Arrow Lake bring it to your mouth, and pass beyond your lips

mahler shook his head. "there is no proper way of knowing; you must let your senses guide you. is she straining to bring forth a child but nothing is happening? is there a great deal of blood? does she seem lethargic?" he did not wish to horrify ingram, but birth could be a terrifying event for a man, especially a new father. "i vill be close, always, and i vill attend if there is need."
perhaps that would put ingram a bit more at ease, though mahler doubted anything could properly soothe the man until after his mate had come through her travails easily and his children were born healthy.