Childbirth Class #2

Last night we had the second meeting of our Prepared Childbirth class. It was once again very informative. We talked about the dreaded pain aspect of labor.

**Side note** I am coming to the realization that I might be going into this whole labor and delivery thing a little naive. I mean we have all seen women give birth on TV and in the movies and how they are screaming and writhing in pain. I just don't see myself reacting like that. I mean I do realize that it is going to be painful and I guess I won't really know how I am going to react until I am actually in the moment but I just don't see it going down like the ones I have seen. I guess at this point I'm happier being naive about the whole thing than being completely worried and stressed out about it all. **end side note**

Now back to what we learned in class last night. After talking about pain we talked about the 1st phase of labor. It is broken up in to 3 stages and can last SEVERAL hours. We then watched a video which included another birth story. Again, Collin really enjoyed that part ;). We finished up the night with some relaxation techniques like breathing patterns and a visualization exercise.

I'm really excited for next week's class because we get to do our tour of the hospital. I will be cool to see the rooms and nursery that we will have Maddox in.