No giving birth is harder (believe me- I've had six children!) This is like waiting for someone you love to give birth- or have an important operation.
(clutching bloated, noisy belly) "How DARE you!!!!" :P
Now, that was well said! Yep, there is an anxiouxness for people we love awaiting news that will effect them and us for a long time.
oh...the waiting, the waiting, the waiting....ticktock ticktock tick tock...why did I vote in the morning so I could go crazy all day....