Monday, June 9, 2008

Reasons not to have children

A co-worker's wife had a baby a little over a week ago. Today is his first day back and we were talking about the whole thing. He said that there was a first time mom in the room next door. Apparently she had gone from 7 centimeters to 10 centimeters in a matter of minutes and they couldn't get the epidural in quick enough so she had to do it natural. I guess she was screaming and there were banging noises on the wall. He described it as "like a soap opera." Yeah, he freaked me out.

Reason #3 not to have children:
Losing control of yourself during labor and the possibility of not being able to get the epidural when you want it.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There may be many reasons too not have children, but I think that there are many more reasons to have children. There is nothing better than bringing a new life into this world!

Heather said...

Yeah, I'll be the first one to admit that I was REAL sure they didn't miss that epidural. I was very clear that it should be administered at the earliest possible opportunity.

Jacki McHale said...

I pretty much walked in and asked for my epi. no reason to be brave, I realized after my first, that they charge you out the ass either way. Might as well get your moneys worth!

Jacki
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