Last night, we had our first birthing class. We are taking a five week course for two hours on Monday nights. The experience was both enlightening and eye opening. Justin learned three different techniques to take away Dawn's back pain. Dawn is excited for Justin to practice each one of these techniques as they all involve a massage of some sort. We also learned our first breathing method. We are suppose to practice this breathing method at least once through out the week and Justin gets to decide when and where the practice will take place. Justin will pick the most opportune time during the week to make Dawn practice her breathing. Also, part of the breathing was to find a picture to focus on. Justin pulled out his school ID, but Dawn did not want to use that as her focal point during her breathing exercise. Therefore, we will have to find a picture for Dawn to focus on during her breathing exercises. We are open for suggestions.
The class concluded with a video!!! The video showed the birth process from the first contraction to the time the baby emerged from the vaginal canal. Justin was not expecting to see such a graphic video during the first class. He thought they would gradually lead into the viewing of this type of video, but nope they showed everything on the first night. The birthing process is nothing like they show on TV. We learned so much and are excited to continue this amazing process towards the birth of our first child.
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