10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Cat Henstridge — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 15:00:56 GMT

[quote user="Wren"]

I take issue with point 4. Mostly because people mess is infinitely worse than any sort of animal mess. Makes me want to vomit. I reckon it's a non-transferable skill for me. Oh, and it's 'faze', not 'phase'

Arlo.... Please can you change the settings so that links open in a new window? I hate losing what I was initially reading when I click on something. Thanks!

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Thanks Wren, I've changed it! I've also altered the link, it should open in a new window now.

Cat

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Martin Atkinson — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 14:03:31 GMT

Have you heard about the little Essex girl who went with her mother Sharon to the hairdresser? She was eating a cake and accidentally dropped it. The hairdresser said, 'be careful love or you might get hair on your muffin'. The little girl replied, 'Yeah, and I'll grow tits as well'. Boom, Boom.

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Hannah Wynne Richards — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:26:20 GMT

Ha ha ha ha ha !

Wynne

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

bob lehner — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 10:55:24 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]I had a nurse who couldn't say the v word or any other colloquial term for that part of the body[/quote]

Colloquial terms can cause problems. Here in S. Wales (and elsewhere for all I know) they use 'Flower' for the lady bits (according to my wife's hairdresser that is) - quite sweet and less offensive than some alternatives I guess.

Anyway, shortly after moving here and before being aware of this colloquialism, I was wandering round the giant Tesco in Methyr Tydfil, armed with a shopping list and not having a clue where anything was located. In frustration I went up to a couple of lady shop assistants - one young and pretty, the other an old boiler - and said to the younger one 'Excuse me, but could you point me towards your flour?'. She blushed bright scarlet and the other one just about wet herself. Very puzzling at the time.

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 19:17:35 GMT

[quote user="Martin Atkinson"]I had a nurse who couldn't say the v word[/quote]

What, Vicryl?

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Martin Atkinson — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:48:51 GMT

[quote user="Cat Henstridge"] I'm not sure I mentioned a vajay-ay any where else. Unless…….. you do know what a vagina is don't you, Michael?![/quote] To be pedantic we should be talking about the vulva here shouldn't we?

I had a nurse who couldn't say the v word or any other colloquial term for that part of the body and came over all funny if someone else mentioned it. Given she was the biggest flirt and promiscuous employee I've had I found this rather ironic.

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Wren — Thu, 03 Jul 2014 15:00:09 GMT

Arlo.... Please can you change the settings so that links open in a new window? I hate losing what I was initially reading when I click on something. Thanks!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Hannah Wynne Richards — Wed, 02 Jul 2014 09:07:26 GMT

Made me lol

Wynne

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Cat Henstridge — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 22:26:43 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

[quote user="Cat Henstridge"] 😝😝 It's not still there you know![/quote]

What's not?

(I'm not even sure I want to be asking that )

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The vicryl! I'm not sure I mentioned a va-jay-jay any where else. Unless…….. you do know what a vagina is don't you, Michael?!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Michael Woodhouse — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 22:11:56 GMT

[quote user="Cat Henstridge"] 😝😝 It's not still there you know![/quote]

What's not?

(I'm not even sure I want to be asking that )

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Ceri Gruffudd Jones — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 22:09:58 GMT

My first baby is due in 8 weeks. I found your blog strangely reassuring ....

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Cat Henstridge — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:50:13 GMT

[quote user="Michael Woodhouse"]

[quote user="Cat Henstridge"]

It was 2-0 Vicryl! Same packets and everything. You have to talk about something, the awkward silence is worse!

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Cat - quite funny blog, but I do feel I now know more about your vagina than I would like to......

[/quote] 😝😝 It's not still there you know!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Gillian Mostyn — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 21:30:09 GMT

Oh come on Michael... With your obstetric knowledge I shouldn't have to tell you that the suturing was far more likely to involve a perineum than a vagina! Doh! Lol.

P.s. childbirth is the best way to lose all personal dignity. By the time you have given birth, it feels like the world and his wife have had a good old gawp at your bits!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Michael Woodhouse — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 20:25:30 GMT

[quote user="Cat Henstridge"]

It was 2-0 Vicryl! Same packets and everything. You have to talk about something, the awkward silence is worse!

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Cat - quite funny blog, but I do feel I now know more about your vagina than I would like to......

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Cat Henstridge — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 16:09:32 GMT

Hi An On,

Most of the adverts are from Google and depend on what you have searched for recently.

The Medic Animal ones are embedded I afraid. I get a tiny kick back if people click and then order but, if it makes you feel better, no-one has yet!

You didn't have to be anonymous to tell me that though! I'm not that sensitive!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

An On MRCVS — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:45:20 GMT

Cat

Great blog and properly made me laugh out loud. I was going to share it on our practice Facebook page - until I saw all the adverts for an online pharmacy. Going to give that a miss then!!!

I presume you don't have any control over the adverts.....?

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Rob Reid — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:26:52 GMT

He he!

I'll be showing this to my 30 week pregnant wife later

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Cat Henstridge — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:18:01 GMT

It was 2-0 Vicryl! Same packets and everything. You have to talk about something, the awkward silence is worse!

Re: 10 reasons why being a vet is excellent practice for being a parent!

Martin Atkinson — Tue, 01 Jul 2014 15:15:52 GMT

Yes been there and got the T shirt. The bit about discussing the suture material/technique bit brought back memories. Even my wife (who was obviously the one giving birth) under epidural for a caesarian section and is not a vet or nurse but has helped with a couple of caesars early in my sole-charge career joined in on that one! Not sure the surgeon was over-happy with the interrogation though! Actually he didn't mind and was happy to have someone knowledgeable and not over-concerned to chat to.