[pbmaltzman]

Maybe this is nitpicking, but it was always my impression that it's only women who get pregnant and give birth, contrary to the way this article is worded!

I also like the little girl's smile...

[wagglebee]

Maybe this is nitpicking, but it was always my impression that it's only women who get pregnant and give birth, contrary to the way this article is worded!

I'm confused about what you're saying.

[Mrs. Don-o]

I think maybe the nitpicking was directed at this sentence:

"Dimitri and Varvara Artamkin, both Russian natives, gave birth to five girls..."

It is oddly worded, but it makes a kind of relational and spiritual sense. They both gave life, and in a sense, gave birth by supporting each other.

In pregnancy, childbirth, and taking care of a newborn, Oh! How often and how dearly I appreciated my husband!

[Spacetrucker]

With all due respect, pregnancy is a shared event - by the grace of God, both parents are responsible for bringing forth the life, and both parents are responsible for caring for that life. The father may not share in the physical pain of childbirth (although some would say that pain will be inflicted at a later date) but in all other things they share.