Class, Crawling and EPS's

Our first Expectant Parent class was Wed.  I didn't know quite what to expect - aside from Allison's warnings that I'd see a video of a birth (she was right).   This first class was pretty much an introductory class - there's about 15 other couples attending.  It's taught by a RN that works in the NICU at St. Francis.  I think it's good that we're taking this class - it's giving me a chance to get even more accustomed to the idea of being a father - which I'm finding is more of an identity change.  

I started reading this book last night called Crawling: A Father's First Year.   I came across it on Amazon one day and it sounded interesting.  It's quite good.  I read about 5 chapters last night (it's a small book).  It's a witty memoir of a children's book author's first year as a father.  Interesting thing about this guy, though, is that he never really liked kids.  He liked writing children's books to the 5 year old within himself, though.   So he's got an interesting perspective that certainly garners my interest.  Anyway.. so far the book is quite entertaining and informative.   My first reaction to the book (and a good one at that) is that I'm going to be okay.   That all the fears I'm having, the identity crisis, the helplessness in regards to the pregnancy - it's all normal and many new fathers go through the same thing.

I also discovered last night that I experience EPS's - which is my acronym for Electronic Pulsing Sensations.  It's a rare condition that apparently only affects me in regards to my growing daughter.  I was holding my hand on Allison's belly last night (late, last night).  And the baby was moving around... but every time she would kick or move or something it would send this weird electronic reaction to my body and I would jerk like I was being shocked.  It was totally involuntary and affected a different part of my body.  Allison started laughing which made the baby move more, which caused me to get electrocuted.  It's an interesting phenomenon and I plan to study it more.  :)