of the Dinosaurs'', Diego has to coach Ellie through her delivery... ''while'' fighting away hungry raptors.
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== Live Action TV ==
* Played with in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episode "Amy's Choice" where a heavily pregnant Amy pretends to go into labour, and the Doctor dives down, holding his hand beneath her legs as if he was going to catch a football.
* ''[[Star Trek:
* In the classic ''[[Star Trek:
* Superman's done this loads of times, including once in ''[[Lois and Clark]]'', when the father says afterwards, "I've just thought of the perfect name." There was also a story in the comics where he saved a guy from suicide, left him with the expectant mother while he rescued someone else, and came back to ask the guy if he still thought he'd never achieved anything in his life.
* Abed got to be one of these on an episode of ''[[
* Happened in ''[[Malcolm in
** Afterwards, she tells him how it was the best thing he's ever done for her - and that he can go vomit now.
* On ''[[Taxi]]'', Alex Reiger is forced by circumstance to deliver a baby in the back seat of his cab (The father/coach couldn't handle it). The parents wanted to name the baby after him... until he told them his name.
* The classic subversion, even though the birth doesn't actually happen on screen, is from ''[[I Love Lucy]]''. Ricky and the neighbors are practicing what they'll do when the baby is about to be born: calling the doctor, grabbing Lucy's luggage, helping her on with her coat and heading out to the car, all with perfect calm and grace. Then Lucy waddles into the room and says, for real, "Ricky, this is it!" [[Hilarity Ensues]] as Ricky and the neighbors run around like chickens with their heads cut off, and Lucy, looking uncomfortable but still keeping a cool head, has to remind them of what has to be done.
** To top it all off, they initially ''leave Lucy behind''.
* ''[[Home Improvement (TV series)|Home Improvement]]'': Tim, Jill, and mom-to-be [[Ms. Fanservice|Heidi]] got stuck at a pit stop when labor hit. Jill and Tim coached her through it, and Tim gave up his soft and warm jacket for the baby.
* When Bailey on ''[[Grey's Anatomy
* Played with in ''[[
** In another episode, Niles, Frasier, and Martin get a cab. The female cabdriver asks if they've heard any of the "giving birth in a cab" stories that have been spoken of as folklore amongst people. After the three men respond, the driver, in an inversion of the typical stories (where the passenger is pregnant and the driver must deliver the child as she goes into labor), explains that it is going to happen right now and goes into labor herself. The three men do thier best to help her, with varying degrees of competence (Frasier tries but is ultamately useless, Niles is completely incompetent, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|asking why the meter is still running at one point]], and Martin, having been a father himself and a retired police officer who has had to deliver babies a couple times, doing the best job of the three). Both mother and child make it to the hospital safely. Niles considers fatherhood after the event, spending the rest of the episode trying to raise a sack of flour as his son, directly or indirectly inflicting enough harm on the "child" to kill or seriously injure him at least twice (including but not limited to impaling with a sharp instrument and third degree burns). By the episode's end, Niles decides that fatherhood isn't for him at this time, though after what happened to the sack child many viewers would probably be inclined to suggest a vasectomy instead.
* Used several times in ''[[
* Teyla of ''[[
* On ''[[
* Inverted on [[
** Also inverted when Scully (who is a doctor, but not an obstetrician) helps a woman give birth while they were trapped during a flood.
* ''[[Primeval]]'' season 3 episode 3, where the B plot is that Abby has to deliver a baby when locked in a room with Nick and a pregnant woman.
* In one episode of ''[[Law and Order Special Victims Unit]]'', a pregnant woman who has been kidnapped by her ex-husband has been found by Elliott. She is scheduled for a C-section because the placenta formed over her cervix (meaning the baby would otherwise burst through it a la [[Alien]] and cause her to bleed to death). Elliott calls an ambulance, but the baby is coming too quickly. He delivers the baby (using knowledge gained from being present at the births of each of his own children), but [[Death
** Inverted with Kathy Stabler who is given emotional support by her husband's partner Olivia Benson while on the way to the hospital.
* ''[[Kyle XY]]'' has an episode where Kyle must help a stranger give birth on the side of the road. It had to be him even though there were others with him because he's so smart that everything comes to him naturally.
* A short film from the [[Sci Fi]] series ''Exposure'' had a man attempting to be the first suicide of the 21st century instead wind up delivering the first baby of the 21st century. Judging from his expression the next morning after seeing his picture on the morning paper and people recognizing him, he feels like everything turned out all right.
* Played with in [[Falling Skies]]. When Sarah gives birth Anne, who despite being a pediatrician is the only doctor they have, is set to deliver with Margaret there for emotional support. When it becomes apparent that the baby will be born breach, Anne admits to Captain Weaver she does not know what to do. He reveals that he helped deliver his babies ''both'' of whom were born breach, and takes over.
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== Webcomics ==
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