Childbirth Classes

This weekend, Mike and I took a weekend series "Prepared Childbirth" class at OSF St. Joseph's. It was a one weekend deal, which was nice to get it done but that meant that the classes were 5 hours each yesterday and today. The class is usually 10-12 couples but it was only us and three other couples. I have to say that the first day we weren't very impressed because it was more of common knowledge stuff like anatomy and warning signs for preterm labor and the stages of labor--stuff we had already educated ourselves on prior to the class. The one highlight was touring the birth center and getting a better understanding of how the hospital stay would go. I guess that some of the other couples also felt like the first day was pointless because only half of us returned today, leaving our class with only two couples. Today was more informative with information on medical pain management and Cesearan deliveries and what to expect after the baby is born. Although we were still pretty well-informed about these things, it helped to relieve some of my anxiety to know what to expect and how to deal with it. I was getting to that "feeling bored with being pregnant" stage coming into this final stretch but now I have lots to day-dream about! And if we got nothing else out of the class, we at least got a gift certificate for a family pleaser from Monical's!!! :)