yesterday was our childbirth and breastfeeding class.  both classes were at the hospital where we’ll be delivering.  the childbirth class went from 9-12, was taught by one of the labor/delivery nurses and she did a great job of answering questions and letting us know not only what to expect but also the way that they handle things at this hospital.  I really don’t have a lot of concerns about labor/delivery… I’m sure it’s no walk in the park but I don’t see any point in worrying about something that I can’t control.  all I can do is try to stay calm and concentrate on getting my son here as safely and healthy as possible.  I prefer to go natural and I’ve been told I’m stupid and naïve for that but I’m going to try my best to not drug my baby on his way into the world… if something happens and I can’t handle it or have to have extraordinary measures taken to get him here, then so be it.  I’m not going to let myself feel like a failure if things don’t go according to “my plan” but I’m not going to get all stressed and worried about it beforehand either.  /tangent.  anyhow, I was saying that birthing hasn’t really been a source of concern to me but it was good to get all the information that they had to offer and to know more about what to expect during the whole process.  after the birthing class, we got to take a tour of the L/D floor of the hospital so we could see how the L/D rooms are set up, how close the operating rooms are in case of emergency, and what our post-partum room will be like.  we also toured the NICU, which is a level III and is very nice and which we will hopefully never see again.  after the tour, we headed back to the learning center where they served a lunch before the breastfeeding class.  I was glad that I wasn’t the only woman there who was highly confused about the fact that they served lunchmeat to a room full of pregnant women who have been told for months that we are not allowed to eat lunchmeat.  I ended up making a cheese sandwich and eating that with a bite of potato salad, a bag of chips, and too many brownies.  the breastfeeding class was the one that really had my attention.  all of my worries have revolved around breastfeeding… will he take to it?  will he latch right?  will my milk come in?  the class really helped calm my fears and I left with more knowledge and less stress.  definitely a good use of the day.

when we got home, we decided to go ahead and put together the rest of the nursery furniture which had been delivered earlier this week.  we put the crib together Monday night but hubby was out of town for a couple of days on condo business so the changing table and dresser were put off.  so we finished it up last night.  it wasn’t bad… the crib took us about 1.5 hours, the changing table took 1:20, the dresser took 1:15.  we definitely learned as we went 🙂  after getting everything assembled, it only made sense to stay up until 1 in the morning going through all the gifts we’ve received and putting things up where they belong.  I felt good about the progress we made and the room just about looks like it’s ready for a baby.

today was our church campus’ beach blast.  after the service, we had a big cookout on the beach behind the restaurant next door.  it was a great afternoon of fellowship and we got to know people we see at church much better.