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This post is a little late, my first class was last Wednesday and I thought this went up last week...

Last night we attended our first Childbirth Preparation class. I completely freaked out as we walked up to the building. This whole “giving birth” thing is getting closer and is starting to scare the shit out of me. I tried to run away but my huge tummy wouldn’t let me. Wonderful Husband stared at me and tried not to laugh.

The class is fairly balanced and is made up of an interesting group of people. It is nice to be around other pregnant women. Oddly, there are eight couples and all but one couple is expecting a girl. When we have our six month reunion it will be a sea of pink.

We spent the last thirty minutes of class practicing relaxation techniques. The husbands participated to better understand how relaxed moms need to be when in labor. I think most of them fell asleep while we “moms” fidgeted. It is hard to get comfortable when you are eight months pregnant and laying on a skinny mat in the basement of a hospital.

By the way, no need to show me a picture of a placenta. It is gross and I don’t want to think about it coming out of my body. Thankfully they no longer let teachers bring real ones to class. The sight of a real placenta would help me garner enough energy to sprint out of class and not stop until I got home. (Our house is only 7 blocks away) Yuck!