"Bring your pillow..."

We had our first CHILDBIRTH/LAMAZE class last night!

Its through my OB and the lady (her name is Lucy) was so sweet & has been teaching childbirth classes for 30 years--She's kinda out there! But sweet--(She reminded me of our puppy Lucy! She is VERY enthusiastic about labor and delivery!) We are meeting for 3 weeks on Tuesday nights from 6:30-9pm. There were 8 other couples and we seemed to be right in the middle as far as due dates. I think we were the youngest couple there though and you could tell, it's everyone's first child. In the beginning of class, she had us introduce ourselves & mention due date, gender of baby, name (if any) and where we work. Guess who was picked to go first? US. Oh well =) We had a lot of fun and learned some interesting stuff! Did you know that my body is changing 2qts of aminotic fluid 8x's a day!? That during the full moon, more pregger women go into labor due to the gravitational pull? That once your water breaks you have 24 hrs to deliver the baby? And if you relax during contractions, the baby will come faster! We also learned different relaxing techniques-my fav was a slow dance one that really relieves lower back pressure! I felt so much better about the whole birthing process after the class ended and we only made it to stage 1 of labor. Next week: Fast paced breathing, epidurals, prep and procedures!