Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Where is the C-Section sign up sheet???
Mike and I had our first Birthing class last night! Very informative! We got to watch videos...very detailed videos (omg eww details) ! (from the 80's no less) ! We had a really great teacher, we did decide that we were the only people besides the teacher that had any sense of humor in the whole class! Kind of made me uncomfortable being the only people who laughed at her jokes! Anyway I was really anxious about going but I think I learned a lot! We have to go back next week and we will learn a lot more about c-sections etc. I have decided that I would like one...but only if it's scheduled and I don't have to go into labor haha! I think the whole pushing the baby out part sounds just fine by me...it's just the 24 hours of excruciating labor that I'm not looking forward too. Neither is Mike! :) He didn't pass out, I think he handled it better than me! His poor hand had to of been sore from me squeezing it during the "painful" parts! My favorite part was the tour of the AMAZING room! I think I won't want to leave! There's a whirlpool tube that they suggest spending most of your labor in! Well the funniest part of the night was when she asked if anyone was hell bent on getting an epidural. My hand (and only my hand) shot straight up in the air! Our teacher smiled, then said most people who aren't hell bent end up with one any way! (80 % of the women who deliver at Allen Hospital use epidurals!). Made me feel a little better, my mom called me a chicken...I know me, do you want to know me after that many hours of pain? Doubt it! :) I'll keep you posted!
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Way to go!! Don't you be afraid to take an epidural. It was the most wonderful thing EVER! I loved mine! I truly couldn't feel a thing after they gave me mine and I loved it! So, you be proud of your sensibility and don't let people make you feel like you're wimping out. Trust me....you feel plenty before they ever actually give it to you.
Yes, I called you a chicken. However, I DO know you and you've always been a chicken! That's why I understand why you want an epidural. I still think learning some lamaze techniques for the time BEFORE the epidural would serve you well.
THIS MESSAGE IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY: YOUR MOTHER
I was anti-epidural, too.
Until I had to be induced & Shelley said the contractions would be worse than "normal" contractions, because they are medically controlled... not by your own body.
Not everyone endures 25 hours of labor! My friend's longest labor was approximately 3 hours from first contraction to BABY! (of course, she almost delivered in the car, but that's another story).
(oh, and let me tell ya... scheduled c-sections with no labor, no complications... Better than dental work.)
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