History Main / CleanPrettyChildbirth

* Inverted in ''{{Prometheus}}''. [[spoiler:Not only is Shaw's cesarean section far more gruesome than most real childbirths, but [[{{Body Horror}} it's not even a human child]] being birthed in the scene.]]

* [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in ''Literature/VorkosiganSaga'' with the use of the Uterine Replicator, which makes childbirth about as clean and straightforward as it's possible to be, although--as mentioned at one point--it does raise the rather embarrassing danger of a ''mother'' being late to her own child's birth.

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} ~After Story~'', [[spoiler: Ushio's]] birth is remarkably blood and bodily-fluid free, [[spoiler: especially since her mother Nagisa [[DeathByChildbirth doesn't survive it]], at least the first time around. You'd probably be forgiven for thinking she [[BigSleep just fell asleep]]. In the true ending, where Nagisa does survive Tomoya gives Ushio her first bath, but she doesn't look like she needs one.]]

* In ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}} ~After Story~'', [[spoiler: Ushio's]] birth is remarkably blood and bodily-fluid free, [[spoiler: especially since her mother Nagisa [[DeathByChildbirth doesn't survive it]], at least the first time around. You'd probably be forgiven for thinking she [[BigSleep ]]just fell asleep. In the true ending, Tomoya gives Ushio her first bath, but she doesn't look like she needs one.]]

* In TheSims, birth is accomplished by the mother (or [[MisterSeahorse father]], if he was kidnapped by aliens) making a few yowling noises, spinning around, and instantly regaining their pre-pregnancy shape. Furthermore, the kid comes out already diapered.

Related to InstantBirthJustAddWater. When an live baby is shown, it is never an actual newborn, and is often a ThreeMonthOldNewborn, due to legal reasons. Compare OutGivingBirthBackInTwoMinutes, for births taking place in less time than they should. Compare NobodyPoops.

* In ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'', a woman gives birth in a tank with no signs of a mess being made.

* ''TheLandBeforeTime'' and Disney's ''{{Dinosaur}}'' both have the baby dinosaurs hatching totally clean. Nobody knows for sure about dinosaurs, but modern reptiles and birds are usually wet and have some residue from being in the egg, until they're able to dry off.

* Zigzagged in ''{{Misfits}}''. When Nathan helps to deliver a baby, everything adheres to this trope...right up until the new mother delivers the afterbirth. [[RefugeInAudacity Nathan mistakes it for an alien, throws it on the floor, and stomps on it, splattering everyone nearby.]]

* In ''ValkyriaChronicles,'' a woman gives birth in a tank with no signs of a mess being made.

* ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8803490/1/Extended-Stay Extended Stay]]'' plays this straight with the birth of [[{{Superjail}} the Warden and the Mistress]]'s twins, which is ironic if you consider the fact that the fanfic is written for one of the goriest adult cartoons to ever be created.

In many works and forms of media, the act of giving birth, be it by humans or animals, is a scene that either takes a few minutes or is skipped over entirely. The baby comes out looking dry and clean and there's little to no aftermath or mess, much less the expulsion of the placenta. The mother might be a bit sweaty, but she's for the most part fine, with her makeup still pretty much intact.

This is usually necessary or desired for the sake of not grossing out audiences. Another factor is the influence of the Moral Guardians; films with G and PG ratings and TV shows scheduled to air during certain hours aren't supposed to show great quantities of blood. A part of the HaysCode: "Scenes of actual child birth, in fact or in silhouette, are never to be presented." Sometimes they'll just do a time skip: you'll see the mother pushing and probably screaming and then skip to a few minutes later when the baby's already clean and wrapped up.

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8803490/1/Extended-Stay Extended Stay]] plays this straight with the birth of [[{{Superjail}} the Warden and the Mistress]]'s twins, which is ironic if you consider the fact that the fanfic is written for one of the goriest adult cartoons to ever be created.

Related to InstantBirthJustAddWater. When an live baby is shown, it is never an actual newborn, and is often a ThreeMonthOldNewborn, due to legal reasons. Compare OutGivingBirthBackInTwoMinutes, for births taking place in less time than they should.

* In ''BarefootGen'', the birth of Tomoe a very simple and straightforward thing that six-year-old Gen can help with, and (oddly enough for this film) there's no indication that a mess was ever made. They do rinse off Tomoe in a bucket of water, but she was pretty clean before that.

This trope is often {{lampshade}}d via having characters who are witnessing birth for the first time getting {{squick}}ed out by the scene.

Obviously, in real life this isn't really the case. The birthing process is messy and can easily {{squick}} out anyone who isn't prepared for it, what with amniotic fluids, blood, fecal matter, tearing, the placenta, and other bits and fluids. The mother also has a tendency to end up drenched in sweat and red in the face due to exertion, as well as knocked out or giddy due to pain or pain medicine. On the rare occasion that the placenta IS mentioned in media, it is usually to set up a DeathByChildbirth situation.

No aversions, please, lest this example list become a list of every character ever born in any medium.

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* Averted in Alan Moore's run on ''ComicBook/{{Miracleman}}''. The birth of Winter, Miracleman's daughter, takes up the entire ninth issue and is shown in full, realistic obstetrical detail. The cover even bore a warning (possibly tongue-in-cheek) that the issue contained "graphical images of childbirth."

* ''{{Cracked}}'' posted an article called [[http://www.cracked.com/article_16508_6-terrifying-things-they-dont-tell-you-about-childbirth.html 6 Terrifying Things They Don't Tell You About Childbirth,]] none of which you will see in media (except for maybe the bill).

* [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8803490/1/Extended-Stay]] plays this straight with the birth of [[{{Superjail!}} the Warden and the Mistress]]'s twins, which is ironic if you consider the fact that the fanfic is written for one of the goriest adult cartoons to ever be created.

* Lampshading in ''BitterVirgin'': Daisuke's older sister gives birth over the course of several hours, and while they don't show anything, she scolds him for assuming that just getting her to the hospital was enough, forces him to give her a mack rub, etc.

* Lampshading in ''BitterVirgin'': Daisuke's older sister gives birth over the course of several hours, and while they don't show anything, she scolds him for assuming that just getting her to the hospital was enough, forces him to give her a mack rub, etc.