Labour Pains

by DJay Mon Jan 26, 2009 5:10 pm

A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon
their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that would
transfer a portion of the mother's labour pain to the father.
He asked if they were willing to try it out, and they were both very much
in favour of it.

The doctor set the pain transfer to 10% for starters
explaining that even 10% was probably more pain than the father had ever
experienced before. But as the labour progressed, the husband felt fine and
asked the doctor to go head and kick it up a notch.
Surprised, the doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer.

The husband was still feeling fine.
The doctor checked the husband's blood pressure and was amazed at how well
he was doing.
At this point they decided to try for 50%.

The husband continued to feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was
obviously helping out the wife considerably, the husband encouraged the
doctor to transfer all the pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby with virtually no pain. She and her
husband were ecstatic.
But when they got home, the mailman was lying dead on the porch.