Well, now we are baby experts. We have completed our first of four Baby Classes by Babyou. The instructor is pretty good. She has been a Registered Nurse for 20 years and is a mother of two. I feel both are very important credentials.
Class meets every Tuesday from 7pm to 9pm at the hospital. We were supposed to bring 2 pillows (1 for her and 1 for me) and a blanket. Guess they want to show us how we got in this situation. Sarah and I planned our arrival to get there about 5-10 minutes early. We pulled into the parking lot and see another couple with pillows walking to the door. Since neither of us really know where we are going, we hop out and follow them to the main entrance. By the time we reach the front doors we’ve lost them… We are greeted with another woman and her entourage on their way out.
The woman’s friend asks “Are you staying tonight? Because they told us to go home!” We answer “No. We are just here for a class.”
As we walk down the hall, Sarah asks me if she looks like she is ready to deliver.
Sarah and I make it to class and discover there are 7 other pregnant women and 6 other partners. The woman sitting next to me is alone. As class starts we discover that we are not in the “normal” classroom and there isn’t enough room for the full-on breathing section and we don’t need our pillows or blankets.
What did I learn in baby school today?
- 10 centimeters is way bigger than it sounds!
- Breathing is harder than you think.
- Most new parents are as clueless as we are.
- We still don’t know anything…
