May 03
Favourite childbirth quote (for Tanya Espanya)
Cats: quotes|They say men can never experience the pain of childbirth. They can if you hit them in the goolies with a cricket bat. For 14 hours.
Tanya Espanya is due this week.
They say men can never experience the pain of childbirth. They can if you hit them in the goolies with a cricket bat. For 14 hours.
Tanya Espanya is due this week.
June 3rd, 2007 at 3:43 pm
Hah! So dreadful! I hope my labour doesn’t last 14 hours…unless I’m enjoying it through a druggy fog.
June 4th, 2007 at 6:27 am
Hahaha, my instructor at training today said, very seriously, “Women have a noticeably larger threshold for pain than men…not sure why that is, really” and that gave me a good laugh!
June 4th, 2007 at 12:40 pm
Women will never experience the pain of a man who is not allowed to drink alcohol when his wife is pregnant.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:47 pm
Dick, who would do that to their husband? That’s just cracked. And cruel. And mean.
June 4th, 2007 at 12:55 pm
You are a beautiful person Tanya.
I am not prepared to speculate on the type of person who would play the “if I can’t, you can’t” game.
Suffice to say that I hope the kids turn out o.k.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:10 pm
Aw, Dick, you’re so sweet. You’re making me cry.
My husband continues to drink a two-four of beer as he has throughout this whole pregnancy and I encourage him because I will have a six pack once in a while.
Kidding…I’m kidding…He only has a twelve.
June 4th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Enough with with the nice talk about men!
Unless you get the epi as you’re checking in, you’re going to have a big change of heart about da mens….
Read that quote again.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I’m all for the beatings, I have no problem with that…but to make a guy give up his alcohol…well…that’s just not right.
June 4th, 2007 at 2:32 pm
You will want the alcohol during the delivery. It hurts like a mo’ fo’ but yes, women have a higher tolerance else why would we do it again and again. I never had time for any pain management as my kids all arrived within an hour of getting to the hospital. My husband was smart and had a Jack n’ Coke waiting for me after all that work (even at 6:00am). Best of luck and let your body do what it has to just go along for the ride of your life.
June 4th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
Hi Canucklehead:
I’ve never bought the women-have-a-higher-tolerance-for-pain-argument. True, women’s bodies are built for the expulsion of new humans, but pain’s pain, no matter which way it is inflicted. I also don’t buy the “you won’t remember it” argument…. this is the stuff they peddle to perpetuate the human race.
Drugs, my dear Espanya, get the drugs.
June 4th, 2007 at 6:33 pm
Canucklehead, how great is your name?! I love it!
Okay, just got my mum from the airport and Alexander is now cleared for arrival whenever he wants. I’m ready for tonight. I’m going to have some mushroom soup, see if that gets this ball rolling.
I agree, GT, about the “You won’t remember it” or “Once they’re born you forget”…that sounds like propaganda…
June 5th, 2007 at 3:12 am
Oh, you’ll remember the pain. I never bought that you’ll forget it once you see the baby thing either. How can you forget the most pain you have ever experienced in your life so easily?? But you get through it and in the end it really is just a small part of an extrordinary journey.
My male boss asked me to give him a “real” description of labour (as though all the other stories were made up) I told him to imagine his gonads duct taped all the way back to his butt, making sure to capture all those little hairs. Now imagine someone ripping that off and repeating it every 2 minutes…1 minute..never stopping….
June 5th, 2007 at 3:17 am
Yike, Canucklehead! That’s inventive.
I’ve told males to imagine passing an eight-pound watermelon.
June 5th, 2007 at 3:24 am
Ah, but they truly can’t imagine that 8lb watermelon..Mention duct tape (which most men can relate to) and the short & curlys and they cross their legs with a grimace.
June 5th, 2007 at 4:09 am
Really though Tanya…Best of luck and I’m sure you’ll do great. My first son is Alexander too! I saw your pictures and you look fabulous. My youngest is 10 mos and I still look 4 months pregnant. Hang in there, it’s almost over and soon you will meet the coolest little person you have ever laid eyes on.
June 5th, 2007 at 5:44 am
Canucklehead, yeah that duct tape thing is good!
And thank you for your kind words – you’re going to make me cry!
