Shawn and I had our Childbirth Prep Class this past Friday night and all day on Saturday. We learned a lot of information that is going to be helpful from knowing the signs of labor, things to expect when we are in the hospital and coming home with the baby. Their were some things that really surprised us, so I figured I would share some of those with you:
1. How can you be having a baby and have not done ANY research at this point in your pregnancy? Some of the couples were pushing 35-36 weeks and asking some of the dumbest questions.
2. If a baby is technically full term at 37 weeks and could be born, why are you waiting until you are 30+ weeks to be taking this childbirth class.
3. You want to put a waterproof mattress pad on your bed because if your water breaks in the middle of the night your mattress will be ruined. We never thought about this and apparently their is NOTHING you can do to get amniotic fluid out of a mattress. Seeing as we just bought a new mattress and box spring about 7 months ago, we will be purchasing one of these!
4. Thank god for big feet (apparently I do have something to thank my Dad for)! I say this because the nurse said that you should be able to birth a baby 1 1/2 pounds more than your shoe size. Since I wear a 9 1/2-10, I could birth a baby of 11 1/2 pounds easily. Let's hope this is not the case though!!
5. Typically, you can judge the size and length of your baby based upon you and your husband. Neither Shawn nor I are necessarily tall people and Shawn is relatively small in the weight category, so hopefully the baby will be small.
That is all for now, but if I think of anything else then I will be sure to share!
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