"Covered in goo"

We watch a lot of Discovery Health, Emilyn and I. Today we were watching stories of moms pregnant with twins who had twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. It's a disease in which the placenta has abnormal blood vessels that are shared, unevenly, between identical twins. One twin grows, while the other lags behind. The twin that gets more circulation is actually in danger, too, because the extra blood volume can stress the developing heart. The amazing thing, though, is that they're developing fetal surgery techniques that can stop or ease the problem, allowing both twins to develop more normally. Wow! Operating on babies in the womb! It's a miracle of modern medicine, and it makes you thankful every day for your healthy babies.

Anyhoo, that's not the funny part. We watched several women afflicted with this problem have their C-sections when the babies reached viable gestation (they have to deliver the babies as soon as possible for the best chance at survival)... Allen was watching, too.

Allen: "What's that baby covered in?"
Mommy: "He's covered in goo."
Allen: "Where's the goo come from?"
Mommy: "It comes from the mommy's tummy."

**pause**

Emilyn: "Do you believe that you were in Mommy's tummy?"
Allen: (thinks for a second) "I'm not covered in goo now!"

Happy Mother's Day, to all our favorite moms.