<P> The lyric of `` This Woman 's Work '' is about being forced to confront an unexpected and frightening crisis during the normal event of childbirth . Written for the movie She 's Having a Baby , director John Hughes used the song during the film 's dramatic climax , when Jake ( Kevin Bacon ) learns that the lives of his wife , Kristy ( Elizabeth McGovern ) , and their unborn child are in danger . As the song plays , we see a montage sequence of flashbacks showing the couple in happier times , intercut with shots of him waiting for news of Kristy and their baby 's condition . Bush wrote the song specifically for the sequence , writing from a man 's ( Jake 's ) viewpoint and matching the words to the visuals which had already been filmed . </P>
what is a woman 's work lyrics about
being forced to confront an unexpected and frightening crisis during the normal event of childbirth