Sleeping with Your Gynecologist: Tales from My Marriage to an OB/GYN

by Marc Jaffe

Book Overview

What do you get when a Seinfeld writer marries an OB/GYN? A doctor with a funny delivery. Actually, lots of funny deliveries. Marc Jaffe's job was coming up with hysterical stories for Seinfeld, but... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0967281806
• ISBN13: 9780967281803
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: West St. James Press
• Length: 199 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I'm ordering copies for my friends so they won't take mine!

How many times do you read something that actually makes you laugh out loud? I found myself reading passage after passage to my husband, who was initially squeamish about the subject matter. He asked me if he could read it when I was done! If you knew him, you'd know that this is a very special book!

I'll prescribe it for my patients

I've often wondered if our patients have any clue what it's like being an OB/GYN. If they don't then this very funny book will give them some insight into the craziness. It had my husband and I in tears, we were laughing so hard. The middle of the night phone calls were my favorite. That could be a book in itself. All OB/GYNs should get this book and when you're done laughing, put it in your waiting room, or get one for each exam room, then your patients won't mind when you are running behind.

It's like The Onion's Finest Reporting, only it's TRUE!

I have to confess, I was at first skeptical that any guy could be insightful about a woman's body (whose fault is that, by the way?) but Jaffe proved that we've been looking at this all wrong, all along. This is the funniest book I've read since Dave Barry Turned 40, and the funniest anything I've read in years. I think my favorite part was the section on true plot ideas for "Movie of the Week" -- like "Either Way It's A Smith," when a woman gives birth to a boy who looks just like her husband, Tom, which is a good thing because no one will notice how much the baby really looks like Tom's father! I wish I could read more of Jaffe. What newspapers out there carry his column?

Extra copies a must!

Fiction couldn't be as funny as real life. This book offers a hilarious behind-the-scenes peek into the real world of modern medicine. Behind the seemingly ultra-professional facade, a lot of truly funny things happen. There's bound to be a story or two in Jafee's book that you can't help but talk about. One of my favorites is about the couple who tried in vain to get pregnant for two years. Without giving too much away, let's just say that their situation finally turned around. I'd tell you more stories, but a guest picked up the book from our end table, started reading it & laughing out loud. She wound up taking it (the book, not the end table) home with her. Consider buying an extra copy!

The Doctor Is In (And So Is The Humor)

Marc Jaffe's sense of wit and wry humor make this a book that'll keep you laughing on the ninth and tenth read -- and believe me, you'll find yourself going back to these pages that many times. He has an amazingly deft touch at finding extraordinarily funny circumstances to everyday happenings. This is a must read for those whose funny bones can still be tickled -- and an absolute must read for those whose can't.