35 Weeks Down, 35 Days to Go

It looks like 35 is the number of the day!

Can there really be only 35 days left? I know it is probably annoying to read about the fact that I am in disbelief that I am going to birth a baby after reading about how READY I was to have the baby NOW early on, but that's the facts.

We are now graduates of the childbirth class. Our last class was last night and focused on newborn care. We had to go around the room and talk about our experience with babies. We were one of the most experienced couples in the room - some people were like, "Well, I've held a baby". So right away, our confidence was boosted.

I can't say we learned a whole lot in the class - even my husband was like, Oh this is pretty basic. Still, the video with all the cute babies was pretty fun :) And pretending our doll was our baby was fun too, even if we were being a little immature. I think the hubs learned more from the "postpartum care" video - he looked a little horrified. The video on sex after birth was, you guessed it, very awkward. Why do they always get the cheesiest actors ever to do these things? The same couple that experienced post-partum depression was featured on the sex part and the man was like, "Oh it was definitely a while before we resumed having sex, which took some getting used to." I was like, Buddy, your wife just popped out a baby and is battling depression. BACK OFF!

So all in all, we thought the childbirth series was helpful - nothing revolutionary. I would recommend it to first time parents, and I think the husbands are the biggest beneficiaries of the information.