Snip and tuck

Ok, I wasn't in the room, so I don't know if anything was tucked, but things were snipped today.  Hubby is "recovering" in the basement.  How bad can it possibly be, though?  His X-box, not having to contend with the kids, narcotics for pain.  And I'm trying to leave him alone and be nice.

I'd say it is almost a little slice of heaven for him.

He knew he would get no sympathy from me when I suggested the other day that afterwards we could compare scars.  Mind you, I appreciated his anxiety over the "Friday procedure" and knew it would cause discomfort.  But I've made my mental list of all things reproductive with which he and I have had to contend throughout our relationship.

ME:

• Pap smears every year since age....18, I guess.  Nothing like having your innards mangled by a speculum.
• Birth control pills every single day and all the moodiness/nausea/loss of libido that ensues from those.
• Morning sickness 3 times....the longest bout lasting a full 11 weeks.  The others ranging from 4 - 7 weeks.
• Being induced with pitocin and laboring unmedicated for 8+ hours.
• Having my clitoris tear during delivery (I kept saying I felt myself tearing to the doctor and she was like, "You're fine."  Yep, my perineum was fine.  The upside was SOOOOO not).
• Numerous ovarian cysts when coming off birth control in an effort to conceive G.  
• Having an excruciatingly painful external cephalic version performed on me to try to get G out of breech position.
• Cesarean section to deliver G when ECV didn't work and 6 weeks of recovery.
• Cesarean section to deliver M and 6 weeks of recovery.  
• Infected c-section incision following birth of M, requiring lancing of nice pus bubble.
• Enduring bleeding and cracked nipples 3 times for up to 3 months while getting breastfeeding established.

HIM:

• Two little incisions on his testicles requiring 2 days worth of pain pills.

Yeah, no sympathy from me, baby.