The most recent, and most hilarious example happened at yoga class this week. Ten or so of us girls, sitting around in a circle, relaxing with our eyes closed following the teacher's instructions. I'm now familiar with warrior poses, downward facing dog, etc... But wait a second - kegel exercises in yoga classes!? Yup.
As we were told to tighten our pelvic floor at the top of our breath, and then feel our peri-anal area soften as we release that breath, the 10 year old inside of me could barely stifle a laugh.
Which brings me to another thought... do you guys know that your husbands are supposed to massage that peri-anal area during labor to help with the stretching of your vagina!!?? I'm sorry ladies, but REALLY!? My husband is a fantastic man and does a lot of the "dirty work" around the house but I think this is asking a bit much!! I just don't think I'm prepared for this "miracle" of birth if it involves massaging my butthole!
Funny! I had a good laugh at this. Tooo much to ask from any husband. Hope you had a good laugh also.
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ReplyDeleteWhen I was giving birth to Bella, Sean and I were not together for very long at that point (we were sluts...jk). I was so afraid that he was going to see me poop on the table while pushing, so I held her in...really.
I was just beyond embarrassed. The covered my booty sheet so nothing was seen, they also never asked Sean to rub my Peri-anal area, and thank God.
I'll tell you what, second baby labor I would have forced him to do so if I thought it would help. I just wanted his huge head to get the F out of the way!
Best blog yet.
Oh, if you do water birth, the husband gets a poop fishing net!
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