Well, the time has begun in the process of our pregnancy to start taking classes to prepare us for the birth of our son. The hospital offers so many choices but we just wanted to take the basics. Neil was less than thrilled about my requesting him to be at all of them with me but he came around and decided it was probably a good idea for him to learn about all of these things with me. So, the classes we signed up for were:
1)Childbirth preparation- beginnging Aug. 13th and going for 4 weeks
2)Breastfeeding Basics- a one time class on Oct. 9th
3)Babywise class- led by a good friend here at church, it's a class that will teach us about scheduling, Biblical parenting, and what it will be like the first couple of months being new parents. We have not scheduled the dates for these yet but it's a 6 week class.
4)Just had kind of my first class last night at a friend's house. She had wanted to take an infant CPR class just to learn about what to do in case her own children were choking or were unresponsive. Well, if you've ever taken them, they can be costly and awkward. You have to practice on pretend babies in front of people you don't know. So, Jill checked into it and ended up purchasing her own CPR kit that came with a blow-up baby doll and a paper phone(to dial 911 of course, you know most people don't have their own phones to use!). She decided to make it into kind of a fun night even though it was informational and have other moms or soon to be moms over to learn this as well so that we can be better prepared to care for our children, God-forbid something like that would ever happen to any of our kids. We had a really fun time and learned a lot as well. There were 4 of us total who went and the other 3 of them all already have at least one child. So, at the end of the CPR session, they decided to all educate me on "things you don't read in books and your Dr. doesn't tell you". It was pretty comical and we all ended up laughing so hard we were crying. The best was when one of them would get up to demonstrate something and would act out what they were saying. We were pretty much talking about the "aftermath" of childbirth. So I learned a lot last night, but not all about CPR! Thanks girls!
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I think we should have invited Neil. I mean, I think the guy could use a good shocking. Well, we still have plenty of time for another session. Let us know what dates he's available! No really, we'll have to get together again...no CPR, just for fun!
We took the same kind of classes- minus the one at your church (only because they didn't have that around here). During my breastfeeding class, one of the ladies went into labor!!! It was crazy! It hit me right then....I will be in labor someday too! AHHH! :)
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