Husband and I started childbirth classes tonight. It was super exciting. That's a lie.
I don't know what I was expecting, but I got there grumpy because we had a hard time finding the place and ended up 15 minutes late (makes us look like awesome parents-to-be, no?). The first thing we did was each fill out our expectations for birth and compare answers, like we've never held a conversation before. Like I said, I was grumpy. Then it moved on to some pretty informative stuff, and then we finished by watching what seemed like an hour-long video on how and why to properly use a car seat.
I felt bad, because I was the one all excited to go and I'm supposed to enjoy learning about all this stuff and bonding with the other mommies-to-be and all that but I just wasn't that into it. Husband was in a good mood because they had free soda. I guess that's something.
To be perfectly honest you don't really have to do childbirth classes anymore. There is SOOOO much info on the internet. We found an online childbirth "class" and went over the information together. Plus my mom taught childbirth class when I was young so my mom gave us some information. Trust me, when you go into labor NONE of that stuff will be as helpful as your instincts. You know how you handle pain and how to manage it and that is the best option when it comes to child birth. I don't remember much but I know I didn't use many of the tips and tricks I had read because I couldn't remember them when it came time to labor.
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