GIVING BIRTH - THE MODERN WAY
A married couple went to the hospital together to have their baby
delivered.
Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that
would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the father. He
asked if
they were willing to try it out. They were both very much in favor of
it.
The doctor set the knob to 10 percent for starters, explaining that
even 10
percent was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced
before. But as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine, so he asked
the
doctor to go ahead and bump it up a notch.
The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20 percent pain transfer. The
husband was still feeling fine. The doctor checked the husband's blood
pressure and pulse and was amazed at how well he was doing. At this,
they
decided to try for 50 percent.
The husband continued to feel quite well. Since it was obviously
helping out
is wife considerably, he encouraged the doctor to transfer ALL the pain
to
him. The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. She and
her
husband were ecstatic.
When they got home, they found the mailman was dead on their porch.
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