The reason Ice T might skip watching his baby's birth

by

Sara McGinnis

posted in Celebrities

Ice T and Coco Austin are quickly proving they're willing to talk about any and all things pregnancy, and their new talk show, Ice & Coco, is just the place to air what's on their minds.

A brief look at some of their recent discussions...

Coco on being submissive to Ice: “I think all women should do it. I’m a slave to him. It has been 15 years and it has worked out.”

Ice T on giving Coco a push present: “I’m not into push presents. I think that push presents are something rich people made up. Black people don’t know nothing about no push presents. The baby is the present you should be happy with the baby.”

On the subject of pregnancy sex: Coco -- "For me, in my pregnancy, I want to be touched all the time. It gets the hormone juices flowing." Ice -- "If the door slams or the wind blows, Coco gets horny. They say when sex is good, it's 20 percent of the relationship, but when it's bad, it's 80 percent of the relationship. For us, it's the cherry on top of our relationship."

Interestingly, the baby girl they're expecting to arrive in December will be Ice's third child (he has two grown children from previous relationships as well as two grandchildren), but potentially the first time he has witnessed a birth.

Sharing he wasn't present for his other kids' arrivals, the 57-year-old star and the mom-to-be had this conversation while Ice & Coco cameras rolled:

“I’m nervous to be there my damn self,” Ice said. “When Coco has this baby, I just don’t want to see the cooch in that condition.”

“I don’t want you to see the cooch in that condition,” Coco agreed, before begging him to be by her side.

“Now that I’m pregnant that’s the one thing I’m so scared to go through is that labor moment,” she confessed.

“But you can handle it by yourself, can’t you?” the Law & Order: SUV star joked.

“No, I can’t!” Coco responded. “I want you to be in the room … You don’t have to see that area. But I really need you in the room. But if you don’t want to be in the room, there’s gotta be someone. I can’t do this alone.”

Now I've heard others (both men and women) echo the fear of looking 'down there' during birth before, but from what I gather most partners end up not really caring when the big moment finally arrives. I get that pregnancy and birth can be intimidating, but I just hate the thought of a partner missing out on the miracle of a new life coming into the world.

My husband looked and later said something to the effect of, "That's not what that's supposed to look like," but at the end of the day nothing bad came of him seeing firsthand how a body changes during birth. We're still married, still in love, and still romantic. It takes a little more than a breeze to get me going, admittedly, but the point is getting an eyeful during labor and delivery didn't create any longterm troubles.

What would you say to a dad who's nervous about seeing his child be born? Did your partner feel the same way? Share with us in a comment below!

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