Robbie Williams caused a bit of a stir over the weekend when he live-blogged the birth of his new baby. He tweeted and videoed pretty much the whole labour - and we were treated to him dancing and, well, acting the maggot throughout the whole process (which his wife didn't seem to mind!)
It got us thinking - how do men cope during the whole delivery-room bit? Are they a help or a hindrance? We put the question out to the listeners of The Ian Dempsey Breakfast Show - and got some really funny responses!
When I was in labour with our son, my blood pressure was climbing which was not good. Literally less than 10 minutes before I get rushed in for an emergency C-section I tell my hubbie I don't feel well. His reply? You're in labour love you're not meant to.
Iano, our daughter was born via C-section and afterwards the nurse reached around me to remove my scrubs - and I mistook it for a hug #Embarrassing Eddie in Donegal
My hubby went for a McDonalds, had a nap in my bed came back and asked the nurse for gaviscon cause he had heartburn. All while I was in labour - Claire Hynes
My husband was a disaster on our 2nd baby, all he did was moan about how his back was killing him and how hungry he was, and here was me pushing out an 8lb 4 baby without so much as a paracetamol taken and in complete silence - Amanda Somers
My hubbie slept on a chair through the night in the maternity ward and when he woke up one side of his body had pins and needles, and he couldn't move - he thought it best not to tell me though as I think I was a bit more uncomfortable than him
After giving birth to my daughter, the nurse handed my husband a plastic pill cup and said "you better take these" - before she said anything else, he had knocked them back. They were my earrings!! Ha! Never saw em again, Christine Waterford
Twitter got in on the action too:
@IanDempsey @sweetpmac "Don't be worrying love, I've seen cows do this loads" Words of comfort from my husband. Swear to God.
— Gwen (@Claredaisy) October 28, 2014
@IanDempsey @sweetpmac After giving my wife a real inspirational speech midwife whispered in my ear 'I think you better shut up now'!😂
— Sean O Sullivan (@SeanTheBawn) October 28, 2014
@IanDempsey "You look knackered love. Actually I'm pretty knackered myself. Will this take much longer do you think?.
— Sue-Ellen Carroll (@SueellenCarroll) October 28, 2014
@Claredaisy @IanDempsey @gmacgyver on resuscitating newborns "when lambs are born you swing them around & the either breathe or they don't"
— Máiréad Quinn (@doogarry) October 28, 2014
@IanDempsey @sweetpmac while I was in labor my husband asked the midwife where was good 4 a take away. He was hungry! He got Thai delivered!
— Suzanne Cattanach (@SnoozeG) October 28, 2014
