Childbirth Class #1

Our first childbirth class was this evening because last week was cancelled because of the horrible rain that we had last week. I really enjoyed our class tonight because it was small. There was 1 other couple in there besides us. We discussed what we hoped that the class would get us and what kind of birth plan we had worked out with if we wanted medication or so on. The instructor is a "doula" or a certified birth partner. She wasn't like most of the doula's that I have read about but she also works there at Life Circle. She was very personable and very knowledgeable. She has attended just shy of 300 live births in 10 years. We learned about labor and delivery of course, and comfort techniques to help you during l&d. Next week we are covering interventions during labor and breastfeeding. What I liked the most about the instructor is that she is unbiased when it comes to whether you want to have a natural birth or a medicated birth. She approached the subject of l&d from both views/aspects of it. I really felt like I was getting the whole aspect of the birth process and not a one sided view. The other couple that was there is on their second child but our instructor said that your body resets itself after 7 years of not having kids so this is like them having number 1 all over again. We also had something in common, neither one of us likes Dr. Mullin as a Labor and delivery doctor. We both chuckled at that!