Baby Class

For the last five Tuesday nights, JLO and I have attended baby class at the MG Hospital.

*After the first session I told JLO, "it's a good thing I'm already pregnant, but cause after tonight I'm not sure I would've chosen to get pregnant."

* After the second night (in which we witnessed a birth without any drugs), I couldn't sleep.

*The third night was the best: the tour of the hospital. After seeing where all the action happens, I thought okay....I can do this.

*During the fourth night, while the teacher was discussing how the dads can support the moms, I turned to JLO and said, "Please don't tell me 'you can do this' during labor. Instead you need to tell me 'you will do this.'"

*This past week (session five) we simulated pain by holding ice. Clearly, this is not possibly comparable to what labor feels like, but what it did teach me is that I will need JLO to make me laugh during labor. I know this because this happened during the simualation. The room was quiet, full of focused moms and very serious dads, and I bust out laughing as JLO is holding my belly. Partly because the whole scene is really funny, but also because JLO whisphered into my ear "is your iPod on? And playing music? Coming from your purse?" Oops. I was laughing so hard that the teacher came over and gave me a hug. The good news? I made it through the ice pain with flying colors.