Prenatal Class - Week 3

This week in our prenatal class we learned about registering at the hospital and billing. Definitely not as exciting as last week! I think we were both glad for some relief from blatant visuals of birth. We also talked about what to expect after the birth with baby and mom. That was helpful and informative. The funniest part of the night is when they were talking about circumcision. Austin turns to me and very seriously asks who is going to do our baby's and how soon after the birth we shoud get it done and if the insurance will cover it, etc. I said to him, "Sweetie we are having a girl. She won't need one of those." He busts up and it took both of us a few minutes to compose ourselves. He was grateful for one less thing to worry about.

I'm sad to say that my wedding ring no longer fits my finger. I was hoping I could make it through the whole pregnancy without that happening. It has been really weird to not put it on everyday. My fingers are just too swollen. The heat isn't being very kind. Another ailment I'm going to complain about is my sciatica has spread from just my right side now to being on both. I hate laying down at night to go to sleep because there are no comfortable positions and switching positions in the middle of the night is excruciating! It takes me a few minutes every morning when I get out of bed to have the pain subside so I can walk. Oh, the sacrifices we make to bring life into the world!

Prenatal Class - Week 2

So we had our class again on Monday and I am now freaking out. We had to watch a birthing video that showed 4 different births. After watching the first birth and seeing EVERYTHING, I was panicking. I turned to Austin and said, "I don't want to do this anymore!" We have a couple in our class that is hearing impaired and have to have an interpreter. She was sitting up front by the screen and said to all of us, "You should see what all of you look like. Your eyes are all huge!" I'm sure we all had the deer in the headlights look. It was a little disturbing to watch being this close to having to go through it. We also learned about epidurals from the anesthesiologist and went on a tour of the Labor and Delivery floor as well as the Mother/Baby floor to see the different rooms. I am really nervous now, but I know that it is going to happen regardless.
I am excited for this little person to come into our home and be apart of our family. I often find myself wondering what she looks like and who she looks like. I wonder what traits she'll get from me and what she'll get from Austin. I hope she gets his dimple! I love dimples. Austin wants her to have my green eyes. I keep picturing her with dark hair when she is born. I had black hair at birth, but it fell out and came in very blonde. Austin had very blonde hair as a baby and then it went dark. My mom thinks she is going to be a toehead. But whatever she looks like, I'm sure she'll be beautiful!