Back in school
We had our first childbirth class tonight. It was less crowded that the infant care class, but the room is still pretty uncomfortable. The age grouping in this class was a lot different, we are probably close to the middle, on the young side. I had been warned that the class is kind of touchy feely, and that there is a lot of sharing. I don't think that is going to be the case with our group. Our teacher seemed a little bothered by peoples answers about what they hoped to get out of the class. People gave short answers and basically said they wanted to be told what to expect and what to do for the birth. All pretty straight forward people. There was one couple that seemed pretty uncomfortable and defensive. They giggled a lot and cracked a lot of jokes. We watched a video that was really cheesy, but they were laughing the most by far. Here is a highlight from the video: A woman was talking about her vocalization during childbirth and trying to make her sounds match the intensity of her contractions. She said she felt like a tigress pushing the energy of the universe out of her. It was that kind of video. There was also a guy named Bruce in the video who looked like he belonged in porn -- it was just something about his mustache.

I think the info from the class will be useful, and the instructor isn't nearly as cheesy as the video, so we should be able to get through it just fine.