Yea! Classes!

I can't remember the last time I was excited about taking a class. Ugh! But I am now! I registered us for our childbirth classes. We are taking three of them cause we're overachievers. Not really. Mostly it's because we're clueless first time parents! We're signed up for the following:

Expectant Parents
We get to find out all about labor and delivery, including the dreaded delivery video. Ack! We also get the tour of St. Francis, which is where I'll be giving birth. It's a really nice, state of the art hospital, not far from where we live. They even have a NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit)...which I hope we won't need, but complications happen, so it's reassuring to have it there. The hospital has LDL Rooms...which basically means your labor, delivery, and recovery all occur in the same room. After recovery, they have private post-partum rooms. Sounds pretty sweet to me! The hospital also has an Inn and we get a free night stay there for someone. Want more info? Check it out here: http://www.stfrancishospitals.org/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=67.

Breastfeeding
Yeah...we're gonna take a class to figure out how. Apparently it's complicated, who knew? I am really going to try and breastfeed for the first year, but I'm willing to let go of that expectation if it doesn't work out. But that's my goal...and my job provides private pumping rooms where you can go hook up and pump when you're back at work. That'll be a huge benefit.

Newborn Care
We thought it would be wise to take this as we know nothing about caring for an infant. Or toddler. Or child for that matter. But first things first! We get to play with dolls and figure out how to diaper (it's been a while since I had to do this...since Chloe was a baby, maybe?!), dress, swaddle, and hold the baby. Very important things....gotta remember to support that wobbly little neck.

So I'm at 15 weeks today and feeling all right. Had a bit of a step back yesterday and spent the afternoon in bed napping off some pretty bad nausea. Then had a hard time sleeping last night because of my 3 hour nap! Sleeping is tricky now...I love sleeping on my stomach...that's how I fall asleep. Well I can't do that anymore...must sleep on that left side which is apparently the best for me and the baby and our circulations. But that is not a great position. My lower back hurts. So unless Ryan is willing to be my human pillow, I might need to look into one of those pregnancy pillows. I've been holding off on getting one because they're so big...it's like having a third person in bed! And I don't know how that will fly with poor Gypsy!!

Anyhoo...I'm off to lunch now. I've actually been energetic enough to cook this week so I've been bringing my lunch. Not today though...dumb, tired, forgetful me left lunch on the kitchen table. So it's off to the cafeteria! Later!