With less than 40 days to go (OMG!!!), our lives are already beginning to revolve around the baby and he/she isn't even here yet! Between prenatal classes, shopping for baby gear, and weekly OB appointments, it's pretty much baby, baby, baby all the time. Our house is filling up fast with baby stuff (there's currently a stroller hanging out in our family room and a box of Little Swaddlers diapers decorating the staircase). Roughly 75% of all our conversations now center around baby names as we're back to being completely undecided about both the boy and girl name. The crib has been ordered and should arrive in about a week. Then the nursery will finally start looking like one!
I had a checkup today and my doctor said everything looked perfect! She then informed me that she'll be on vacation IN EUROPE from May 30-June 11. I'm due June 8. Awesome.
And for the big story of the week... Our First Prenatal Class!
As many of you know, I wasn't sure if we were going to do the classes since it's about a 12 hour time commitment (which is 12 hours less study time for Jonathan) and we didn't know if it would be worth it. But the more I thought about it, the more freaked out I got as I realized that I have NO IDEA what to expect as far as labor and delivery are concerned. So we decided to sign up for a three-part class called Birthing Basics and Breathing. We attended our first class on Wednesday night and loved it! Not only was it extremely informative, but it was fun too! Our teacher is a crazy 60 year old retired labor and delivery nurse named Janice. She had the class laughing so hard at times that we couldn't catch our breath. She drew crude pictures on the white board that made us all giggle like a bunch of 7th graders. She grunted and screamed to prepare the guys for the sounds we girls might make. She even had a doll named Cletus the Fetus that she'd use in demonstrations. Every time she mentioned Cletus the Fetus, Jonathan just couldn't contain his laughter. I wish we could video tape parts of her class because I can't possibly describe how entertaining it is. We can't wait to go back next week for part two!
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