Birth 201

We had our final birth class this past Saturday morning...once again we came away with a ton of knowledge and feel well equipped for what's to come. Our topics this time around included c-sections, postpardom care and newborn care. During one point, our instructor had all the mom's working on an activity together and all the dad's working on a project together. The men were learning how to "swaddle" a newborn! I couldn't help but peek over at their group to see how they were doing. It was fun to watch - I am happy to report that John did an excellent job of swaddling the "baby" - he's already a pro! It also turns out that John was one of only 3 guys (out of 13) that had ever changed a diaper before! Way to GO Honee!

The mom's got to go over bathing a newborn - it is a very delicate process when they are so young and little. According to our instructor (who is a doula) - babies never need lotion. It was interesting to hear that, but seeing as how I love the smell of baby lotion on babies, I plan use it at some point!

We have now offically graduated from "Preparing for Child Birth" - it's good to have that class overwith. Now, we are just waiting for the real thing to happen and see if we can remember and use all of our newfound skills!