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kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
"History will be kind to me, as I intend to write it"- Sir Winston Churchill |
stoneunhinged Inner circle 3067 Posts |
That's all new-age crapola to try to turn men into some kind of sissies who fan their wives with palms and feed them seeded grapes, only to feel like they've done something wrong when she starts SCREAMING in pain. So the women feel cheated and the men feel inadequate--all because of some silly TV report.
Here's what they left out: sure, some--maybe even many--women might feel moments of physical pleasure. But there is no way that more than one in a million is going to spend ten to fifteen hours in a state of constant ecstasy and sexual arousal during childbirth. Bah humbug. Here's what happened to me: My wife and I did the whole childbirth preparation stuff--taking a course, practicing exercises, picking out small comfortable hospital with hot tubs and stuff. After about an hour at the hospital, however, she kicked me out of the room. I waited outside with a deck of cards to entertain myself until the last ten or fifteen minutes. Now, what I saw during those ten or fifteen minutes was the most powerfully interesting, moving, emotionally wonderful period of my life; and it was more my wife,too. But she wasn't getting physical pleasure from it, that's for sure. Maybe relief when he was out and laying on her belly. But nothing like that first woman in the video. I was so stunned they asked me three times if I wanted to cut the cord. Like I cared at that moment about some stupid ritualistic "involvement". I cut the darn cord and went back to staring at my new son. Those little bitty hands are BEAUTIFUL on newborns. They aren't pudgy like they get during the next couple of days. They look like miniature adult hands. Way cool. Enough of that. People might think I can get sentimental about some things. My advice to all future magician fathers: don't forget your cards on that big day. You might spend most of the time out in the hallway. |
Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2009-01-04 14:29, stoneunhinged wrote: I wasn't given this "opportunity" for our eldest, and like Jeff, I was completely stunned when passed the scissors for the second. I felt somehow that I was in the middle of a huge condescension that was ruining an otherwise beautiful moment. When I did cut the cord, I was amazed at how tough it was, almost like cutting a garden hose. Yet another amazing bit of our biology. But in the end, I really would have preferred that the doctor had done all the cutting himself. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
evolve629 Inner circle A stack of 3838 Posts |
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On 2009-01-04 14:35, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: The toughness of the cord like a garden hose is due to Wharton's jelly exposed to temperature change.
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler |
kcg5 Inner circle who wants four fried chickens and a coke 1868 Posts |
Childbirth is something I hope to see one day.
Nobody expects the spanish inquisition!!!!!
"History will be kind to me, as I intend to write it"- Sir Winston Churchill |
evolve629 Inner circle A stack of 3838 Posts |
Quote: On 2009-01-04 14:53, evolve629 wrote:
One hundred percent of the shots you don't take don't go in - Wayne Gretzky
My favorite part is putting the gaffs in the spectators hands...it gives you that warm fuzzy feeling inside! - Bob Kohler |
daffydoug Eternal Order Look mom! I've got 14077 Posts |
The day my first daughter was born, is FOREVER etched in my memory...
The difficult must become easy, the easy beautiful and the beautiful magical.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
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On 2009-01-04 14:53, evolve629 wrote: I had to look that up. Very cool. It appears that our (well, female) marvelous bodies provide a chemical clamp on the umbilical chord. Thanks, Evolve. This is another wow moment courtesy of the nicest NOTS. John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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