Childbirth Class

Frank and I attended Childbirth class Friday night. There were only four couples in the class including us so it was intimate. We watched multiple videos of actual births and were surprised that neither one of us were bothered by them. Frank kept saying "that is so cool" every time a baby popped out of someone! I think he may watch the birth of little Frankie! The class was 5 hours long but I think we both walked away happy with what we learned. Outside of the information regarding everything that will take place in birth, I also learned how to get little Frankie kicking now (which would have been nice to know last Thursday when he was quieter than usual and making me nervous). We learned that we don't really need to go to the hospital until my contractions are about 4-5 minutes apart but Frank would like to aim for 3 min! (Not happening! we will be leaving for the hospital at 5 min - assuming I can make it that long!) Our plan at the moment is to make it as long as I can without drugs and then have an epidural. Frank learned lots of ways to massage and apply pressure that will help me relax and get through contractions. It was great to have him massaging me all night! I was anxious about the class because I knew Frank was dreading it but he actually seemed to enjoy himself. I definitely feel more relaxed about going into birth after the class. We found our classmates to be entertaining: two of the women were utterly terrified! One of them kept asking the instructor questions like "what if I just freak out?" or "what do I do if I am terrified?" to which the instructor responded "I don't understand the question, are you terrified of the pain?" and the woman responded "I don't know, I am just scared!" I am very happy that I do not feel that way!