This past weekend Adam and I attended our "Birth and Parenting Preparation Class". Although it was really long (Friday evening for 3 hours and all day Saturday!) we really learned a lot and were grateful to have taken the class.
We learned all sorts of things from what to pack in our bags for the hospital, what the different options for pain medications are, and what could happen in a variety of situations for the birth and after the delivery.
We also got to take a tour of the Labor & Delivery wing of Mercy Hospital. We saw a labor/delivery/recovery room, but were unable to see any post-partum rooms because they were all full - which meant that we also got to see babies in the nursery! I could have stayed there watching the babies for a long time!
It's amazing to think that two months from now we could be patients at the hospital and have people coming to look at our daughter!
The teacher also reassured everyone in the class that the equipment which burned the newborn baby recently has all been removed from the hospital. She said that any baby needing the same type of equipment would be transferred to Unity or Children's Hospitals. She also let us know that the odds of something like that happening are 1 in a million.
I have my next check-up on Monday and then from then on I go in every 2 weeks and then every week until she is born! This has been an amazing journey so far and the best is yet to come!
Take care!
Melissa
2 comments:
over one more "hump"- has the reality hit yet? In a couple of weeks you'll be a MOMMY! It is the best job in the whole world...next to wife of course. :)
Are you still working full time, Melissa? We should get together sometime. The boys and I are around a lot!
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