Awww poor curly! Do you think he'd be scared having a baby alone? Especially with giving birth (probably a c-section)
oh absolutely. i mean, imagine having no say in anything they’re doing to your baby. maybe he had a potential birth plan from before he even got on the ship, like if he ever had kids. you basically would have the autonomy ripped from you. for me, i think it would be like when doctors give birthing parents irl the “husband stitch”. he also doesn’t know anyone that well and has no idea what they’ll do to his baby. what if the scans were wrong and something is wrong with his baby? what if his body gives out and he dies on the table? what if they never let him see his baby?
while i drew it that cvrly would get that baby to chest moment/letting the birthing parent see their child, i don’t think that the people who found him would actually let him do that or do it for him. i think that they would treat him more like a comatose patient without any brain function, despite the fact that his mind is completely active.
of course, this all depends on who finds him.