Child Birthing Class

We traveled to Roswell on Saturday morning to attend an all day child birthing class at the hospital we will be delivering our sweet baby girl at.  I signed us up for it a few weeks ago and as time went by, and we got closer to the day of actually going, we both started dreading it.  Partly because Graham only has a few weekends off to take advantage of before her big arrival, but I think mostly because the thought of attending the class made us both very anxious.  We both ended up being so happy that we decided to go through with it.

There were two very knowledgeable lady instructors that immediately made us feel very comfortable.  They covered a multitude of topics including videos of c-section and natural births, epidural videos, what to pack to bring to the hospital, a couple different breathing techniques to focus on to help relieve the pain of contractions, as well as a few different massaging techniques that Graham can do that day to hopefully keep me calm and not freak out. 

They even covered introducing the new baby to our fur babies when we get home.  I know that it will definitely be an adjustment to our animals to bring home a baby, but the classes made me think of things that I hadn't even thought of.  Tig has never been aggressive, but we will have to make sure to watch her, especially when the baby is crying, to keep her from possibly picking up the baby like a mama dog would - by the scruff of its neck.  I'm mostly nervous about how Annie will react to not having all of the attention on her, but I've come to the conclusion that it's just going to be an all around world changing experience in our household.  We will all have lots of adjusting to make to get our lives ready for a new normal.  I just can't wait though!

I think about the only part of the class we didn't care for, was the fact that there was a couple in there that felt the need to make out the whole time.  The soon-to-be father felt the need to excessively rub and caress the mama-to-be's baby bump just about the entire time.  They talked loudly and it was pretty obvious that although they were first time parents as well, they didn't need to be taking that class.  It was annoying to say the least, especially since we paid for that class because the rest of us wanted to be there.  I'm not sure who forced them to go, but I suppose somewhere in their minds they felt they were "checking off" something on their to-do list before baby comes.  Regardless... I wanted to tell them to shut the hell up at least 5-6 times... I'm a little surprised I didn't, to be quite honest.

I won't say I'm looking forward to labor and delivery, because I'm pretty sure it's just going to suck, but I will say I'm excited that we're getting so close to meeting our sweet baby girl.  With the knowledge from that class, I hope that we will at least remember a few key parts during all of the craziness that day will likely produce and I'll be able to enjoy at least a few parts of bringing her into this crazy world.  I'm definitely still very anxious, but I'm so glad I have such a supportive and loving husband to go through it all with me.  God is good!