Vault: These Women Were In Active Labor And Still Showed Up To Work Anyway?!

Summary

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The Bert Show

Episode: Vault: These Women Were In Active Labor And Still Showed Up To Work Anyway?!
Date: March 23, 2026

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Episode Overview

This episode of The Bert Show dives into the extraordinary stories of women who powered through active labor while continuing to work, teach, or complete daily tasks. Inspired by Mia’s high-profile performances while extremely pregnant, the crew discusses and invites listeners to share jaw-dropping feats of grit and resilience during childbirth. The theme centers around celebrating "labor pain soldiers"—women whose commitment and toughness shine under the most challenging circumstances.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Setting the Stage: Mia’s Performances While Pregnant

• [01:06] The conversation kicks off with the team marveling at singer Mia, who performed at the Grammys on her due date and planned to hit the Oscars stages just days after delivering.
• [01:28] Host/Moderator: “I love a tough woman, man, seriously, that can stick it out, like through labor pains or whatever and just sucks it up and man, it just works through it.”

2. Listeners Share Their “Labor Pain Soldier” Stories

The Realtor Who Closed Deals While in Labor

• [02:22] A listener calls in to recount how his wife, a realtor, took business calls and successfully closed deals between contractions.
  • [02:41] The Bert Show Host: “Did she close the deal?”
  • [02:42] Caller: “She did.”
• Jokes about the tough real estate market and the necessity of making that sale even while in labor.

The Surgeon Who Performed Operations While Dilated

• [03:00] Another caller, a surgeon, operated and saw patients despite active contractions, only realizing the seriousness after being 5 centimeters dilated at lunchtime.
• [03:30] Follow-up: After delivering a breech, 9-pound baby with 180 staples from hip to hip, she was back to work just a week and a half later.
  • [03:55] Nancy (Caller): “It’s really mind over matter. If you want to lay around and be a wuss and cry about it, fine. If not, get up and, you know, take care of the baby and the 20 month old that you had right before and get your ass back to work.”
• [04:14] Nancy adds she delivers furniture for a living, describing dolly-assisted but still physically demanding tasks post-delivery.

The Ballet Teacher Who Taught While Having Contractions

• [04:41] A listener shares about her sister Karen, a ballet teacher who led classes during labor.
  • Did this with every child; one instance teaching class, going home for two hours, then delivering within 12 minutes.

The Mom Who Threw a Birthday Party While Fully Dilated

• [06:02] Another story features a mother who, at 10 centimeters dilated, refused to go to the hospital because it was her other child’s birthday. She organized the party and only headed to the hospital after.
  • [06:36] “I was still walking around just clutching tight, like, I know this other baby can't come yet. The other one has to have her birthday first.”

Extreme C-Section Grit: No Epidural, Full Pain

• [07:04] A caller’s wife had a C-section without adequate numbness due to previous back surgeries. She felt the procedure but had to endure it due to medical constraints.

Mom Who Drove Herself to the Hospital—With Twins

• [08:32] Michelle drove herself to the hospital, 7cm dilated, to deliver twins naturally without drugs—all while her husband studied for his CPA.
  • [09:14] Michelle (Caller): “He said, what the hell are you doing? Because I drove myself to the hospital, and I’m just being me, baby.”

The Surfer Who Rode Waves All Day in Early Labor

• [09:36] Cindy spent the day surfing after being turned away at the hospital, only to go into labor that night and have the baby by midnight.

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Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• [01:28] Host/Moderator: “I love a tough woman, man, seriously, that can stick it out, like through labor pains...”
• [03:55] Nancy (Caller): “If you want to lay around and be a wuss and cry about it, fine. If not, get up and...get your ass back to work.”
• [06:36] Birthday Party Mom: “I was still walking around, just clutching tight, like, I know this other baby can't come yet. The other one has to have her birthday first.”
• [08:35] The Bert Show Host: “Well, and just for everyone, in case anyone’s wondering, I am right now clutching my vagina closed despite not even having one.”
• [09:39] Cindy: “I went surfing for about seven hours and went into labor and had the baby by midnight.”
• [09:14] Michelle (Caller): “He said, what the hell are you doing? Because I drove myself to the hospital... I’m just being me, baby.”

