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Introduction
As a student in Childbirth Education, I was asked to present to the class
a piece on Caesarian sections. How I chose to present it was up to me. I
am a firm believer in the fact that we take so much knowledge from our mothers
and grandmothers. They can be the best teachers of all.
So I presented it as a grandmother reading her granddaughters a tale before
bedtime in the hope that they would take it with them when they became adults.
A Tale To Tell Our Grandchildren
Twas late one
night in the halls of Mount C
that alone walked a woman, Doctor Jan Snippity
She wasn't too happy, to herself she did say,
"I've been waiting for this lady to give birth all day".
For inside
the room was a woman so enchanting,
who laboured and moaned and sometimes was panting.
She smiled and said whilst stroking her girth,
"I shall decide how I will give birth!"
Outside Dr
Snippity growled as she said,
"Well this ruins my night, I could be in bed".
"I best try and tell her what I think is best,
so I can go home and get much needed rest."
She entered
the room with a false look of cheer,
barked orders at nurses,
"Prepare all the gear!"
"The VE shows you are just not progressing,
A caesarian section will be your blessing."
The labouring
woman jumped up and did roar,
"You're right I fear I can't go on anymore.
"But as sure to me as my partner's erection,
You will not be performing a Caesarian section."
She motioned
for silence for to those in the room,
as she lovingly whispered to the life in her womb.
"My child you are safe, you now can be born."
Snippity sneered and let out a yawn.
Suddenly the
woman reached down with such zest,
lifted her baby up onto her breast.
She glared at Snippity, "You are a BARBARIAN,
to suggest to me that I have a caesarian."
Dr Snippity
left with nurses in tow.
To another room into she did go.
"I will tell this one she did her best,
so I can go home and get much needed rest."
But once again
Snippity was ordered to leave.
Through Mount C's halls she did twist and weave.
She sat by a pond, stared at her reflection,
"No more shall I do so many C-sections."
From that day
on a lesson was learned.
How unfortunate to all those before who were burned.
Never again was she called "The Barbarian"
For performing unnecessary Caesarians.
Copyright; Tania
Grose-Hodge
Email:
twonames@singnet.com.sg
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