After I had already accepted an invite to go to Happy Hour this past Friday with the "Latin Girls", which I was very much looking forward to going, by the way, it downed on me that John and I had a commitment, not only for Friday but for the weekend - as three months ago I had signed us up to take Birthing Classes.
Even though these Birthing Classes are a must for 1st time parents, both my husband and I went to it with a crappy attitude: we were positive that the class was a waste of our time. And, thankfully, we were wrong. We hadn't appreciated, until now, how uninformed about pregnancy and giving birth we really are. Not having our families around doesn't help, but it amazing how these days, if you want any meaningful and deep information about any topic, you have to pay money for it. It doesn't matter that I've been seeing my OBG-YN, at first every month and now every 15 days and that my insurance is paying a small fortune for that service - I have c0me to the conclusion that those visits are not informative in regard to preparing me for giving birth at all.
To me, the highlights of the class were:
1. Finding out, with my husband, the perfect position for him to massage me;
2. Learning that the initial phase of labor is the longest and pretty easy to get thru;
3. Being able to ask my stupid questions, like, how many clothes for the baby should I bring to the hospital, whether I am responsible for bringing diapers or the hospital will actually supply them, if I can keep my baby with me overnight.
4. Being around other couples who are going thru a similar experience than us and spending all those hours with my husband learning about the most incredible and life changing experience that we will go thru together.
I still don't feel fully prepared to go thru this incredible experience but at least now I have an idea of how not to be "less" prepared for it. And as the days go by, I, more and more can honestly say that: I can not wait for it.
Even though these Birthing Classes are a must for 1st time parents, both my husband and I went to it with a crappy attitude: we were positive that the class was a waste of our time. And, thankfully, we were wrong. We hadn't appreciated, until now, how uninformed about pregnancy and giving birth we really are. Not having our families around doesn't help, but it amazing how these days, if you want any meaningful and deep information about any topic, you have to pay money for it. It doesn't matter that I've been seeing my OBG-YN, at first every month and now every 15 days and that my insurance is paying a small fortune for that service - I have c0me to the conclusion that those visits are not informative in regard to preparing me for giving birth at all.
To me, the highlights of the class were:
1. Finding out, with my husband, the perfect position for him to massage me;
2. Learning that the initial phase of labor is the longest and pretty easy to get thru;
3. Being able to ask my stupid questions, like, how many clothes for the baby should I bring to the hospital, whether I am responsible for bringing diapers or the hospital will actually supply them, if I can keep my baby with me overnight.
4. Being around other couples who are going thru a similar experience than us and spending all those hours with my husband learning about the most incredible and life changing experience that we will go thru together.
I still don't feel fully prepared to go thru this incredible experience but at least now I have an idea of how not to be "less" prepared for it. And as the days go by, I, more and more can honestly say that: I can not wait for it.
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