3 Heeee's to a Whoooooooo

This past Saturday Felix & I attended our "How To Have A Baby" class. It was an all day affair from 9am-3:30pm and very informative. We learned how the body changes during pregnancy and labor and all the fun stretching & growing that happens to both the mother & the baby. Then we learned about the different types of drugs available to ease the pain of labor. Finally, we practiced different types of labor positions & breathing.

Felix has made sure we practice our breathing every day. One of the skills we learned was that if I begin to panic, I am supposed to look in his eyes while he tells me to breathe 3 times while making the sound heeee and 1 breath to sound like whooooo. Otherwise, while NOT in panic mode, there are regular deep breaths that I take to ease labor. We shall see....... :)

I have relaxed a lot since the class because we got a chance to see more details about where we go once in labor, what to expect about when I actually start to feel contractions and when we go to the hospital, and all the fun details from there.

The hospital where we are delivering:

The labor & delivery room.

Here is the private "labor" hallway where we can walk while in labor, and the hot tub that is available for relaxation during labor.

And here is the room where we will stay after we have the baby and everyone is happy!!!