22nd Dec 2002
The Miracle of Birth
I don’t make a habit of watching the generally stupid new hospital comedy Scrubs on NCB, but I caught it last week, and one scene has stuck with me. Flunky young resident J.D. is assigned to videotape the birth of friends of the mean Dr. Cox. J.D. tells the audience that people have romanticized the whole experience of birth tremendously, and if they really had any idea what it was really like, they’d have serious second thoughts. The scene switches to an imagined 1950s educational film where Dr. J.D. cheerfully explains to a wholesome ’50s couple of expectant parents: “You will fart, poop and pee in front of a room full of strangers staring at your vagina, which, in 80% of cases, will tear during birth.”
No wonder cesarean sections are more popular then ever (nearly 25% of all births in the U.S.).
UPDATE:
This could not have been more perfect: Mark just happened to send me this hilarious video clip (1.4 MB MPEG) of a Japanese ad for Fuji film set in a hospital delivery room.
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