Mad moments in the labour suite

Crazy cravings
During labour with my DS (dear son) who is now two-and-a-half, I decided that I wanted someone to ring the local radio station and request Build Me Up Buttercup for some unknown reason. I blame the gas and air!
tomandsprout

'Not my poonani!'
I told a doctor he was not going to put his 'big hand up my poonani' as it would hurt. When he did, I swore at him and when he broke my waters I apparently tried to kick him. On a return visit to the hospital about eight weeks after the birth, I met the same doctor. He smiled when he saw me, and said that I had really made him laugh during my labour as he'd never heard it called 'a poonani' before, but he's been calling it that ever since.
helenweb2004

The food thief
During my first labour, my mum came with me. While I was walking around, trying to cope with contractions, a nurse came in with the dinner trolley and asked if I wanted some food. I was starving but a bit too busy to think of food just then. There was no stopping my mum though. She promptly said 'yes please' and took the offered meal from the surprised nurse. She then sat on the bed eating her way through a plateful of meatballs and potatoes. Between mouthfuls, she kept asking if she could do anything for me. I answered her with a stiff smile, gritting my teeth: 'No, don't you worry, please finish your food first'. She even took my pudding too but I think she suddenly felt guilty because she left it. Anyway, later that evening I had a healthy baby girl but my Mum has never lived down the fact that she ate my dinner while I was busy giving birth!
ksh6372

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