Things I learned in Lamaze last night. Part I
Posted on December 30, 2009 by louloupink
I would like to preempt with telling you that we are trying to go au naturel with this birth. We are in the process of researching which method we would like to use…leaning toward the Bradley Method, but really I just want to get through the shit without dying.
Positive thoughts.
So, onto the things I learned last night:
1. I am self absorbed. The teacher said so in class. She said all pregnant women are and that it is part of the process of being pregnant. You too have an excuse now.
2. I have trouble focusing when there are 9 other pregnant women sitting around me. At the end of class we did a relaxation, breathing technique where we (please read in a soft, light and airy voice as my lamaze teacher did) leaned back on our partner, relaxed, breathed in, breathed out. Imagined our baby.
But, all I could think about is how I was crushing Steve and how his back might be hurting. And my eyes were supposed to be closed but I had to check to see if everyone else was crushing their partner. And no, they were not. They were sitting up, not leaning on their partner. Maybe they have intimacy issues. Maybe I just take too much. Maybe I should have sat up.
And then there was this Bosnian couple next to us with a super cute accent. It was really funny because when we were (soft, slow voice again) going into our relaxation technique and the teacher’s voice softened and we were all relaxing, he yelled, “I can’t hear you.” And then when we were imagining our baby and we were imagining our baby’s hair color, his wife yelled, “It’s red. Her hair’s red like mine.”
3. There is no scientific evidence of why we go into labor which I find to be very interesting. Steve and I came up with two reasons why this might be. I leave you to decide for yourself.
4. I need to do my kegels because as my teacher said, her biggest pet peeve is those commercials where the lady is dancing around and pee is falling out of her and flying everywhere and she needs to get on drugs to control her uncontrolled pee. (Imagine teacher twirling and dancing around making motions with her hand to indicate pee coming out.) If only she would have done her kegels.
5. I am like an elementary school girl when I get around a group of people in a classroom setting. We walked out of the class and the first thing I asked Steve was, “Who do you think we would be friends with?” And he looked at me like I was crazy. But, he did have an answer, after much pressing, that is.
And I immaturely compared my belly to the other pregos. I think mine was the biggest. We were all due right around the same time too, so there really is no reason I should be the biggest.
So, anyway, that’s what I learned, peeps. It was pretty cool. Only five more, three hour classes. After a tough day of constipation and ranting on and on about it to Steve like a little baby child that could not stop talking about her poo, Steve finally had to put his foot down and say stop talking about your poo. Which made me a little sad and upset, but I stopped and then came to my pregnant brain senses and realized he was right. It is not necessary for me to talk about everything going on in my body. But, then I just got a phone call from the doc saying that I am not diabetic, but that I am anemic and I have to take iron. And unless I want to eat a lot of liver (which pregos are not supposed to have anyway), I must take iron pills.
Which make you constipated.
No more poo talk, I promise.
I would however like to hear your poo stories. Because although most people don’t like to talk or hear about poo, I do. Also, I would like to hear how you are planning to handle or did handle your natural birth. Or your drug induced birth, because I think they are both difficult.
Tags: anemia, constipation, lamaze, Pregnancy
Filed Under: Pregnancy
