I apparently also never get grossed out. Or I understand where babies come from.

etc. — Valerie on February 26, 2008 at 10:15 pm

Ever since Knocked Up came out, I’ve been hearing all kinds of hullabaloo about the birth scene. I had visions of blood and gore and horror.

Ross and I finally watched the movie for the first time tonight. As the birth scene approached, I was fully ready to watch it out of the corner of my eye or through my fingers. And before I knew it, it was over. Sure, there were some up-close-and-personal shots, but, how did you *think* it happened? It’s a *person* coming out of a *person.* There are bound to be some not-cute moments involved.

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  1. I’ve had the exact same thought! I’m in the process of getting my nursing degree, and I’ll never forget listening to some young thing in my anatomy class say that she “doesn’t do needles…or blood.” Uhm…hello? What did you think nursing was going to be like?

    Comment by Val — February 26, 2008 @ 10:20 pm

  2. I know…right!

    Comment by Allison — February 27, 2008 @ 1:02 am

  3. And actually it was really clean and neat. I mean like unrealistically clean and neat. Boys need to man up and get over that kind of thing. How come they are into violent movies but they can’t handle LIFE.

    Comment by Susan — February 27, 2008 @ 10:55 am

  4. Not too sure — Talk to my wife the NICU nurse - she’s got some stories that will gross out anyone. The one that still gets me — the 300+ lbs lady getting c-section - and pieces of fat hitting folks in the face…

    Comment by Eric — February 27, 2008 @ 11:09 am

  5. I remember some friends of mine pulling out their “home birth” picture album. I sat there politely viewing spread eagle, butt naked pictures of my hostess, including pictures of the afterbirth. I don’t think I had much to say or eat at dinner that night.

    Comment by Paul Hammond — February 27, 2008 @ 11:43 am

  6. See? I would have understood the uproar if there had been guts.

    Comment by Valerie — February 27, 2008 @ 7:04 pm

  7. I agree with Susan, although I don’t know for sure, but I bet the real thing is a lot messier than that.

    Comment by ALF — February 27, 2008 @ 9:34 pm

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