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Timestamps for Key Segments

• [01:06] – Discussion about Mia performing while pregnant
• [02:22] – Realtor answers business calls in labor
• [03:00] – Surgeon operates, sees patients while dilated
• [03:39] – Nancy delivers breech baby, back to work soon after
• [04:41] – Ballet teacher teaches classes in labor
• [06:02] – Mom throws child’s birthday party while fully dilated
• [07:04] – C-section story with failed anesthesia
• [08:32] – Michelle drives herself to the hospital to deliver twins
• [09:36] – Cindy surfs all day before going into labor

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Tone & Show Vibe

The episode keeps a trademark playful and awed tone, with hosts frequently in disbelief at women’s tenacity and joking about their comparative lack of pain tolerance. The mood is celebratory, irreverent, and genuine, spotlighting the “badass” spirit of the guests and callers.

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Summary Takeaway

If you want proof that women are made of steel, look no further than this episode. Listeners’ firsthand accounts are raw, funny, and jaw-dropping, running the gamut from real estate deals and surgeries to ballet studios and surfboards—all while in labor. The Bert Show crew’s banter underscores the collective awe inspired by these everyday heroines, reminding everyone to respect the incredible resilience women routinely display—even (and especially) while bringing new life into the world.

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Transcript

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[The Birch Show Host]

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[Host / Moderator]

How do we stumble on this labor pain?

[Tyler Redick / Howie Mandel]

Soldiers, man.

[Caller / Guest]

Because of Mia.

[The Birch Show Host]

Yeah, we were talking about Mia who performed at the super pregnant Grammys and then is gonna perform again in a weekend, right?

[Caller / Guest]

Yeah, she's expected to perform at the Oscars. Cause she does this song called Osiah on the Slumdog Millionaire soundtrack. And so she performed at the Grammys on her due date, had the baby, and is now gonna be performing at the Oscars on Sunday.

I love that. I love that.

[Host / Moderator]

I love a tough woman, man, seriously, that can stick it out, like through labor pains or whatever and just sucks it up and man, it just works through it.

[Caller / Guest]

And she obviously had a healthy pregnancy too, because, you know, I mean, I've had a lot of friends that have been on doctored, ordered bed rest and all that kind of stuff that, you know, if you don't have a healthy pregnancy, you can't be like, tough as nails. But she had a healthy pregnancy and she's tough as nails.

That's what I'm going for. Yeah. So we asked listeners about that and we had two listeners who. One was a realtor, was going through labor pains, and then another one was a surgeon going through labor pains.

[Host / Moderator]

Yeah. If you think you're tougher than these women or you want to brag on your wife today and say, look, you think those women were strong, Let me tell you what my wife did through her labor Pains and give us a call right now. 404.741Q100. This is the realtor that was in labor. And economic times are bad right now. You got it. You got to get the sale.

[Caller / Guest]

Yeah.

[Bubba Wallace]

My wife, in the midst of labor between contractions, was a realtor, took phone calls. In this market, you can't walk away from a sale.

[Caller / Guest]

Wow.

So she was in labor and doing business?

[Bubba Wallace]

Yes.

[Caller / Guest]

Unbelievable.

[The Birch Show Host]

Did she close the deal?

[Bubba Wallace]

She did.

[The Birch Show Host]

All right, good.

[Caller / Guest]

That's awesome.

Both of them?

Yeah.

[Host / Moderator]

That's tough.

[Caller / Guest]

That's amazing.

[Host / Moderator]

That is. I can't even. That is such a turn on a woman with that kind of pain tolerance level to work through that. 404-741-Q100. This is from the surgeon from yesterday.

