Brendan and I started our childbirth class this weekend. It's a two day long class at Reston hospital. At the first class we learned about the different signs of labor, when we should head to the hospital or call our midwife, and a general overview of the different stages of labor and delivery. We also saw two videos - one of a vaginal birth and the other of a c-section. Yikes. If those videos don't make an expectant mother cringe, she's got a cervix of steel. Although the end result got us all teary and made the previous scenes seem somehow not so bad. It's hard to imagine that will us in just seven weeks.
I hadn't really thought too much about the actual birth process until now. I mean, I've thought about my birth plan, if I want an epidural or not, who I want to be in the room with me, and what kind of pain management technique I want to use; but I hadn't really thought about what it would FEEL like. Well, after that first class, I've thought of little else all week. I'm starting to get really nervous and scared. I have always wanted to have a really natural labor and delivery, with as few drugs as possible, and I think I'm a pretty tough girl, but now that I'm getting closer to the big day, I'm starting to wimp out! What if I can't handle the pain?
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