First Birth Class

My beautiful bride and I attended our first birth class at our chosen hospital yesterday. The instructor began by having the women tell how many weeks pregnant they  were, what the sex of their baby was, and if they prefer epidural or not. Most women were for it. A couple were hoping for a natural birth, but were afraid and wanted to learn more about it.

Then the video started. I thought the video was educational and somewhat entertaining. I guess that’s the man’s perspective. My wife on the other hand was quite traumatized. It didn't help that the women in the video did not have epidurals. They appeared to be in a lot of pain. As you would expect. It also didn't help to see what happens when baby comes out. Yikes!

But everything else was kind of cool. There were animations of how baby is crammed into the uterus and how he squirms his way through a canal that seems so unlikely. The whole process is complex, its amazing humans have been as successful as we have.

That was all for the first birthing class. We came prepared with pillows as we were instructed, but they were not necessary. Evidently we won’t need them until the third class. We’re doing one class per week.