Medical Joke

[Dr. Robert]

A married couple went to the hospital to have their baby delivered. Upon their arrival, the doctor said he had invented a new machine that would transfer a portion of the mother's labor pain to the father.
He asked if they were willing to try it out. They were both very much in favor of it. The doctor set the pain transfer dial to 10% for starters, explaining that even 10% was probably more pain than the father had ever experienced
before.
But as the labor progressed, the husband felt fine & asked the doctor to go ahead & bump it up a notch. The doctor then adjusted the machine to 20% pain transfer. The husband was still feeling fine.
The doctor checked the husband's blood pressure & was amazed at how well he was doing. At this point they decided to try for 50%.
The husband continued to fell quite well. Since it was obviously helping out his wife considerably, the husband encouraged the doctor to transfer all the pain to him.
The wife delivered a healthy baby w/ virtually no pain.
They were very happy.
When they got home, the mailman was lying dead on their porch.