not sure why i'm posting this here, but...
so i have my annual exam in a couple hours. and for me, it's more like my-every-two-years-exam. i loathe going. DREAD. and here's the scoop: because i know everyone and it IS so 'comfortable', i hate it. i'd rather go to someone i don't know in some ways.
see, i used to run the office at a birthcenter here in town. i had eva there and delivered jiri at home under the supervision of one of the midwives. i've witnessed literally hundreds of births and totally understand women's health and breast feeding and std's and gross female medical equipment. the owner, cherie, and i are fast friends. when i worked there, i was able to bring my kids to the office and get paid to hang out with my children. it was a stressful job in some ways, due to the sheer volume of work, but i adored working with expectant mothers. as an aside: the two groups of women that let all their drama hang out and are highly emotional: pregnant women and women about to get married. i work with both and both have the potential of driving me out of my mind. but i digress.
i have many bizarre and yet still cute-n-innocent stories of bringing the kids to work with me for those 5 years. the thing they'd get into. the things we'd do to pass the time.
so i say to eva this morning: "mama has to go to the midwife for an exam and you guys are going to hang out in the exam room and quietly play while i talk to miss lynne."
long pause....
eva: "and we can play with the hand balloons! awesome!"
{the picture above is an outtake from a series i did a few years ago.... taking ob/gyn equipment and photographing it on the exam table paper by the light of the vag-light. seemed appropriate at the time.}
