lamaze class
so today josh and i attended our first and only baby birthin' class. it was from 9-5. so looooooooong!
anyway, so it was taught by this super awesome doula named alma at tacoma general. we learned so much. i got all nitty gritty in birthing positions and stuff. we got massaged a lot too:)
i asked a TON of questions. it was probably annoying to some of the other couples, because josh and i pretty much took the lead in the class. he was the first guy (of the 2)to volunteer wearing the empathy belly. it was really funny. the other guys didn't seem to have as much sense of humor about it.
there was apparently one couple that rolled their eyes at eachother whenever we talked or asked a question, but hey whatever. i really felt like i could open up a bit about the stress of my pregnancy and talk a little bit about what was going on. i felt like the instructor really liked me, because she kept coming over and talking to me during the breaks and stuff. i think also she could sense we're very spiritual and open and we wanted to share our energy with her. she's also really spiritual, so it was nice to relate to her on that level. i was able to talk about how this pregnancy has taught me so much about myself and josh, and our love and relationship. and how it's like this is the pregnancy i NEEDED to have in order to be ready to be the kind of parent i need to be. and especially for jonah. he's going to need special parents, and i think this pregnancy and everything that we've gone through together will make us the parents he needs to us to be. i told her i know everything happens for a reason and we chose this baby and he chose us, so whatever he comes with we just have to accept. i talked about how it was hard for me to find other mothers to connect to who are around my age AND with troublesome pregnancies/NICU babies. i just wanted to put myself out there.
so anyway, we got a lot out of the class. i really liked alma the doula. i'd love to have her or someone like her for my next baby. this one's all set:)
<3 becky
anyway, so it was taught by this super awesome doula named alma at tacoma general. we learned so much. i got all nitty gritty in birthing positions and stuff. we got massaged a lot too:)
i asked a TON of questions. it was probably annoying to some of the other couples, because josh and i pretty much took the lead in the class. he was the first guy (of the 2)to volunteer wearing the empathy belly. it was really funny. the other guys didn't seem to have as much sense of humor about it.
there was apparently one couple that rolled their eyes at eachother whenever we talked or asked a question, but hey whatever. i really felt like i could open up a bit about the stress of my pregnancy and talk a little bit about what was going on. i felt like the instructor really liked me, because she kept coming over and talking to me during the breaks and stuff. i think also she could sense we're very spiritual and open and we wanted to share our energy with her. she's also really spiritual, so it was nice to relate to her on that level. i was able to talk about how this pregnancy has taught me so much about myself and josh, and our love and relationship. and how it's like this is the pregnancy i NEEDED to have in order to be ready to be the kind of parent i need to be. and especially for jonah. he's going to need special parents, and i think this pregnancy and everything that we've gone through together will make us the parents he needs to us to be. i told her i know everything happens for a reason and we chose this baby and he chose us, so whatever he comes with we just have to accept. i talked about how it was hard for me to find other mothers to connect to who are around my age AND with troublesome pregnancies/NICU babies. i just wanted to put myself out there.
so anyway, we got a lot out of the class. i really liked alma the doula. i'd love to have her or someone like her for my next baby. this one's all set:)
<3 becky