IS THIS TOO FUNNY?

The ‘Middle Wife’ by an anonymous 2nd year teacher




I’ve been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids
myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own
second year classroom a few years back.




When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few
sessions with my students. It helps them get over shyness and usually,
show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles, model
airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, stuff like that. And I never,
ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug
it in to school and talk about it, they’re welcome.




Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing
kid, takes her turn and waddles up to the front of the class with a
pillow stuffed under her jumper.




She holds up a photo of an infant. ‘This is Luke, my baby brother, and
I’m going to tell you about his birthday.’




‘First, Mum and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad
put a seed in my Mum’s stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for
nine months through an umbrella cord.’




She’s standing there with her hands on the pillow, and I’m trying not
to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching
her in amazement.




‘Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mum starts saying and going, ‘Oh,
Oh, Oh, Oh!’ Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. ‘She walked
around the house for, like an hour, ‘Oh, oh, oh!’ (Now this kid is
doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.)




‘My Dad called the middle wife. She delivers babies, but she doesn’t
have a sign on the car like the Domino’s man. They got my Mum to lie
down in bed like this.’ (Then Erica lies down with her back against
<span style=”font-size: x-large;”>the wall.)




‘And then, pop! My Mum had this bag of water she kept in there in case
he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like
psshhheew!’ (This kid has her legs spread with her little hands
mimicking water flowing away. It was too much!)




‘Then the middle wife starts saying ‘push, push,’ and ‘breathe, breathe’.


They started counting, but never even got past ten. Then, all of a
sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they
all said it was from Mom’s play-centre, (placenta) so there must be a
lot of toys inside there. When he got out, the middle wife spanked him
for crawling up in there.’




Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.




I’m sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it’s
show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder, just in case another ‘ Middle
Wife’ comes along.




Now you have two choices…laugh and close this page or pass this
along to someone else to spread the laughs. I know what I did!!!




This is so good.
Live every day as if it is your LAST chance to make someone happy!!!