Subject: Fw: Labor pain

> >>> A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered.
> >>>
> >>> Upon their arrival, the doctor said that the hospital was testing an
> >>> amazing
> >>> new high-tech machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's
> >>> labor
> >>> pain to the baby's father. He asked if they were willing to try it .
> >>> Both
> >>> said they were very much in favor of it.
> >>>
> >>> The doctor set transfer to 10 percent for starters, explaining that
> >>> even 10
> >>> percent was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced
> >>> before.
> >>> But as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine and asked the
> >>> doctor to
> >>> go ahead and kick it up a notch.
> >>>
> >>> The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20 percent pain transfer. The
> >>> husband was still feeling fine. The doctor then checked the husband's
> >>> blood
> >>> pressure and was amazed at how well he was doing.
> >>>
> >>> At this point they decided to try for 50 percent. The husband
> >>> continued to
> >>> feel quite well. Since the pain transfer was obviously helping 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, and the
> >>> husband
> >>> had experienced none. She and her husband were ecstatic.
> >>>
> >>> When they got home they found the Mailman dead on the porch.