A very important skill to have is the ability to deliver a baby yourself or assist, if it is called upon.
Babies are born all the time, and some come faster than expected (cue Tristan's crying). And if TEOTWAWKI were to arrive, you can say goodbye birth control pills, shots, and other forms of hormonal contraception. People will not stop having sex, and so babies will continue to be born. (except in the case of some chemical warfare or something similar....)
Someone will have to assist the terrified, pregnant women who have been indoctrinated to believe that pregnancy and childbirth are a scary, deadly in half of the cases, proposition. If you are rural or there is a massive die-off, you may end up being the only person knowledgable about birthing, and possibly the only person period. Perhaps you are alone delivering your own child.
Make it a priority (male or female) to learn basic birthing practices, and buy (and study) the book Emergency Childbirth. It could come in handy some day.
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