A Pansy in My Panties
I found myself in quite a pickle yesterday at the doctor's office.
First let me explain how my quirky brain works...I'm a rule follower. If you give me an instruction, I feel compelled to follow that instruction exactly as it was stated. (I've been trying to rebel a bit and be a rule breaker when it comes to memes.)
The nurse's instruction to me was to remove my pants and undies and sit on the table, covering myself with the white "sheet."
Hating to break the rules, herein lies my dilemma.
Shel was wailing. She needed to be held and consoled...preferably standing, this kid has an aversion to my sitting/consoling abilities. I didn't know quite how to go about being naked on the bottom half, sitting on the table, AND consoling Shel (while standing).
Did I get naked on the bottom half, sit on the table with Shel and pray that just this once I'd actually calm her while sitting? How would I go about putting her in her carseat prior to the exam all while naked on the bottom?
I certainly didn't want to walk around in front of the doctor and her nurse with my ass hanging out. Ewwww.
Did I stand naked on the bottom half while consoling Shel? How odd would it be for the doctor to come in with me just standing there without any panties on?
That would be really odd.
So I decided to stand in my panties, consoling Shel, while waiting for the doctor to arrive.
I hated to break the rules. And I felt like an idiot when the doctor came in and there I stood...in my panties.
Silly really, since she was going to be seeing alot more of me while spread eagle with my feet in the stirrups. And she did deliver my babies, so I suspect she's seen much, much more of me than anyone else should ever see. Much, much more. Ewwww.
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Very funny! Sometimes it is SO hard to follow all the rules- you just have to break them every now and then. Go girl!
By the way, thanks for posting the link to Heather's radio talk- I have been meaning to find it!
Cue the Twillight Zone music because the exact same thing happened to me when I went for the six week check. I was plenty embarrassed but no one else seemed to mind. One of the nurses took my baby out in the hall and jiggled while they did the stuff.
Hehe...next time where a skirt...
:-D
Wow...sandy is smart! I lurve skirts! That would have been the most logical solution now that it's behind you.
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I would have wrapped the sheet around me like a towel...But that's me being level headed in my living room fully dressed!!!
In your shoes, I mighta just sat a cried. Bottomless.
I'd have made the man come w/me to the appt :)
HA! I've been in that exact situation. I ended up wrapping the sheet around me while nursing the baby. The baby ended up letting milk spew all over, soaking the paper "gown" so wet bits of paper were stuck all over me and I ended up having to flash my ass at the doctor when she came in to put the baby back in the car seat. Sexy!
ha HA! this is what you call a "no win" situation!
Yeah, nothing like the gyno appointments to take multi-tasking to new levels. But you're right...she's definitely seen worse than panties! :)
I remember being in that situation and walking around the exam room naked (what was I thinking??).
Glad to hear you (well, Tate)decided to go for the snip snip. You've more than met your quota.
I think women docs understand things like that.
I hate those exams...I always feel so awkward!
I have done the exact thing with Cara before.
Needless to say, I got a couple of very strange looks from my doc. and his nurse.
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You filthy rulebreaker, you. Hahaha. What a dilemma indeed. I think you picked the best of all your options.
ha ha ha! I would've gone commando, myself.
Oh, and as for the mini-pill, just be sure you're very diligent about taking it at the same time every day. It's much easier to get pregnant on the mini-pill than the regular pill.
*tee hee* No, really, *tee hee* is all I've got here. Heee!
Before you had kids did you ever think you would find yourself is such ridiculous situations?
Oh, and I think you made the right choice.
Jennifer, I am the SAME way...totally a rule follower.
And I found myself in the same dilemma when my daughter was little; I chose the same rebel route. Woohoo to us anarchists standing around in panties!!!
What a problem, i would of done the same thing btw...
You know what? I would have done the same thing!
Logan had the same aversion to me sitting...even after walking around with him during an hour-long scream-a-thon when he was fast asleep from sheer exhaustion...as soon as I would sit down the screaming would commence. Odd. I think it had something to do with positioning and the reflux. The slightest change in position could send him into a fit...
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