First Baby Class …
Nikki and I went to our first “Parents over 30″ class. Basically a welcome and a few little things about birthing and contractions and such. They use ice to simulate pain to give you a feel of how to handle contractions. Hold the ice in your hand and squeeze it for the duration of a contraction. Obviously, it isn’t at all what a contraction feels like but it allows you to feel pain and start coming up with techniques to deal with it. Nikki and I came up with a few things that we think are going to help out with the birthing process:
- Music — We’re going to set up some playlists on her iPod to bring to the hospital
- Focusing on the pain — Nikki feels that she is going to handle the pain if she kinda focuses on it until the contraction is complete.
- Squeezing my hand
Just some stuff that we should keep in mind when the big day arrives. 