I just realized I’ve been lame and haven’t given an update on our last appointments, how the birthing classes are going and how our hospital tour went.
We had an appointment with Kelly Riorden on April 1st at 3:45pm and again on April 22nd at 3:45pm. Both appointments went well and she told us that Maci was head down. I don’t know if anything has changed since then, but I sure hope not. Our next appointment is coming up on May 20th at 11am. After that appointment we start meeting with her once a week so we will be going again on May 26th at 1:30pm. When I go to the appointment on May 26th I’ll be 3 days away from 37 weeks which is considered to be full term.
Our hospital tour was on April 25th from 2-3pm. I was happy to see that Kaiser does many things automatically just the way that I wanted and had planned to write in our birth plan. I’m happy to know that if I don’t get a birth plan written in time, most of my wishes would already be coming true. One of the most important things to me is that they do “kangaroo care” for the first hour, when they have the baby and mom have skin to skin contact and do not start measurements and all that good stuff until that hour is up.
Birthing classes have been interesting. The lady who is instructing the classes is really nice and super easy to talk to. You can ask her anything and she will give you the answer. Although the classes are 2 hours from 6:30-8:30pm and Will and I would much rather just be home at that point, we have really enjoyed them once we have been there. I think the best part of the classes for me is finding out what is normal (which sometimes doesn’t seem normal), what is not, and how to handle different situations. I have also enjoyed learning different positions that help with contractions and how to involve Will. The breathing techniques, although I’m sure are good for some, just freak my breathing out and I just get winded. I will just have to remember to concentrate on breathing slowly and deep breaths and that will have to do. This hee haa stuff doesn’t work for me.
Our last class is tomorrow 5/13 which is also the same day as our baby shower at work, and Amanda’s birthday. Tomorrow is a big day!
Thanks for the update Stephanie! I am glad you two are enjoying the birthing classes. I have to agree that hee haa stuff is some crazy business. I think just taking deep breathes to push that little girl out is an excellent plan. That is all I did. It will just come natural when you are in labor and you won't have to think about it anyway.
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