Lamaze

Deep inhale through your nose. Exhale through your mouth, releasing all the air.
Our first lamaze class was informative,inspiring, and even comical. As John was counting how many breaths I would take during a typical contraction, I could hardly contain my outbursts of laughter. It all felt so silly, but i'm sure it won't in a little over 1 month. My favorite part of the whole night was when the teacher lowered the lights, I was instructed to lay on my side, and John had to give me a 10 minute body massage. I LOVE lamaze class!!!!! And the best part is, we have 2 more to go!

Here are a few things we learned from class numero uno:

* In mere weeks, I will be birthing something the size of a small football player out of a hole that's the size of a lemon (ugh!)
* I have gained 3 pounds of blood - this really surprised me
* Its better to sleep on my left side because the baby gets more oxygen
* I will lose approximately 15 pounds immediately after the baby is born (that's more than i've gained - woohoo!)


Keep it coming Lamaze!