Moreso than a woman who's never had kids?

I meant with regard to the testicular problem, not the birthing. Just channel surfing past America's Funniest Home Videos makes me flinch if I hit the ubiquitous baseball to the crotch scenes.

If I were in labor, I'd want whoever had the highest probability of delivering my baby alive with all limbs intact. I really wouldn't care if they were male or female.

I'm scratching my head over this reference.

The guy who was Jack's best man played Titus' brother Dave on the late lamented Titus. I don't think I can explain the cow thing succintly.

If I were in labor, I'd want whoever had the highest probability of delivering my baby alive with all limbs intact.

I don't see any real debate in this scenario (not yours, Jessica, just generally) that this person wasn't Kate. Maybe we're more hung up on her gender than the writers or the other characters.

I guess I need to take Nutty with me if I hike pregnant. I don't know much more about birthing babies than Charlie (did he ask about towels?).

If I were in labor, I'd want whoever had the highest probability of delivering my baby alive with all limbs intact. I really wouldn't care if they were male or female.

I'm thinking that's neither the guy who doesn't speak English nor the cute but high-strung guy you may want to get groiny with.

In the absence of Jack and Sun, I do think the most qualified person is Kate, in the not-panicking sense if not the actual medical knowledge sense. Or Michael, depending on whether he was a part of his kid's actual birthing. Or any of the extras who has had kids herself (except, by dint of being an extra, no luck there). The Lost Islanders are really a childless bunch, aren't they?

Imagine giving birth with Snickerbitch in attendance. I think that is the ultimate "shut up, I'll just do it myself!" situation.

Not so much the gates of paradise at that particular moment, though.

At that point, Joey Buttofucco could be playing catcher, I wouldn't really give a shit as long as someone was there to pull.

I don't want Joey Buttafuoco anywhere near my goolie, thankyew very much. Although, if I were in labor at the time, nobody would fault me for swatting him hard, right?

Catchers themselves are probably bad candidates for birth coaches, all things considered. They would be wearing oven mitts, for one thing, and would be expecting the baby to be very fast-moving.

I don't any real debate in this scenario (not yours, Jessica, just generally) that this person wasn't Kate. Maybe we're more hung up on her gender than the writers or the other characters.

Probably. It's just a pet peeve of mine, because nearly every emergency labor on television plays out in exactly this way, right down to the woman giving birth in three pushes to the cleanest newborn in medical history. It's tiresome.

As a family member I wouldn't think it weird to be told someone's last thoughts were of me. Especially if it were true.

Plus, only Locke and Sayid know that Shannon and Boone were step-siblings, and probably only Locke knew about Boone's unholy obsession with Shannon.

Everyone else, including Jack, pretty much just thought that Shannon and Boone were regular siblings. And if my bro died and his last words (or words at any time during his hideous jungle surgery ordeal, really) were about me, I'd want to know.

t edit Actually, I'd just want to know *anything* he said, period, particularly if I hadn't been there.

Though I'm needy. As well as nosy.