It was not just the physical limitations and discomfort that Severus was up against, every day he got closer to the due date he got closer to the birth. The birth would bring an end to the pregnancy but Severus had not told anyone how much he was dreading actually giving birth. He knew it would hurt, obviously, but he was no stranger to pain, that was not his fear. His fear was of being helpless and unable to control the process. Pain he could handle but birth was more than just pain, birth would involve him being naked from the waist down, with his bits on display and people looking at him, touching him in private places. It would be messy, there would be blood and other bodily fluids and possibly excrement. He would lose his dignity completely. 