I met my sweet Mom at the Healthier Communities building downtown this morning to attend my second birthing class through Spectrum Health. Mom has been so nice to agree to take half days for the next couple of Mondays so she can be my stand-in coach. She's not the only Mom coach there, it really is an inconvenient time (9-11:30a), who has this time off work?? Other than my par-time self.
We went over comforting measures, like how to give a good backrub! :) Poor Mom did her best with her good hand, the other still in a soft cast from breaking it a couple weeks ago. It still felt good. One shocking thing was watching THE birth video, yeesh. Another freaky thing was that a pregnant woman in my class had a weird pass out/seizure like episode. It was so sudden and odd. The instructor, an RN, helped her and I think she was alright but just seeing something like that is kind of jarring. All the weird things that can occur during a pregnancy could really drive you nuts thinking about.
But now I am parked her at Panera, eating soup and salad and prepping for the rest of the day. I did really well with last week's goal of knitting every day, I even finished a baby hat! I might keep it up this week to knit another one. The goal this week is to take a long walk daily, talking 30m-hour outside. It always cheers me up, after I get over the brisk cold factor. Wish me luck :)
2 comments:
my sister in law was a nurse at spectrum until last year! small world. are these birthing classes for a specific technique, like bradley or lamaze?
yea...that birthing video is definitely...not fun. :D
That's funny about your cousin! I always appreciated that you knew where Grand Rapids was when I tried to explain where I was from :)
Classes go over pretty much everything to expect on the big day..hopefully I will feel more knowledgeable and ready having done them...
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