2 thumbs & a dummy

Our first pre-natal class went well yesterday although I was felt really weird ‘pracitising’ all those moves and method of breathing and what-nots with a bunch of strangers. I felt SO out of place but I imagine so did the rest. But towards the end, I got over it and thought, ‘Heck, I’m in for the long haul and I want results.’ So all the malu-ation [shyness] that was plaguing got pushed aside.

We were thought about how to handle first stage labour. That included breathing methods and ways of relaxation. I plan to not have any epidural and it would be the happy gas and the TENS machine. But I do realise that I have to have a back up plan and that would be the epidural but if possible, I wanna try to go without and be drug free. Like Maverix said, we are made of stern stuff, which I think means we are tough, tough, tough!! I also plan to have some relaxation music playing and of course, Ted would want his aromatheraphy stuff as well. That would calm him down too I guess. I bet he’s going to be frazzled!

I do have to remember to request for a ball to be placed in my birthing room coz you need to tell them in advance otherwise there might not be enough balls to go around! Other than that, the midwife talked about some of the changes that’s been happening and what one can expect before and after the birth. All the men mentioned that depravation of sleep as their #1 big change! How terrible….they forgot that we women were suffering long before they can even blink, let alone think of the changes that they can see coming. Terrible!

A lot of the mothers there mentioned loads of changes and discomforts that they were experiencing and I just sat there listening to all of these. I couldn’t help but feel a slight sense of sympathy for them because, I didn’t have all those discomforts and what not. I praise and thank God that my pregnancy so far has been a very good one – no discomforts that I couldn’t handle [here I mean the heartburn], I sleep pretty well, no swollen feet or tiredness. And yet, these were all the things I was expecting. I’m beginning to think that I have had it easy so far is because I might be in for a tough delivery which scares the crap out of me!

But I’m trying to remain as positive as possible and I’m trying not to freak myself out. I have heard horror stories and I’ve even heard some really nice ones as well. So I’m chucking the horror stories [labour for 36 hours n being on drip for Lord knows how long] for positive ones like Mindy’s and Chris’ deliveries where all they had told me was, I felt like pushing and I did it in 3 pushes. So that’s is what I’m counting on!

I’ll be off for my doc’s appointment today, so more updates tomorrow.