Birthing Classes

This past weekend we had our birthing classes at the hospital where we will deliver Grace. I must first and foremost give my wonderful husband kudos for going, and not against his will. It just so happened that the only day we could sign up for the class was the same day of the SEC Championship game!! Most husbands I'm sure would have given their wives a hard time about having to miss the big game, but my Jonni was wonderful. Actually, most husbands probably wouldn't want to go even if it wasn't the same day as the SEC Championship game. He is really taking his part in this whole labor and delivery process seriously, and getting excited about it with me. He even was asking questions during class and getting involved through the whole thing. I am so thankful that I have him here to help me through this, and to be by my side supporting me. I am so blessed to have him as my husband and best-friend. I don't know how I could do this without him.

I do have to rag on him a little though, because he cracked me up with his facial expressions during the videos that they showed. They are very graphic, and pretty much show everything, which I'm sure is necessary and good for us all to know what to expect...but his faces were priceless!! We laughed and had fun through the whole thing, and I am so happy we did this together. I especially like the part where they taught him how to massage my back and feet and hands during delivery. Yep, that was nice. When they were teaching us the breathing techniques, they actually gave us clothes pins to pinch on our ears so that we would have a pain stimulus during the exercise...and as you can imagine, that was pretty funny too. Luckily, we got out early, so we didn't have to miss too much of the game after all.

Going to this class was such a great thing for us to do, and I fully recommend anyone who is pregnant to attend some type of class like this. I feel so much more prepared. I know what my options are, and feel more in control no matter what happens that day. Mentally, I am so much more excited going in to this now, whereas before I was still fearful. I was diagnosed with gestational diabetes, and I had a lot of questions and read a lot online about how that was going to affect my labor and delivery. There were so many other questions that I had as well, but they were all answered. So we are both very excited and can't wait to meet our little Gracie!!

Thank you again my wonderful husband! You're the best!