The Altar of the Perineum
Posted by Dad-dito on October 26, 2007
I was thinking of this recently. Mom-ita was telling M-ito’s birth-story to some friends at dinner and it reminded of what the midwife said just before his head emerged. She was kneeling down at the foot of the bed.
“I worship at the altar of the perineum.”
Then she unwrapped the cord from M-ito’s neck (it was wrapped around twice – not a big deal for an experienced midwife, but impressive to me none-the-less) and caught him as he entered the world.
