Can't sleep

So I thought I would update the blog. It has been a long time and I have thought about doing this several times and even started composing entries in my head but never got to writing them down so here goes nothing.

It is currently 4:53 am and I have been up since about 3:30. Just can't sleep, Keith came out to check on me and I told him to go back to bed. No use in both of us not sleeping. We are also in the middle of a snow storm so I am anxious to see if school will be cancelled...not that the games tonight would be but one can hope.

Since this is supposed to be about the baby and the pregnancy I will update on our last two classes. The class after "the video class" frustrated me. It was not due to the instructor or MOST of the participants. There is this one girl in the class who is obviously young (I know I am not that old) but she acts very young. She is not at the class with the baby's father but her BFF (best friend forever). During this class they kept going off on tangents and asking what I would call dumb questions (I know there is no such thing as a dumb question but trust me on this one).

Some how we got on the topic of breastfeeding which is fine because that goes right along with the baby stuff in my mind and we got talking about how the baby should latch. Well if you have done even a little bit of reading you know that the baby should take the nipple as well as a good chunk of areola into its mouth to make breast feeding easier/more comfortable. Well this girl didn't know where her areola was!!! How do you make it out of high school and not know where your areola is. It was like 9th grade health all over again. I was so frustrated and so was Keith. We had a long talk about that one and still joke about it.

Anyway the class this past Monday was much better. The "girl" was not at this class and I feel like the class on a whole was much more fluid and informative. During this class we did a birth rehearsal which is basically the instructor reading a script from the beginning of labor to the end. During this we practiced the different breathing techniques and relaxation techniques we had learned in the weeks before to get us through contractions. It was a lot of fun although I am not sure how realistic it was. We shall see when the time comes.

We also did a really interesting exercise. We were all given 14 note cards with opposing statements written on each side of the card. (i.e. epidural/no epidural, intermittent fetal monitoring/ constant fetal monitoring). We were told to go through the cards and pick out our perfect birth. We were then told to pick up cards until there were only 3 left. This exercise was to show us that all that matters in labor and delivery is a healthy baby in the end. I have come to realize that my birth plan looks something like this.

1. go to hospital
2. go home with healthy baby

Those are the only 2 things that matter to me. I am in no way prepared to have a home/car/ambulance delivery so I want to be in the hospital and I want to come home with a healthy baby in the end.

Hope everyone has a good day!