Woman struggled to push in the delivery room — then her husband’s unexpected movie-line pep talk made the doctors crack up
Delivering a baby is a challenging experience, especially when the mother is struggling. In these moments, the support she receives from her is extremely important. Labor and delivery nurse Jen Hamilton (@_jen_hamilton_) had a funny story to share with her audience about a supportive husband in a delivery room. When one of her patients was dealing with a difficult delivery and was struggling to push the baby, her husband said an unexpected movie line as a pep talk that cracked up the doctors and nurses in the room. The nurse, who shared the story on January 18, 2026, was floored by his hilarious hype line.
Jen Hamilton recalled a moment from one of her shifts. A mother was trying to deliver her baby; however, she was struggling to push the baby out. The nurse revealed that the mother was tired from prolonged pushing and needed support. Her husband, who was with her in the labor room, kept encouraging her until he said something that caught everyone inside the room off guard, leaving them chuckling. Picking a line from the popular Pixar film "Cars," the husband hyped his wife, saying, "Let's go, Lightning McQueen." For context, the original phrase is said by the character Mater, Lightning McQueen's friend, in the movie, when Lightning McQueen races during the final lap.
Just like Mater used it to cheer his friend during the race, the husband decided to use the line on his wife to give her some energy during the delivery. However, the husband's words of encouragement left the nurse in stitches, who admitted that she had never before heard a support partner say something like this. In a 2020 study published in PMC, the researchers noted that the quality of a woman's childbirth experience improves when the husband is involved during the process. "Involving husbands who are decision-makers in the household may play a role in reducing maternal mortality, which is unacceptably high despite the targeted goal to reduce this mortality up to three quarters as targeted in the MDGs by 2015," the study notes. When the woman was struggling and losing energy, the husband tactfully used humor to reduce her anxiety and pressure, which may have helped ease her pain during childbirth.
Hamilton's video reached many online users who shared their thoughts on it. @egracer13 recalled, "When I was in recovery post-c-section, I was too embarrassed to pass gas, which I was told to do as much as possible, but I had a roommate. I told my husband, and he immediately started letting them rip. I laughed so hard I farted uncontrollably with every laugh and felt so much better. " @jessicaadobek mentioned, "With my first, I told my husband I need to visualize myself getting huge so I don't tear, as I was pushing, he impersonated Trump's voice going 'huuggee', it made both me and my OB laugh hysterically. And I didn’t tear." @g0r0shek recounted, "When I was giving birth, after pushing for a long time already, the nurse and midwife were trying to hype me up like 'you got it, mama, you're so close!' and through my tears and no strength, I was like 'yeah, but no cigar.'"
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