[Leica] BIRTHING! :-) WITH LEICA'S !

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You guys have absolutely no idea.  Imagine trying to eliminate a bowling
ball and then multiply that by ten.  Men would never be able to stand it.
 That's why it's women who give birth.  And men should always be present for
the birth of their children so they realize what a total commitment
childbirth is.

Mother of four, all natural births -

Tina

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 7:05 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:

>  On 9/20/2010 1:57 PM, tedgrant at shaw.ca wrote
>
>> Ken Carney offered:
>> Subject: Re: [Leica] WAS: LUG 2010 YEAR BOOK! PETER! :-) NOW DOCTOR. :-)
>>
>>  BIRTHING LESSON! :-)
>>
>>
>>   Great.  For our last child, my wife wanted to do the "Lamaze natural
>>> childbirth" thing.  I went to classes with her, and as nearly as I could
>>> tell my role was to be in the delivery room to offer support with
>>> breathing etc.  Anyway, our last was three weeks premature.  On a rush
>>> trip to the ER, spouse wanted "the ******* shot".  Too late, they said,
>>> it is happening now.  So I was in the delivery room in a gown and mask,
>>> offering support.  This now involved holding spouse's hand, which kept
>>> pressing fingernails into my palm, causing a substantial blood loss (no
>>> single-malt in the delivery room).  Every once in a while an assistant
>>> would pass me a towel to wipe up the blood and give me an easily
>>> translatable look.  Such fun, but the kid turned out OK so no
>>> regrets.<<<<<<<<
>>>
>> Hi Ken.
>> Your description is fairly modest and mild compared to some with extremely
>> loud out bursts of unrepeatable language! And father blood loss at the 
>> same
>> time from fingernail surgical action!"  The best place to shoot this
>> birthing event, that is if one should have the good fortune to capture 
>> this
>> miracle of life happening.
>>
>>  I've heard the pain level of a kidney stone (had a bad one) compared to
> giving birth, but I imagine birth is more like the mother of all kidney
> stones.  I guess a really good way to meet your maker would be to film as a
> video, with high-def audio.
>
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Tina Manley, ASMP
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