First Prenatal Class

Tonight was our first prenatal class :-) Every Tuesday evening from 7pm-9pm until June 12th we will be going to prenatal classes.

I have to say, although it's only been our first class, I absolutely love it!!! lol I can't wait until next Tuesday :-)

There are 8 other couples in our class; only two know the gender of their baby. One really sweet, older Asian couple is having twins (a boy and a girl) and another lady and her husband is having a girl. Everyone else is like Dennard and myself, waiting until the delivery room to find out the gender.

We all relatively have the same belly size; however, some are carrying higher and some lower than others. During our break time Dennard leaned over to me and said "you are carrying the lowest out of everyone!!". lol I am carrying quite low with this baby; whether boy or girl, the baby wont have far to travel when its time to deliver! lol

At first when we walked into the classroom no one was talking to anyone. I thought 'oh no....this is going to be an interesting class'-lol.

We all introduced ourselves, stated our baby's due date and where we are delivering. One girl and her boyfriend have decided to do a home birth with a mid-wife, everyone else is delivering at a hospital with an OB.

We were broken into two groups; mommy's on one side, daddy's one the other. We were then asked to answer a few questions in our groups about some of the physical and emotional changes we have experienced (or that our spouses have noticed in us) since being pregnant. The goal was to compare the mommy's answers to the daddy's.

I had a blast with the mommy's. We were laughing and sharing stories, etc. The guys on the other hand were very reserved, quite and very 'straight to business' on their side trying to think up their answers-lol

When we were done in our groups, we joined our spouses again for a quick break before comparing answers. Laughing, Dennard said to me" I knew you'd lead the group! lol I heard you talking the most!!!".  I killed myself laughing. What can I say, I've always been a social butterfly. I don't shy away from getting to know ppl, breaking the ice, cracking a few jokes, etc.

Anyhow, when it came to comparing the woman's answers to the men's, on the board for the woman we had 'nestng' as part of an emotional experience we are going through right now. I had put this on the board as I have been nesting for the last 4 months! lol

To make a long story short, when the teacher was reading out our answers Dennard put up his hand when she got to 'nesting'. He asked "Is it ok for a woman to want to clean and organize all the time when pregnant?". She laughed and said "Yes!!! It's completely ok; it's how a woman prepares for motherhood". The guy beside Dennard leaned over and said "hey....your lucky man...enjoy it and take it all in, at least your not doing all the housework!". His wife hit him and we all died laughing!!!!!

Overall, I am really happy we joined these classes. It's a wonderful opportunity to meet other mommy's and daddy's due around the same time and for Dennard and myself to learn and ask questions pertaining to pregnancy and delivery. Dennard even admitted to liking the class when we were leaving....lol.....Praise God!

Here are a few pics of our first prenatal class :-)

Here is a pic of 'daddy' carrying my pillow leaving our class

Here is a picture of me holding our prenatal folder; lots of great info in this!

This is a picture of us on the birthing balls. These balls are amazing!!!!! Super comfortable!