Childbirth Classes

Husband and I attended our first childbirth class! Overall it was a great experience, but it was a longgg night! There were about 7 other couples, some husbands and some mom's of the women--it as a pretty diverse group. It was facilitated by one of the O.B. nurses at the hospital which was cool because she could potentially be a nurse working when we go into labor. 

Basically we introduced ourselves, did a few icebreakers, watched a few videos, talked about anatomy and physiology and learned/practiced some relaxation techniques for labor.

One of the videos we watched was a "real labor" video from the 90's. I have seen birthing videos before, so it was of no surprise, but to Husband it was a complete surprise. Fortunately, he was not scared by it and actually found it to be more tolerable than he ever imagined possible. He was a little disturbed by the umbilical cord for some reason, though. Haha 

*Funny Moment*

As we were watching the 90's video, there was a woman standing in the shower moaning during labor... she had the shower head pointed to her belly and was wearing this ridiculous tank top thing. Personally, I thought it was hilarious but tried to keep my snickers inside... UNTIL I heard Husband holding back a laugh and when I looked at him we both busted out in laughter. You basically had to be there, but we had a weak moment. 

On the way home, Husband told me he will be trying to make me laugh during labor as a technique. Hopefully it wards off all pain. haha If he just reminds me of the video we watched on our first Childbirth session, I am sure I will at LEAST crack a smile :) 

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On a completely random note, I am pretty darn sure baby has found her way to my rib cage! Yikes! But it means she is growing and getting BIG! yay!