Labor

We registered for childbirthing classes yesterday!  We'll be taking them at the hospital and it will be an overview of everything.  La Maz, breastfeeding, hospital tour, labor positions, c-sections, and alot more I'm forgetting.  When Dayton heard how long the classes were he wasn't really excited.  "They should be able to teach me everything in an hour tops!?" haha I just laughed, shook my head, and signed us up!  He realized how worried I was and knew it was important to me and now is on board!  I'll post after classes and report on what I thought about them!

I don't have a birth plan per say.  Not that they're bad but experience has taught me that anything can happen.  When I try and plan nine times out of ten it does not go my way, and that's okay!  I do, however, believe in being as prepared as I can for any possible outcome.  I tend to freak myself out if I'm not prepared and don't have a clue what to expect.  I did not want to walk into the hospital and just "wing" it.  I wanted to have techniques and different things I could try to get through labor.  I also knew that Dayton would feel more comfortable in coaching me through the pain if he had some education as well.  Plus, when I'm overcome with pain and can't remember anything I've learned he'll be there to get me back on track and calm me down.  I want to have this experience be about us bringing this little baby into the world.  I absolutely want to try natural and see what my body is capable of.  I guess you could call that my "birth plan"?

So, whether I get an epidural, go natural, get a c-section, have complications, quick labor, or long the best advice I ever got was from my mom "They call it labor for a reason, it's work."  It's going to be the hardest thing I've ever done and pain I can't imagine but, the reward will be a pretty little girl and I know it will be worth it!

Here are some of our little kid pictures I found a few months ago.  The one in the purple sweater I have mixed feelings about. It's soooo cute and funny but it's also its a little scary how much I look like a 40 year old woman.  I really hope our little girl gets my curls though.  Dayton was just the cutest little boy.  I'm so obsessed with watching his baby videos with his big huge smile.  It's killing me to see what she's going to look like!