The Tenth of May

Me and my new pregnancy best friend, the firm part not so much anymore!

So there has never been a doubt in my mind about breastfeeding, but that doesn’t mean I did not have questions and concerns. Ben and I attended a breastfeeding class at our hospital and I feel it was truly beneficial. I learned a lot of things I did not know and of course things I already did that were reassured for me. I don’t believe for one second that it is going to be easy, but I know if I stick with it then it will be an amazing thing. It is so funny to because they give you this doll to practice with, not the breasting feeding but the holding. Anyways so I was holding this doll and felt instantly attached to it, I did not want to put it down, it was no longer a doll it was a symbol of our child. All I keep thinking about was how amazing it is going to be to hold him, kiss him, love him, and feed him. Most of all I am looking forward to the bond I am going to build with my son and the fact that I am feeding him the best stuff money CAN’T buy.

The thing that I think I am most nervous about is doing it in front of everyone, including hospital strangers. Obviously I know they are professionals, but I have always been a little shy. My goal is to work on it and hopefully by that time I will feel comfortable in whipping out a breast in front of everyone, but we will see.

Designed with love by my wonderful hubby!

Today after we were doing registering we had to hoof it to make our first baby class. I really have to take a minute to talk about how wonderful my husband is. I have had a total of 8 baby appointments, and he has not missed a single one. I would understand if he had to, but I can see how important it is for him to be there for me and our baby. He is an amazing man and I know he is going to make an amazing father. I am such a lucky women. I love you babe and thank you for everything.

Ok so back to our class. Tonight our class was going to focus on the discomforts of pregnancy, warning signs, nutrition/exercise, breathing and relaxation. I found this class to be very informative. I learned a lot about different techniques and how important protein is for our baby. Ok so towards the end of the class we watched a video called, The Stages of Labor. Most of this video was pretty cut and dry. However though, there was this one part at the end that nobody was expecting…the delivery of the placenta, (reader discretion is advised.) Let me tell you, it all happened so fast that there was no way to turn away. I had no idea what to expect, I had always heard that delivering the placenta was easy, yeah maybe so but they don’t mention the details of it and how huge it is. It is crazy how squeamish everyone got, including me. Ben says we should be thanking that thing because it is what provides our baby with all the essentials he needs to grow. This is very true, so no matter how gross it is, I am thankful for it.

Today was a lot of fun. Mom and I went to Target and Babies R Us to register. I can’t believe it is already that time. I remember when I first got pregnant thinking about how fun it was going to be to have all my friends together again for a baby shower. We had an amazing time at my bridal shower and I am super excited to do it all again, but this time for our lil man. J

Ok so our adventure started off at target. I wanted to register here too, because I know how convenient Target can be instead of Babies R Us, especially for out of town family members. So first off I have to point out how awesome the scanner guns are at Target. They are very easy to use and you can always see what you have signed up for, Babies R Us on the other hand not so cool, but we will get into that later. We pretty much just went down every isle and scanned what we felt the baby would need. It really helped having my mom there, because as a first time mommy I had no idea what our lil guy would need and which things would be the best for him. I was more or less very overwhelmed by the whole thing, so I observed while my mom picked the important stuff out. After target we decided to go to lunch at Red Lobster, we were hoping that Brandi would be working, but no such luck. We still had an amazing lunch, biscuits, caser salads, lobster/artichoke dip, shrimp and french fries, yummy! Let’s just say that there were no leftovers, well unless you count the two biscuits I put in my purse for later.

Next stop was Babies R Us and if I thought I was overwhelmed before it does not even compare to how I felt now. I have been in there several times, but actually looking at everything other than big items and clothes was insane. So back to the scanner gun they gave us. You would think that a huge baby store would have a really nice scanner since they specialize in registries but definitely not the case. Once you scan something you have no way of knowing if it went through or automatically being able to go back to your list. It was harder to use than the Target one, but I think it all worked out. It is possible that my mom may have had a tad bit more fun than I did. I think the best way to describe her that day was the scanner natzi lol. It was awesome having her there and we had a blast!

The shower is going to be here really soon and I am super excited! Especially since Brandi keeps leaving these little comments about what a blast she is having planning it! What a tease! :0)