Jeff & I have attended child birth classes the past 2 Thursday nights and I've just got to wonder: Haven't there been ANY baby delivery movies made since 1978?
There are 3 other couples in our class. I'm glad there aren't more than that because I really don't think we'd get through the lesson each week within the 2 1/2 hour time period. You heard me right. 2 1/2 hours. My TV news producing background has kicked in as I consider ways the instructor could shave at least 30 minutes off the course. For example, everyone of the women in our class is in her third trimester. So why did we spend 20 minutes watching a video on nutrition? Perhaps it's a required topic. In my opinion, it's wasted time.
Don't get me wrong; the class has helped us get a better understanding of what to expect during labor although I have a feeling labor is something you can't really understand until you're actually going through it.
My favorite moment thus far has been the after-class question by an adorably young mother-to-be who wanted to know if it was OK for her to use self-tanning lotion so that her legs wouldn't be so white. I guess she's expecting an audience in her delivery room. As my friend Lee so poignantly pointed out: the young lady will be lucky if she can shave her legs at that point.
Next week's class should be better because we will get the hospital tour and what I consider "news we can use."
One more note: my dear Jeff has already mastered the relaxation techniques, as his eyes were closed pretty much the whole time that video was playing. Ha!
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We were like school kids in health class with our birthing classes. We snickered and giggled our way through class. The videos are terrible, wait until the breast feeding class. I didn't Scott would make it! Hysterical!
We actually met another couple in class that delivered on the same day and we're still friends almost eight years later. So, that was probably the best part. But, no, a class cannot fully prepare you for labor. That's something you try to figure out as you go along. Abby's was tough and Henry's was text book perfect. Different every time. And, no, I didn't use self tanner. I did have Scott paint my toes, though.
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