Birthing Class?

About a month ago, I signed Brian and myself up for a Intro to Pregnancy type class....mostly for people who have just found out they are pregnant, but since the class is only offered on Wednesday nights, and since Brian has had softball EVERY Wednesday night since this past summer, this was our first available time. Plus, next Wednesday we are supposed to get a tour of the hospital, where to go, what to expect, etc. On "the day" this will certainly help direct us while we're freaking out about having the baby!

I looked at the directions and instruction sheet several times, to make sure I knew where we were to go, and when to be there. So, it says for us to arrive promptly at 6pm, 5th floor, classroom #1. We get there right at 6pm, and go down to classroom #1. A lady is holding the door open, and we meander in. I was intimidated because the classroom was nearly FULL already! But strangely, it was full of just women, and none appeared to be pregnant. We were stared at, and quickly we backed out of the doorway. We wandered down the hall confused, then Brian found classroom #2, and peeked in. This room had about 5 couples in it, and the ladies were pregnant. Yay! In we went and got settled.

Our instructor was funny, and helpful. We were to introduce ourselves, tell when we were due (answers varied from about 18 weeks to 30 weeks), and then the instructor went over some picture boards of varying stages of pregnancy. We talked about aches, pains, and discomforts of pregnancy. She also went into detail about each additional class that is offered through CMC (Charlotte Medical Center). She kept stating that how after each of these classes we could tack on a hospital tour. Well, since I thought we were getting one next Wednesday through this class, I was confused. I had to ask.....well, come to find out, Brian and I had sat through the wrong class all along, thus the classroom confusion! The class we had signed up for was the previous Wednesday, and the tour was on this night. Everyone got a kick out of our mistake, but turns out the class we were in was better than the one we signed up for :) and we'll just get our hospital tour in one of the other classes later on.

We plan on taking a childbirth prep class (including breathing techniques, lamaze, what to expect at the hospital, postpartum, etc)., an infant CPR class, how to correctly install a carseat, and Brian may take the dad's only, "Daddy Bootcamp." :)