History Main / CleanPrettyChildbirth

Related to InstantBirthJustAddWater. When a 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 off-screen and in less time than they should.

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': According to "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E12TheBegotten The Begotten]]", Bajoran women can only give birth when they're completely relaxed, which for some reason involves Kira Nerys lying there meditating while other people play a rhythm on percussion instruments. There's more problems with the baby's father (Miles O'Brien) and Kira's boyfriend (Shakaar Edon) arguing and throwing everything off than with the actual birth. This was done specifically to avert the ScreamingBirth trope.

* In ''Manga/BarefootGen'', the birth of Tomoe is a very simple and straightforward thing that six-year-old [[DeliveryGuy 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.

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

* In ''Franchise/StarWars'': ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'', when Luke and Leia are born, their heads appear slightly moist but are otherwise clean and dry. Might be [[JustifiedTrope justified]] due to advanced medical technology in the Star Wars 'verse. But also subverted because [[DeathByChildbirth Padme dies seconds]] after Luke and Leia are born.

A variation is when creatures hatch from eggs looking mostly dry and clean. Modern-day reptiles and birds hatch very wet and with some egg residue on them.

Obviously, in real life this isn't the case. The miracle of birth may be beautiful and natural, but it's also ''pretty damn disgusting,'' what with amniotic fluids, blood, fecal matter, urine, vaginal tearing, the placenta, and all other bits [[VomitIndiscretionShot and]] [[PottyEmergency fluids]] you can think of. 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. Meanwhile, a healthy newborn, after spending its first few minutes of life crying up a storm (a good thing, since this means it’s breathing properly and isn’t in distress) will probably be very drowsy or even fast asleep, bright red and covered in a white waxy substance called vernix, plus a bit of blood and amniotic fluid for good measure. On the rare occasion that the placenta ''is'' mentioned in media, it is usually to set up a DeathByChildbirth situation.

Obviously, in real life this isn't the case. The miracle of birth may be beautiful and natural, but it's also ''pretty damn disgusting,'' what with amniotic fluids, blood, fecal matter, urine, tearing, the placenta, and all other bits [[VomitIndiscretionShot and]] [[PottyEmergency fluids]] you can think of. 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. Meanwhile, a healthy newborn, after spending its first few minutes of life crying up a storm (a good thing, since this means it’s breathing properly and isn’t in distress) will probably be very drowsy or even fast asleep, bright red and covered in a white waxy substance called vernix, plus a bit of blood and amniotic fluid for good measure. On the rare occasion that the placenta ''is'' mentioned in media, it is usually to set up a DeathByChildbirth situation.

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 [[VomitIndiscretionShot and]] [[PottyEmergency 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. Meanwhile, a healthy newborn, after spending its first few minutes of life crying up a storm - a good thing, since this means it’s breathing properly and isn’t in distress - will probably be very drowsy or even fast asleep, bright red and covered in a white waxy substance called vernix, plus a bit of blood and amniotic fluid for good measure. On the rare occasion that the placenta IS mentioned in media, it is usually to set up a DeathByChildbirth situation.

* ''VideoGame/{{Pokemon}}'': When a Pokémon hatches from its egg, it emerges clean and dry in a flash of light and scattered eggshell.

* The ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' spin-off, ‘The Adventures of Super Diaper Baby'' has a ridiculous example of this, though justified since the entire comic was written by two fourth graders.

* The ''Literature/CaptainUnderpants'' spin-off, ''Super Diaper Baby'' has an example of this, though justified since the entire comic was written by two fourth graders.

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* In ''WesternAnimation/PenguinsOfMadagascar'', Private splashes some gunk on the three older penguins when he hatches, but once that's over with he's perfectly dry and clean.

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* CoriFalls's stories "Family Matters" and "Never Too Late" employ this trope with the human characters giving birth, but subvert it when an Articuno's eggs hatch wet with bits of shell still stuck to them.

* {{Justified}} in the epilogue of ''Fanfic/BrotherOnBrotherDaughterOnMother''. The birth of Eleya's daughter Taryn is said to have lasted several hours and Eleya incurs a hemorrhage... which is quickly fixed thanks to Federation medical science.

* An episode of ''Series/{{Martin}}'' lampshaded this while LeaningOnTheFourthWall. A woman gave birth to what was obviously a baby doll that Martin caught in a catcher's mitt. When Coal asked about the umbilical cord, Martin said: "TV babies don't have umbilical cords!"

* ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'': According to "[[Recap/StarTrekDeepSpaceNineS05E12TheBegotten The Begotten]]", Bajoran women can only give birth when they're completely relaxed, which for some reason involves Kira Nerys lying there meditating while other people play a rhythm on percussion instruments. There's more problems with the baby's father (Miles O'Brien) and Kira's boyfriend (Shakaar Edon) arguing and throwing everything off than with the actual birth.

* Averted in ''Film/AQuietPlace'', as the act is shown to be as bloody and messy as would be realistically expected. It's also justified, as the wife can't travel to a hospital, and there is no medical personnel to help out. In fact, the childbirth is so messy, [[spoiler: Lee assumes his wife was killed by one of the monsters when he reaches the bathtub in which Evelyn gave birth]].

Related to InstantBirthJustAddWater. When a 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 off-screen and in less time than they should. Compare NobodyPoops.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'' and Disney's ''Disney/{{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 inside the egg until they're able to dry off.

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 [[VomitIndiscretionShot and]] [[PottyEmergency 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.