History Main / DeliveryGuy

* Towards the conclusion of his memoir ''Spare'', [[UsefulNotes/TheBritishRoyalFamily Prince Harry]] describes serving as this for his wife Meghan when she delivered their daughter. Unusually, this wasn't in an kind of emergency situation, as she was safely ensconced in the hospital with her doctor tending to her. He simply asked her and her doctor if he could perform this final step and the doctor both instructed him and guided his hands.

* ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "Disaster": When the aforementioned disaster left groups of people trapped in different areas of the ship, it fell to Worf of all people to assist in the delivery of Keiko O'Brien's daughter. It helped cement Worf's character as [[TheComicallySerious lacking]] [[NoSocialSkills in interpersonal skills]] after he yells "Push!" for the umpteenth time, Keiko snaps back with "I ''AM'' pushing!" and his line "You may now give birth." The baby is named Molly Miyaki Worf O'Brien in his honor. The birth gets a CallBack in ''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Deep Space Nine]]'': when Worf is told that Keiko is having another baby, his immediate reaction is a panicked "Now!?" He then decides that when it's time for the delivery, he'll be away from the station. Far away. Visiting his parents. On Earth.
* In the classic ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode "Friday's Child," Kirk and [=McCoy=] protect a woman who is pregnant with the heir to the leadership of her people. She gives birth in a cave while hiding from their enemies, and [=McCoy=] assists (he's a doctor, so this takes place off camera). At the [[OhCisco end of the episode]], Bones announces that the baby was named Leonard James Ak'aar, after both of his mother's protectors. Spock was [[NotSoStoic visibly shocked]], noting that the captain and the doctor will be "insufferably pleased with [them]selves for at least a month... ''sir''."

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer has been in this role twice, in the episode "Labor Pains" for a baby BornInAnElevator and again in WholeEpisodeFlashback "Manger Things," which reveals that he delivered Ned Flanders' youngest son Todd.[[note]]This notably represents a RetCon from the original backstory established in "Lisa's First Word," in which both of Ned's sons were already born when the Simpsons moved in while Marge was still pregnant with Lisa.[[/note]] Both babies were named in his honor, with Todd's full name being Homer Todd Flanders.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer has been in this role twice, in the episode "Labor Pains" for a stranger's child BornInAnElevator and again in WholeEpisodeFlashback "Manger Things," which reveals that he delivered Ned Flanders' youngest son Todd.[[note]]This notably represents a RetCon from the original backstory established in "Lisa's First Word," in which both of Ned's sons were already born when the Simpsons moved in while Marge was still pregnant with Lisa.[[/note]] Both babies were named in his honor, with Todd's full name being Homer Todd Flanders.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' Homer has been in this role twice, once in the episode "Labor Pains" and again in WholeEpisodeFlashback "Manger Things," which reveals that he delivered Ned Flanders' youngest son Todd.[[note]]This notably represents a RetCon from the original backstory established in "Lisa's First Word," in which both of Ned's sons were already born when the Simpsons moved in while Marge was still pregnant with Lisa.[[/note]] Both babies were named in his honor, with Todd's full name being Homer Todd Flanders.

* A short film from the SciFi series ''Series/{{Exposure}}'' had a man attempting to be the first suicide of the 21st century instead wind up delivering the first baby of the 21st century. Judging from his expression the next morning after seeing his picture on the morning paper and people recognizing him, he feels like everything turned out all right.

* ''Manga/CrayonShinChan}}'' does this at least twice:

* In the first ''Film/MenInBlack'' movie, Jay has to fill this role for an alien.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': Invoked in "Dad Baby"[[note]] A BannedEpisode in North America due to its depiction of pregnancy being deemed too mature for the intended age group [[/note]]. Bandit, Bluey's father, plays the titular game with them, carrying 4-year-old Bingo around in a harness as if he were pregnant. When it comes time to "give birth" while in the swimming pool, the kids ask their neighbor Pat/Lucky's Dad for help. He's not thrilled when he realizes what he's been roped into.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Bluey}}'': Invoked in "Dad Baby"[[note]] A BannedEpisode in North America due to its depiction of pregnancy being deemed too mature for the intended age group [[/note]] Bandit, Bluey's father, plays the titular game with them, carrying 4-year-old Bingo around in a harness as if he were pregnant. When it comes time to "give birth" while in the swimming pool, the kids ask their neighbor Pat/Lucky's Dad for help. He's not thrilled when he realizes what he's been roped into.

