He assured me, condescendingly, that all pregnant women have backaches. I started to say "I don't think this is a normal pregnancy backache, because-" and he interrupted me to say "Oh, there's no such thing as a "normal" pregnancy backache. Women tell me they can't sit, they can't walk, they can't stand..."
Oh, for fuck's sake. He's obviously related to the obstetrician my mother saw when she was pregnant with Cris. According to her, the conversation (every four weeks) went like this:
Mom: I have back pain.
Obstetrician: All pregnant women have back pain, Karen.
Mom: I didn't have pain like this when I was pregnant with Janet.
OB: Yes, you did, dear, you just don't remember it. All pregnant women have back pain.
The conversation, after delivery, went like this:
OB: Back pain all gone, right, dear?
Mom: NO.
OB: Oh.
Turned out she had a slipped disc, and spent a few months sleeping in traction.
Beavises, all of them. (I do not say assholes; the asshole serves a useful function.)
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Date: 2004-11-11 07:13 pm (UTC)Oh, for fuck's sake. He's obviously related to the obstetrician my mother saw when she was pregnant with Cris. According to her, the conversation (every four weeks) went like this:
Mom: I have back pain.
Obstetrician: All pregnant women have back pain, Karen.
Mom: I didn't have pain like this when I was pregnant with Janet.
OB: Yes, you did, dear, you just don't remember it. All pregnant women have back pain.
The conversation, after delivery, went like this:
OB: Back pain all gone, right, dear?
Mom: NO.
OB: Oh.
Turned out she had a slipped disc, and spent a few months sleeping in traction.
Beavises, all of them. (I do not say assholes; the asshole serves a useful function.)