First, the program hosts' faces were not shown when they were ambushed by a
crazy midwife, so the image of their expressions is in my memory only.
Someone (forgive me, I just read through a bunch of posts and don't remember
everything) asked how far into the sequence I said that it's not about the
milk, and I think it was near the end of the 10 minutes. It was just before
the camera zoomed in on the baby! Jacqui got it spot on :-)
Karleen asked what the bit with the pregnant woman was about. Her name is
Elin, she works in production at the network, and it was her second-to-last
day of work as she is due in 3 weeks. She did not know they were going to
turn the camera on her and she seemed very uncomfortable about it. They
wanted me to give her some helpful advice to prepare herself, since this is
her first baby and I am the gold medal holder in midwifery, after all (!)
So I said she should mobilize any friends she has with small children and
talk to them, check out what is on Ammehjelpens website, and look forward to
the birth (there are two ways to say look forward, one neutral, and one that
implies you are looking forward to something enjoyable, and I used the
latter one), and seek help immediately if BF was painful because it's NOT
SUPPOSED TO BE. Then the woman host asked if Elin should be sure to get a
good night's sleep every night so she would be rested up beforehand, and I
said 'good LUCK', without even thinking about it, it seemed like such a
silly question. Then I said she should just live her life.
Must brag now. Right after it was over I got a text message on my mobile
from my son, saying 'You did GREAT. Kept it serious, and focused, and
professional.' That's when I knew I'd passed the acid test :-)
Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway
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