* ''WesternAnimation/Bluey'': Invoked in "Dad Baby"[[note]] A BannedEpisode in North America due to its depiction of pregnancy being deemed too mature for the intended age group [[/note]] Bandit, Bluey's father, plays the titular game with them, carrying 4-year-old Bingo around in a harness as if he were pregnant. When it comes time to "give birth" while in the swimming pool, the kids ask their neighbor Pat/Lucky's Dad for help. He's not thrilled when he realizes what he's been roped into.

* ''WesternAnimation/Bluey'': Invoked in "Dad Baby"[[note]] An episode banned when Bandit, Bluey's father, plays the titular game with them, carrying Bingo around in a harness as if he were pregnant. When it comes time to "give birth", the kids ask their neighbor Pat/Lucky's Dad for help. He's not thrilled when he realizes what it is.

[JumpCut to Pat watching Bandit "giving birth"]

** In a particularly weird version Chiana is forced to act as midwife when the LivingShip Moya goes into labor. Chiana knows nothing about [[SpaceWhale Leviathan]] biology so she most of the process is guesswork on her part.
** The usually incredibly calm, cool, and collected Aeryn Sun needs John's coaching to get through her delivery as she really doesn't seem convinced she can do it. They were in the middle of a battle and getting shot at at the time so a little panic seems pretty warranted.

* In ''WesternAnimation/IceAge3DawnOfTheDinosaurs'', Diego has to coach Ellie through her delivery... ''while'' fighting away hungry raptors.

Often combined with ScreamingBirth and LockedInAFreezer. May or may not subvert InstantBirthJustAddWater.

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* ''ComicBook/{{Superman}}'' has done this on several occasions. On at least one occasion he had to talk the mother into making "Superman" the kid's ''middle'' name rather than his first name. In another story, a suicidal guy is taken for a flight by him (he was expecting a speech about how everyone makes a difference, but Supes said he was going to try something else), and ends up delivering a baby himself, essentially getting practical evidence he could make a difference.

* ''[[Fanfic/CrucibleMassEffect Crucible]]'' played around this trope a bit with the birth of [[Franchise/MassEffect Garrus]]'s son. The midwifes are there (Chakwas and Miranda) but the moment those two turn to other places to get things, the kid decides to come out right then and there so his father, who has been yanked over for helps, ends up being the one who catches the kid. At least the latter parts about cutting the cord and cleaning up things are done by the right people.

* John Ford's ''The Three Godfathers'' has three main male characters, so only one has to go in and help with the birth, which takes place offscreen (though the man [[Film/GoneWithTheWind still knows nothin' about birthin' no babies.]]) Miraculously, the baby is ''still'' named after John Wayne's character. (Well, named after all three of them, but Wayne gets the first name.)
* In ''Film/ChildrenOfMen'', Theo helps Kee deliver her baby in a rundown building in the middle of a battle-torn refugee camp. She names the baby after his [[DeadGuyJunior son]].
* Pauline plays Borovnian Emperor Charles doing this for Empress Deborah (Juliet) for the birth of Diello in ''Film/HeavenlyCreatures''. Juliet enacts contractions and proper breathing pretty convincingly in a semi-ScreamingBirth. Charles is pretty inept, telling his wife to push ''between'' contractions.
* The main character of ''Film/{{Legion}}'' has to give premature birth in a diner surrounded by hostile, possessed humans who want to kill the child. Her birth attendants are the ArchangelMichael and Audrey, a teenage girl who insists that, "Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I know how to do this." Nevertheless, it's a case of CleanPrettyChildbirth with a ThreeMonthOldNewborn.
* Played straight in ''Film/{{Blankman}}'' when Darryl must help a woman give birth in a stalled elevator. This becomes the first heroic deed that boosts his image in the eyes of the public.
* A variation in ''Film/BigMommasHouse'', when Malcolm must help a woman give birth, but everyone present thinks he is Big Momma, who is in fact a certified midwife but Malcolm of course, is not.