[Caller / Guest]

This is what I did during labor. I was operating. I'm a surgeon. And I was having some back pain that I kind of blew off because I thought, well, maybe not due for another three weeks. And I finished my case and went to the office and was seeing patients. And it turns out by lunchtime, when my husband finally made me go to my gynecologist, I was 5 centimeters dilated.

And so you perform surgery while you

[The Birch Show Host]

were in the car.

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

Nice.

[Host / Moderator]

Nice.

[Caller / Guest]

And what do you call soldiers?

[Host / Moderator]

Yeah, labor pain soldiers. Man, Nancy's a tough chick. Hey, Nancy.

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

Hey.

[Caller / Guest]

Good morning.

Good morning.

[Host / Moderator]

Give it to us. Ruff.

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

Mia is nothing. I delivered a nine pound baby that was breech, diagonal, 180 staples, hip to hip, was back to work full time a week and a half later.

[Host / Moderator]

Yeah, I'm talking about right now.

[Caller / Guest]

Now, was that out of desire or necessity that you went back to work?

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

It's really mind over matter. If you want to lay around and be a wuss and cry about it, fine. If not, get up and, you know, take care of the baby and the 20 month old that you had right before and get your ass back to work.

[Host / Moderator]

I like it.

[The Birch Show Host]

What do you do for

[Host / Moderator]

a wall for you?

[Caller / Guest]

My body hurts.

[The Birch Show Host]

What do you do for a living?

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

I worked for a furniture rental place where I actually delivered the furniture.

[Caller / Guest]

Unbelievable.

So you picked up the furniture.

[Host / Moderator]

You were picking up furniture and stuff like that right afterwards?

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

Well, with the help with a dolly, sure. But you still man, houses aren't really that heavy.

[Caller / Guest]

Yes, thank you. Well, my body hurts.

Yeah.

[Host / Moderator]

Kara. Who's a badass, Kara?

[Caller / Guest]

My sister Karen.

What'd she do?

She. When she delivers her baby, she goes and teach ballad. She goes and teaches ballet before she delivers.

[The Birch Show Host]

She's a ballet teacher with every baby.

[Caller / Guest]

Every baby.

[Host / Moderator]

So she's in labor, and she's teaching ballet still?

[Caller / Guest]

Yeah. And the one time we got to the hospital, she taught ballet, went home for two hours, and then she delivered in 12 minutes.

I don't need to sit in the hospital for very long.

[The Birch Show Host]

So when she.

[Caller / Guest]

That's funny.

[The Birch Show Host]

Like, when she, you know, goes in to teach the ballet class, is she like, okay, it's almost time. Let me shake this thing loose. Or does she just happen to be in there and it starts happening?

[Caller / Guest]

It's gonna be a better ballet pose than shake this thing loose that she did.

She just. She goes in and she has contractions, and then she just. She has to finish teaching.

[Host / Moderator]

So you gotta get it done. You gotta get it done.

[The Birch Show Host]

Just for the record, Tracy has just sent me a message and asked us if we could move on anytime now. That would be great. She hates it. She goes, if I go into labor, I will not be a soldier. In case anyone's wondering.

[Caller / Guest]

She doesn't know that yet. She doesn't know that.

[The Birch Show Host]

And then she wrote, I'm craving chocolate milk.

[Host / Moderator]

Christy, you are a labor pain soldier.

[Caller / Guest]

I am.

Tell us about it.

I went to the doctor. They were like, you're dilated. Before, I was like, no, today is my other child's birthday. I still left the doctor's office. They were like, go to the hospital. I was like, nope. I went and threw a birthday party, had a birthday party, brought her home, went to pick up my husband at work. Was like. He was like, you're in labor? I said, yeah, but we have to do stuff for the baby. Other baby. And then when I finally went to the hospital, late that two pushes, the other baby was out.

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

I was already fully dilated, but walking around.

[Host / Moderator]

I got a birthday to take care of. Fully dilated.

[Caller / Guest]

How big is fully dilated? How many centimeters is that?

[Caller / Guest (Nancy)]

10.

[Caller / Guest]

10.

And you're still walking around?

