Jeff and I went to our first childbirth education class last night, Prepared Childbirth. This was the first of a 4-week series of one-hour classes at the lovely (no, really) Women's & Children's Hospital of New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
Our friend -- and phenomenal (so I've heard :) labor & delivery nurse -- Jackie is teaching the class and she did great! I wondered how she felt about 1) teaching her SS teacher and 2) talking about such things as vaginas & discharge in front of him. She said it was a little awkward, of course, but she's a professional so she did what she needed to do and told us what we needed to know.
It was a FULL hour's worth of information she threw at us so before we knew it, it was 8:30pm and time to go. We talked about some of the basic terms involved with childbirth (anatomy, birthing terms, etc.), the different stages of labor, what to look for/note if this or that should happen, etc. She gave us a book with the information so we had that to take our own notes in if we chose to.
I enjoyed the class and at this point, don't have anything to fear yet. She was very upfront with how hard this childbirth thing is and how it is painful, but even with that, I'm not panicking. Yet.
We still have 3 classes to go, so there's still time to scare me out of my wits.
There were about 15 folks in the class -- only one who was there by herself. I was proud of the soon-to-be daddies that came with their mommies (including mine :) -- there were 5 of those. One of the girls brought her mom since her husband had to work, and another girl brought her sister-in-law since her husband was also working. Incidentally, her SIL made a good point: "This is an excellent class to take to KEEP you from getting pregnant!" :)
2 comments:
one word- Epidural!
I loved mine:)-Peggy
You're gonna be fine. You have a great husband, knowledgeable coach, and God will be there, too! You might forget He's there, but He won't you. :D
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