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It's implied that she would be in trouble without him, but the trouble is not defined as a specific medical emergency since the man is not a medical professional. At the very least, she is helped by his emotional support, even if he's a relative stranger to her; at the most extreme, it's implied that somehow she would not be able to give birth safely without someone telling her when to push.
If a doctor or midwife shows up, the guy is off the hook, and the birth usually takes place [[
The man is rarely the mother's significant other. Occasionally he is a potential significant other, and the two of them are drawn closer together in this unexpected intimate situation. He could also be a potential partner for another female character, who is afterwards impressed by his bravery and sensitivity.
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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 A Freezer]]. May or may not subvert [[Instant Birth, Just Add Water]].
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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== 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.
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* Played with in the ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|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 the Next Generation (TV)|Star Trek the Next Generation]]'' episode "Disaster": When the aforementioned disaster left groups of people trapped in different areas of the ship, it fell to Worf of all people to assist in the delivery of Keiko O'Brien's daughter. It helped cement Worf's character as lacking in interpersonal skills after he yells "Push!" for the umpteenth time, Keiko snaps back with "I ''AM'' pushing!" and his line "You may now give birth." This gets a [[Call Back]] in ''[[Deep Space Nine]]'': when Worf is told that Keiko is having another baby, his immediate reaction is a panicked "Now!?"
* In the classic ''[[Star Trek the Original Series (TV)|Star Trek the Original Series]]'' episode "Friday's Child," Kirk and McCoy protect a woman who is pregnant with the heir to the leadership of her people. She gives birth in a cave while hiding from their enemies, and McCoy assists (he's a doctor, so this takes place off camera). At the [[Oh, Cisco|end of the episode]], Bones announces that the baby was named Leonard James Ak'aar, after both of his mother's protectors.
* 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 ''[[Community (TV)|Community]]''.
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** To top it all off, they initially ''leave Lucy behind''.
* ''[[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 ''[[
* Played with in ''[[Frasier (TV)|Frasier]]'', when Daphne enters labour in a vet's surgery. The vet himself is next to useless, Niles' attempts to keep her calm by coaching her through her breathing exercises only result in him passing out as a result of a fit of hyperventilation, and it falls upon a woman in the waiting room who happens to be a doctor to take charge of everything.
** 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.
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