Birthing Class #2

We made our second attempt at a birthing class this weekend, and it was so much better!  Here we are about to leave!  We were pretty excited (well, I was.) 

This was an all day class (9am to 4pm) and even though it took up our whole Saturday it was SO much better than our Bradley class experience!  Our teacher seemed like a fairly normal human being, and we were in the class with about 8 other normal couples.  In fact, I think I was the only "crazy" person in there that is considering a natural birth.  It was unbelievable how different the information was from the Bradley class.  This was a completely unbiased class that was not trying to sway anyone to do a drug free or drug assisted birth.  I felt like we could trust the information.  We learned about drug free births, drug assisted, induction, and c-sections.  But some of the stuff was literally the exact opposite of what the Bradley teacher told us.  Someone is lying!  :) 

We learned lots of great relaxation techniques for labor, and it was great fun for me because Stephen had to "practice."  Which meant that he spent most of the morning rubbing my shoulders and back to find out what relaxes and soothes me.  Ha!  He was a trooper and I think he will be so helpful when I am in labor.  Here is Stephen in his "dad" outfit for the day.  He left his morning coffee mug, which completed the ensemble, in the car.  At least it's not a wind suit. 

It was fun because several of the women were 35 and 36 weeks pregnant.  It was crazy to think that they could be having their babies any day now!  And I'm only a few weeks behind!  We can't wait!