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Read the Directions!

Pregnancy always wreaks havoc on my gums.  First of all I feel like I’m starving all the time, so I end up eating nonstop.  Second of all I have a horrible gag reflex when I brush my teeth when I’m pregnant.  I do the best I can but, those two things alone are not a great combination.

So I braced myself for my first cleaning after Bobby was born.  I endured the torture and the lecture and was sent home with a mouth rinse that was supposed to get my gums healthy again.

Two weeks after I had been using the rinse I decided to read the directions.  Lo and behold it said to make sure and brush vigorously half an hour after using the rinse because otherwise it would stain the teeth yellow.  It said the stain can become permanent!  Sure enough my teeth were very yellow.  I was so self conscious I didn’t want to talk to anyone.  “How vain,” I told myself,  “There was a time I couldn’t smile at all.  I should be happy I can smile even with yellow teeth.”  I didn’t say anything to  my husband and hoped he wouldn’t notice.

I counted the days until my next cleaning.  The hygienist worked long and hard getting the stain off of my teeth and I endured the torture with all the calm possible.  I wanted that stuff off.  I was so happy to look in the mirror and see my teeth’s normal color back!

I got home and for the first time told my husband about the horrible ordeal.  He looked so relieved.  “Did you notice my teeth were yellow?” I asked him.

“Yes.”

“Why didn’t you say anything?”  I knew he would hate it if he noticed.

“What did you want me to say?  Your teeth look ugly?”

I was glad he hadn’t said anything!  🙂

Esther

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12 Comments Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged: funny, pregnancy

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  1. Robin says

    April 19, 2012 at 7:59 am

    Ha ha ha. At least he was more sensitive than your typical male. Seems like a real communicator that husband of yours…

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  2. Mari says

    April 19, 2012 at 9:41 am

    HaHaHa! Oh my. How nice of him. I’m so glad they were able to get the stain off. That would’ve been awful.

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  3. dr momi says

    April 19, 2012 at 9:50 am

    ….I hate it when you have to endure the lecture — like I’m 10 years old! Glad the stain came off!

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  4. Rachel says

    April 19, 2012 at 10:21 am

    Don’t you love it? I guess we confuse them – half the time we yell at them because they tell us something, and the other half we yell at them because they didn’t tell us!

    At any rate, next time you could try baking soda – it’s great for white teeth. I’ve used it my whole life without any tooth enamel abrasion problems.

    Just take some and sprinkle it on your toothbrush, and in about a week your teeth will look as though you had them professionally whitened.

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  5. JDaniel4's Mom says

    April 19, 2012 at 10:33 am

    OH! No! I am not a direction reader either.

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  6. stef says

    April 19, 2012 at 6:06 pm

    Kids destroy our whole bodies…teeth included. I am just now repairing the damage done because I was pregnant for about 9 years of my life. (slight exageration…slight.)
    And that says a lot about your husand….not saying anything. Better keep that one on lock and chain.

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  7. jill says

    April 20, 2012 at 7:55 am

    “What did you want me to say? Your teeth look ugly?”
    Uhhhh…Yes!!! Or maybe stick a “baby” or “honey” in for good measure at least. “Baby, your teeth are lookin kinda nasty lately. What’s up with that, honey?”

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  8. momto8 says

    April 20, 2012 at 8:09 am

    oh my gosh!! I couldn’t brush my beth either…I used the rinse Plax most mornings!!
    your husband is sweet!

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  9. Lisa @ Two Bears Farm says

    April 20, 2012 at 2:54 pm

    My husband would’ve said something. Your husband sounds nice 😉

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  10. jill says

    April 20, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    A husband (or wife for that matter) who doesn’t say enough is no more virtous than a husband who says too much.

    Reply
  11. Anri-Louise Oosthuizen says

    April 21, 2012 at 1:16 pm

    Whahahahahahaha! this one should go down in your book of classics. Whahahahaha!

    Reply
  12. Donna says

    April 21, 2012 at 9:34 pm

    Oh too funny. I’m glad your husband didn’t say anything.

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