Having Babies
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You know, before I had my first baby I was really quite modest. I would have to think for weeks before making an appointment for a pap smear and when I got to the doctor’s office and into the stirrups it was a game of yes you can spread your knees and no I can’t. Then I got pregnant. It seems that for a pregnant woman, every medical person you meet wants to peek between your legs. To prepare you for the big event, I suppose.
The delivery.
You start having a few pains and after a while decide it’s time to call the doctor and head for the hospital. So far so good. Modesty still intact. The MOMENT you arrive at the hospital you are no longer a human woman. You are a baby machine and you’re turned on and in high gear. Even though the staff at the hospital have been through this thousands of times, they all have to have a good look and then someone reports that you’re not dilated enough so sit and wait. Later they check again and insert the fetal monitor. That’s so others can see how much pain you’re in without your having to tell them.
As the pain increases and the baby starts down speedbump lane, you’ve got your legs spread wide apart and people are walking past you right and left and all of them take a peek “down the hole” to see if they can see a head. What’s really amazing to me was that by that time I didn’t care if the Pope himself had a peek, it just didn’t matter, I wanted that baby on the outside of me!
For a few days after delivery, you are still remembering that parts of you belonged to the world but it does go away. About 6 months later and you’re feelling great again, you go right back to being modest. And then you get pregnant again.