“It looks so easy, doesn’t it? We’re all familiar with the sanitized silver screen version of how a bitty baby grandly saunters onto the world stage. Usually, the assembled actors include a Lady Madonna with perfectly flushed cheeks strenuously putting her Lamaze training into practice while the delightfully befuddled sperm donor stands sentry behind the rapidly hyperventilating object of his affections, periodically whispering sweet words of encouragement and keeping any stray, blond locks from intruding upon his cherie amour’s lightly perspiring forehead…”

To read the complete article as it appears in the Times of Israel, click here: http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-screaming-hour-on-birth-and-other-cinematic-illusions/