Now With More Baby

Did you know that in some cultures, the mother (and possibly the family, I don't recall) eat the placenta after the baby is born? Anyways, the loml and I were heading back from our weekly birthing class and we were discussing the some of the topics covered.

The loml was expressing his rage at the use of the term "bag of waters". Personally, I don't have that much of a problem with it but I figure there must be something about it that triggers his ire. And the conversation went something like this:

loml: Why can't they just call it the amniotic sac? This class is full of these funny terms that are supposed to be more friendly (rant rant rant)

me : Yeah, I had no idea until two weeks ago that the birth canal and the vagina were the same thing! I know what my vagina is. I thought the birth canal was this thing that connected from the vagina to.. to.. ... the uterus.

loml: The stages of birth really piss me off too. The first stage of birth has like three parts, and then the second stage has two more.. Why can't they just call it the "seven stages of birth" or something, instead of labeling it 1a, b, and c, and then 2a and b...

me: Don't forget stage 3!

loml: Oh, that's when the < mumble mumble > comes out...(note* stage 3 occurs after the baby is born and the placenta is expelled from the mother's body)

me: Did you say pinata?

loml: No, but that's pretty funny.

me: hahahaha! pinata! Then the pinata comes out. Nom nom nom!

loml: That's when you hit it with the stick and all the little candies come out!

me: ewwwww! that's sick.. couldn't you have left it at "nom nom nom"

and there you have it, proof that these types of things are only amusing for the people involved.