10.30.2008

Who would you want to be there?

Okay, so I'm 'working from home' and watching some TLC show called, "Baby Story." The story was about a woman who wanted to give a SILENT natural birth. So yes, I'm watching her squeeze something the size of a watermelon through something the size of a lemon and she is absolutely quiet. Breathing and looking very calm, cool and relax.

At one point you hear her voice over saying, "I'm not sure who was in the room. I know my husband and my sister..."

Camera angle flashes to her legs spread and the doctor peering into the deep abyss. Because it's censored television you see a little blur where her 'Lemon' is supposed to be. And it dawned on me, there are more people in the room than just her doctor, husband and sister.

There was her father, the camera men, and lord knows who else on the production team that isn't visible.

The focus is on her Lemon. Her squeezing a watermelon out of her lemon.

I got to thinking, who would I want in the room in one of the most personal, proud and difficult moments in my life.

lol - folks looking at my lemon. Perhaps women who have had children can say whether or not their lemon is less of a sexual object and more of a gateway to life.

OMG the baby came out - I'm crying. That is the most AMAZING thing that can happen.

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