I was still walking around, just clutching tight, like, I know this other baby can't come yet. The other one has to have her birthday first.

[Host / Moderator]

This is loud.

[Caller / Guest]

That is impressive. You loved that first child.

I did. So they have two different birthdays. Literally at 12:08, the other one was born.

I love how she said, today is nine. Not his birthday.

[Host / Moderator]

Nuh. Madame Cagle is taking over.

[Caller / Guest]

That's a superhero.

[Host / Moderator]

Patrick, give it up, man. What's up?

[Bubba Wallace]

So we just moved here from California. Probably should just preface this, but my wife actually has had two back operations, and so she had to have a C section, and so consequently, they couldn't give her a epidural. They had to give her a spinal tap. So whatever medicine is in a spinal tap they didn't give her enough of. And she could actually feel them cauterizing her insides. Yeah. So I'm standing there videotaping this thing, and she's like, honey, I don't feel right. You know, I'm like, yeah, you're having a. They're pulling a baby out of you. Of course you don't feel right. So she's like, no, I can actually feel them. And the doctor said, what? And they said, well, give her some more whatever medicine they're supposed to give her. And they didn't. She wasn't basically numb enough.

[Caller / Guest]

Oh, my Lord. Cannot imagine what she went through.

[The Birch Show Host]

Hey, I've got a list of people Tracy hates. You're one of them.

[Host / Moderator]

But this one was kind of forced on her. Like, I understand she was a soldier, but she sort of had to be where the other calls were. Like, yeah, I was in labor, but I had a ballet class to teach, so I. You know, I did what I had to do.

[Caller / Guest]

Today is not my childhood.

She had a C section. She could.

Yeah. That is so crazy.

[Host / Moderator]

All right.

[The Birch Show Host]

Okay.

[Caller / Guest]

I'm gonna go into labor, and I'm not even pregnant. Not again.

[The Birch Show Host]

Save that. Yeah. How do you feel about your little burn on your leg now, Wendy?

[Caller / Guest]

Feels much better because the rest of my body hurts.

[Host / Moderator]

Michelle, are you the badass?

[Caller / Guest]

I'm a badass.

[Host / Moderator]

All right.

[The Birch Show Host]

Well, and just for everyone, in case anyone's wondering, I am right now clutching my vagina closed despite not even having one.

[Caller / Guest]

It's been 10 years, and I'm still clutching mine.

[Host / Moderator]

What happen?

[Caller / Guest]

I was. My husband was studying for his CPA at the time, so he was. It was finals week. I was full term, pregnant with my twins. I had gained 102 pounds. I drove myself to the hospital because I did not want to wake him up. Got there 7cm dilated. Gave birth to my children naturally, no drugs, and, you know, the other way. Seven pounds apiece, five minutes apart.

[Host / Moderator]

And your husband slept through the whole. He was never even there. Slept through the whole thing.

[Caller / Guest]

No, actually, he got there by the time I called him and got to the hospital, he said, what the hell are you doing? Because I drove myself to the hospital,

[Host / Moderator]

and she drove herself. Yeah, I'm just being me, baby. I'm just doing me right now.

[Caller / Guest]

This is what you married me for?

It's awesome.

[Host / Moderator]

This may be the one I love most. Go ahead, Cindy. You're on Q100.

[Caller / Guest]

Yeah. The day I gave birth, I was surfing all day long.

[Host / Moderator]

That's my girl right here. Yeah, man.

[Caller / Guest]

I went to the hospital about 7 o' clock that morning and they told me that I hadn't dilated any to come back the next morning day. And I went surfing for about seven hours and went into labor and had the baby by midnight.

[Host / Moderator]

Nice. Surfing in labor.

[The Birch Show Host]

God bless you.

[Host / Moderator]

Love it.

[Caller / Guest]

I'm just curious. What kind of bathing suit were you wearing?

Excuse me?

Were you wearing a bathing suit?

I was wearing a bikini.

[Host / Moderator]

Yeah.

[The Birch Show Host]

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