* Dag Redwing recounted being this in ''Literature/TheSharingKnife: Beguilement'' some decades before when alone as a young two-handed patroller on the Great Lake Road with a woman in labor. Fortunately there were no complications, and more to the point it was the woman's fourth child so she could talk him through it.
-->"Which she did, pretty tartly... She called me ''such'' names."

* A short film from the SciFi series ''Exposure'' had a man attempting to be the first suicide of the 21st century instead wind up delivering the first baby of the 21st century. Judging from his expression the next morning after seeing his picture on the morning paper and people recognizing him, he feels like everything turned out all right.

* At the end of the ''Series/CriminalMinds'' episode "Gatekeeper," Reid, Morgan, and the unsub are alone with the unsub's estranged wife when she goes into labor. Reid assists the wife ''and'' provides a distraction so that Morgan can arrest the unsub. JJ and Blake (both women who have given birth) come in as Morgan is dragging the unsub out, and ''paramedics'' arrive moments later, but it's still Reid who delivers the child, [[LastMinuteBabyNaming who is then named for him.]] He explains that he'd memorized delivery materials years earlier when JJ'd gotten pregnant in case he'd have to serve as her Delivery Guy, but he still has no medical training.
* The ''Series/BrooklynNineNine'' episode "Ava" plays with this trope a lot, due to it having [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome a more realistic approach]] to childbirth than many sitcoms. When Terry and his wife Sharon plan to go away for the weekend before she's due to give birth, Terry gets pulled away to deal with some last-minute police business before they can leave, so Jake agrees to hang with Sharon and fetch her anything she needs while she waits. Unfortunately, Terry gets stuck across town in a traffic jam, and Sharon goes into labor a week ahead of schedule. Because this is their third kid, they actually do have a solid birth plan in place; Sharon wants to give birth at home with a doula, so Jake simply needs to call her. Unfortunately, said doula is unavailable due to the kid coming earlier than expected. The Nine-Nine -- along with being, you know, ''a police precinct'' -- has so many other crises happening at the time that it is completely out of the question for Sharon to give birth there, even when Jake manages to get a doctor, so he drives her to the hospital and lets the professionals handle it from there. Jake is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a {{manchild}} to the extreme, so you'd expect him to be useless and panicking throughout all this, but in actuality, he handles the situation very well, despite obviously being stressed out, mostly because he listens to Sharon's instructions, and does everything he can to keep the other members of the cast from getting in the way or bothering her.

* ''Webcomic/SabrinaOnline'': Thomas ends up being the hand-holding guy to Amy as she is giving birth to their child, Timothy. While Thomas gets his hand crushed by Amy, Sabrina sits out in the lobby, oblivious to the pain inside.

* Season 4 of ''WesternAnimation/BoJackHorseman'' has an offscreen version of this, as [[WeirdnessMagnet Todd Chavez]] managed to get stranded on a deserted island with a pregnant [[LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy lioness]], who went into labor because of the shipwreck they'd just escaped from. According to her father, Todd not only delivered the cub, but he went so far as to give it a circumcision (after a spirited debate about the merits and detriments to the procedure).
* ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'': In the fifth season finale Archer reveals he trained as a doula so he could assist Lana Kane should she go into labor unexpectedly. He ends up being pretty useless and annoys Lana so much she tries to shoot him ([[ItWorksBetterWithBullets luckily her gun was empty]]). Shortly after this Archer's mother arrives with Pam and they kick him out so they can ''actually'' help Lana.

* ''Film/ThreeIdiots'' Rancho, along with a group of male college students have to be delivery men during a flood. It starts with them saying "push, push!" to which Mona yells at them to shut up. The birth is successful after Rancho, a top engineering student builds a vaccuum extractor device out of spare parts to assist with the birth.

* ''Series/{{Farscape}}'': The usually incredibly calm, cool, and collected Aeryn Sun needs John's coaching to get through her delivery as she really doesn't seem convinced she can do it. They were in the middle of a battle and getting shot at at the time so a little panic seems pretty warranted.

* Happens in an episode of {{Series/Saved By The Bell}}, where Zack is stuck in an elevator with Principal Belding's pregnant wife following an earthquake. Zack assists with the birth, and becomes the baby's namesake.

%%* This happens in the ''Series/AlienNation'' episode "Real Men", with the twist that [[MisterSeahorse the pregnant person is also male]].

%%* On ''Series/{{JAG}}'', Admiral Chegwidden did this twice in his office.