Childbirth class and Lots of Objects

It's my 34th birthday, and we spent it at the first session of my
childbirth prep class. It's loosely Lamaze-based, with a lot of
general stuff that the teacher throws in. She's had six kids, under a
variety of different circumstances and including a set of twins, and
she's a doula with more than 500 births in her past, so she's seen a
lot of variation.

I liked the class. Four couples; I'm the furthest along of us, at 32
weeks. Nice relaxed funny people, who all seem to know slightly
different things about pregnancy and childbirth; a lot of the time was
discussion. The teacher is fairly science-oriented; she says that when
she trained to be a doula she needed to learn how to talk to people
well. The physiology was easy for her. So we get a lot of the 'what
and why' answered, which I like.

We also went out last night to the Babies R Us nearby and bought huge
amounts of gear. Not our crib -- we're still debating what kind we
want -- but a changing pad with covers and a diaper pail and a bouncer
seat and a Baby Bjorn and a whole lot of infant pharmaceuticals and
wipes and stuff like that. It was kind of fun, though we were both
exhausted at the end of the trip. I like the stuff we got. This
weekend, we shift around the furniture to set the apartment up the way
we want it. We don't intend to have an actual "baby's room" yet, since
I'd like to be able to hear her at night, but we're turning the
bedroom into a sleeping place for the whole family, and the second
bedroom, which is currently empty, into a sort of dayroom, with my
computer desk and the rocking chair and the TV and the daytime cradle
and the toys and a functioning changing table in there. I think it
will work well.

All is well for now, except that I caught a cold. I don't like having
a cold in my 33rd week; I'm uncomfortable enough without one!! But
it's not too bad and will go away soon. We'll go out to celebrate my
birthday after I'm well enough to want to go much of anywhere for fun
except to sleep.

Naomi
EDD March 6, 2004

I always love going shopping for the baby! I am actually going today with
my best friend to get the last of the stuff that we need. It's going to fun
and exciting. Hope you get over your cold quickly! sounds miserable.
Kat
Mama to maggie 11/03/01
and #2 eDD 02/01/04


"Naomi Rivkis" wrote in message
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It's my 34th birthday, and we spent it at the first session of my
childbirth prep class. It's loosely Lamaze-based, with a lot of
general stuff that the teacher throws in. She's had six kids, under a
variety of different circumstances and including a set of twins, and
she's a doula with more than 500 births in her past, so she's seen a
lot of variation.

I liked the class. Four couples; I'm the furthest along of us, at 32
weeks. Nice relaxed funny people, who all seem to know slightly
different things about pregnancy and childbirth; a lot of the time was
discussion. The teacher is fairly science-oriented; she says that when
she trained to be a doula she needed to learn how to talk to people
well. The physiology was easy for her. So we get a lot of the 'what
and why' answered, which I like.

We also went out last night to the Babies R Us nearby and bought huge
amounts of gear. Not our crib -- we're still debating what kind we
want -- but a changing pad with covers and a diaper pail and a bouncer
seat and a Baby Bjorn and a whole lot of infant pharmaceuticals and
wipes and stuff like that. It was kind of fun, though we were both
exhausted at the end of the trip. I like the stuff we got. This
weekend, we shift around the furniture to set the apartment up the way
we want it. We don't intend to have an actual "baby's room" yet, since
I'd like to be able to hear her at night, but we're turning the
bedroom into a sleeping place for the whole family, and the second
bedroom, which is currently empty, into a sort of dayroom, with my
computer desk and the rocking chair and the TV and the daytime cradle
and the toys and a functioning changing table in there. I think it
will work well.

All is well for now, except that I caught a cold. I don't like having
a cold in my 33rd week; I'm uncomfortable enough without one!! But
it's not too bad and will go away soon. We'll go out to celebrate my
birthday after I'm well enough to want to go much of anywhere for fun
except to sleep.

Naomi
EDD March 6, 2004

"Naomi Rivkis" wrote in message
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It's my 34th birthday,


Happy Birthday