A few notable bits of my experience….
Every female, from wife to receptionist to every single nurse (and there are a lot of them!) finds the whole thing hilarious. This is after all the sympathy, discretion and understanding we showed through however many pregnancies and childbirths!
Bay of 4 us on the day ward. I was due to be number 3. All of us on local. Guy number 1 comes back unconscious on stretcher. Fark! Turns out he chucked a whitey whilst laying on the table! Unnerving to say the least.
Felt surprisingly un-self-conscious getting my junk out on the table. What did freak me out was when they frikkin’ EARTHED me, so that the electric burny thing worked.
Deeply, deeply unpleasant but not really painful.
Highlights of the recovery…slightly infected stitches. Got some antibiotics from GP. Gave the infected bit a squeeze in the bath and the stitch knot flew across the room. Right as rain after that.
Oh, and during the pipe cleaning phase, be prepared for a bit of old blood. Mm, gravy jizz!
Both tests negative for me. All good now. As others have said, the stuff has a big mess “body” now, and doesn’t fly as far!