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No time to lose!
Apr. 16th, 2007 05:00 pmI suppose this is more of a "prep day" report, but I'm very excited that I'm making forward progress on the actual baby planning, not just continuing to grow bigger and saying "LA-LA-LA!" with my fingers in my ears when people say, "It won't be long now, will it?"
We have the nursery not-entirely-empty of boxes, and my mother brought the antique crib last week on her visit. I'm meeting with two doulas this week. And we went to our first childbirth education class last night! It seems like it will be a pretty good fit on all the need-to-know stuff, and the tone of it is neither too medical or too overtly critical of the interventions that some women choose. We did talk a lot about the history of childbirth, and the class promised next week to talk about comfort measures during pregnancy such as alleviating heartburn (why next week? Why aren't we talking about this NOW??), relaxation exercises, and sex during pregnancy (YAY). Also, which was less fun, we got our first disposable diaper sample and a whole raft of advertisements for consumer junk that the magazine claims we absolutely will need now that we will be parents. One advert begins, "Two months to go. No time to lose." So buy this breast pump RIGHT NOW! Right.
( Our reactions to class )
We have the nursery not-entirely-empty of boxes, and my mother brought the antique crib last week on her visit. I'm meeting with two doulas this week. And we went to our first childbirth education class last night! It seems like it will be a pretty good fit on all the need-to-know stuff, and the tone of it is neither too medical or too overtly critical of the interventions that some women choose. We did talk a lot about the history of childbirth, and the class promised next week to talk about comfort measures during pregnancy such as alleviating heartburn (why next week? Why aren't we talking about this NOW??), relaxation exercises, and sex during pregnancy (YAY). Also, which was less fun, we got our first disposable diaper sample and a whole raft of advertisements for consumer junk that the magazine claims we absolutely will need now that we will be parents. One advert begins, "Two months to go. No time to lose." So buy this breast pump RIGHT NOW! Right.
( Our reactions to class )
