That Helpless Feeling

Nothing worse than sitting in the delivery room with a wife who is clearly in pain, and knowing that there is little you can do. Worse is knowing that her contractions are not labor, so she is simply in pain for the sake of pain. The little bugger refuses to engage and come on out, and he's making mom angry. The wife is one tough broad, and I rarely see her cry; she's in pain. More tears tonight than I have ever seen. I hope we come out of here with a baby, and not another dry run.