The child is dearer to the father than the father is to the child
Birth is a new beginning for life, and this is a natural process that can not be controlled. Expectant mothers do not know when birth will happen, this is something that only nature can decide. New life is fragile and delicate, yet babies survive the agony of birth and the physical trauma of coming through the birth canal into a cold and sometimes hostile world. Birth is something that should be celebrated and revered, not an illness or a shameful secret that must be hidden away.