Yep, I agree with all these but as well as suffering through all that I'd add that (because my labours were all so long) the exhaustion was like running in a marathon. My whole torso kinda burned like muscles do when you have to keep running whether you like it or not. So, tell your DH to try to run a marathon with a watermelon lodged in his colon and with people fussing all over him trying to attach IV drips and monitors and telling him that if he doesn't push out the watermelon someone will die! Oh and he also has to have regular examinations of his anus to see if the watermelon is crowning. I'm sure he would deal with it all just fine....