I hate it when people refer to "the breast"

[Pagan]

As in

"put baby on the breast".
"When baby is at the breast"

Feeeeeeech - it really makes my toes curl, like they no longer belong to the woman who has them.

I hate "how's your tail end" - sooo patronizing, and anyway she meant fanny, not arse. To me tail end says arse. I don't know about anyone else. And teh answer, after about 200 stitches, should have been obvious!!!!!!!!

Mom,very interesting points raised in your 9:59 am post.......

I have been sitting on the sofa pmsl over this thread!!!!

As I too am a midwife and also due in work tomorrow, I feel the need to change several of the expressions I generally use!

Weird thing is though, I have always said 'your' breast rather than 'the' breast.

Just out of interest, how do thses phrases become standardised? Are you trained to say "just have a quick feel of your tummy" or do you just sort of pick up what your colleagues do? I'm not being horrid, honest - just curious

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'your Downbelow'?!

Maybe his mother was Hyacinth Bucket?

Pruni, that really is utterly hilarious

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I'm thinking of tagging a bit on to the end of my next genetics lectures to medical students with a bit of a glossary of "acceptable" terms (since that's how they learn them presumably)

The DownBelow
The Nork
The Tummy

Don't forget "the tail end"

Barf

Lol at Pruni's 'Nam moments!!!!

a very lovely doctor during my last pregnancy asked me to do her a "weewee sample"
I am afraid that I may have sniggered
a hundred years of feminist struggle and it comes to this:
one adult professionally educated woman asking the other for a "weewee" sample
i despair I really do

lol Maybe that's the correct medical terminology. So instead of gynaecologist - downbelow-ologist.

I agree about 'the' making 'breast' sound sort of abstract and weird. 'A gay' instead of 'gay makes me wince too. You find older people saying things that way sometimes. I wonder why.

Ooooh, and "waterworks", as in "are you having trouble with your..."

LOL Harpsi - when you put it like that it is desperate, isn't it?

Or 'plumbing'

and....UNDERCARRIAGE!!!!!

One must hold their gaze steadily and say
'My vagina??? No,it's just fine and dandy thank you very much.'

When I had my varicose veins out a few weeks ago,the nurse came into the room,pulled me to one side and said
'Have you erm....shaved??'
Mystified,I said
'Er yes,did my legs this morning'
at which she blushed and made a jabbing motion towards my groin before scuttling off.

Have a friend who underwent an army medical.
When told to 'spread your cheeks please' he drew back his lips and bared his teeth.

Didn't get in,natch.

Teachers often refer to mum or dad too. I used to hate it, how much effort would it be to say his/her mum or dad.

social workers do it too, in a really condescending way.... it's annoying.

Grrr I hate it when you are referred to 'Mum'and 'Dad'. My in-laws to it all the time. I don't mind when they are speaking directly to the kids but I hate it when they use it in a general term like "Would Mum like a cup of tea?"

A GP used the expression "front passage" with me. This was after a long conversation in which I used medical terms quite happily. Front passage? What's that, my front hall?

This thread reminds of when my pg sil needed an internal. The Ob Con asked if he could examine her "bundle of joy"!!!