Let's get educated!

Daddy Lou (to-be) and I took the first of three birthing classes this week. We learned about false labor versus real labor, the stages of labor, and the just the whole birthing process in general.We learned a little bit about epidurals but were told more to come next week. They showed a video that showed the delivery of the baby and placenta and I had tears in my eyes just watching. I so don't want to think about my body streching that much down below. I will do it and I know many women before me have, but yikes the thought of it is just awful!

Yesterday, I took a nursing class; and no Bill, I do not want to go back to study to become a nurse. It was about breastfeeding. Study after study, book after book, and the lactation specialist all say that skin to skin contact and being placed on the mother's chest right after being born is the best way to begin nursing. It is the most important part of my birthing plan. I want the weighing, measuring, shots, clothes, and visitors to wait until I am able to nurse or an hour while I try. I really don't want baby to whisked away and fussed with. I want to bring him into the world and just hold him on my chest and try to get him to do the "breast crawl" and nurse. They say babies that breastfeed immediately after birth cry less and are more successful at breastfeeding. I got to learn some of the positions and practice with a doll too. I also now know what kind of poo and pee baby should have and when. Oh yea!