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So a friend (a fellow Mom) shared this on Facebook today, and I found it pretty interesting. These two guys were pretty sure that women were exaggerating about how painful childbirth is. So they went to a doctor who was able to use electrodes to stimulate the abdominal muscles in such a way as to "simulate" contraction pains. Of course there's no way for them to get the full monty, the head of an infant rending your nether regions, but they got a taste of what labor feels like. Their wives seemed highly entertained.
Hey I was just coming to post the same video. The thing which got me is they only went through it for 1 hours. Who has a 1 hour labor? Let them go through it for 24 hours or more like some of us did. Also I think they should have had the men naked with their legs spread and their feet in stirrups and somebody (or 3 bodies) of the opposite sex staring at their privates.
External electrical impulses are going to be similar to internal organ movements.... when you don't have those organs!
To say nothing about the potential for 'putting on a show'.... did they get the drugs?
Not saying it's pleasant, (It might be worse) but just saying.... it's BS.
What drugs?!? I wasn't offered any drugs at the beginning of labor. It wasn't until I was 8 hours in that I was offered an epidural which only took to half of my body. As a result, I had to be put under for an emergency c-section (but that's a whole different story.)
But in my opinion, I've had kidney stones (twice...with the first time requiring lithotripsy) and they were far more painful than labor.
External electrical impulses are going to be similar to internal organ movements.... when you don't have those organs!
To say nothing about the potential for 'putting on a show'.... did they get the drugs?
Not saying it's pleasant, (It might be worse) but just saying.... it's BS.
You obviously have no clue. For one, the vast majority of women today and historically don't have drugs. Really, does that need to be said?
And for the minority who opt for drugs it's not until you are way into labor. I had pre-labor for days before my labor and would not call that pain. Then a good 6-8 hours of labor when I decided I couldn't take it anymore because I don't have the pain tolerance of most women.
I broke my elbow once. It was a cake walk compared to labor and forget about having a head lodged in your vaginal canal without drugs, which wore off by then. It felt like I was being torn apart from the inside out.
So a friend (a fellow Mom) shared this on Facebook today, and I found it pretty interesting. These two guys were pretty sure that women were exaggerating about how painful childbirth is. So they went to a doctor who was able to use electrodes to stimulate the abdominal muscles in such a way as to "simulate" contraction pains. Of course there's no way for them to get the full monty, the head of an infant rending your nether regions, but they got a taste of what labor feels like. Their wives seemed highly entertained.
Anyhow, thanks for the huge laugh! That vid made my day.
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