For the last five weeks, Kevin and I have been attending the "Ready, Set, Deliver!" series of childbirth prep classes hosted by Sutter Hospital. Overall, it was a really great experience and a fantastic way to ease us into what to expect around the Labor and Delivery process.
We learned about the 3 stages of labor, and the various breathing techniques to get us through! Kevin will be a GREAT labor coach - I know it!! (No pressure Kevin!) We also talked about the potential medical interventions we can expect, toured Labor & Delivery at Sutter Memorial (labor and postpartum rooms), and how to cope with the numerous physical and emotional changes that we'll both be experiencing.
Last night, we attended a breastfeeding class, in which we covered how to get our baby girl to "latch," the importance of the bonding and skin-to-skin contact that will occur immediately after delivery, and the feeding schedule we should prepare for during the first 6 months.
LOTS of information - how are we going to remember it all!?! How will we know if we're doing it the "right" way??
The good news is that we're going to figure it out together and the best thing that we can do is take in all of the information made available to us, leverage the resources we've been given, but most importantly, we'll follow our instincts and our hearts and we'll be just fine.
