Last night Brandon and I attended a breastfeeding class at Kaiser. At first Brandon was a little reluctant to attend the class due to the subject matter, but I assured him that spouses were expected to attend. I think he was a little relieved when we got there to see all the other men in the classroom. There were 11 women in the class and only two of them did not have their significant other with them.
We started off the class with introductions like all the other classes we have attended. I was very surprised that over half the class had opted to not know the sex of their baby. In all the classes we have attended there have only been just a few people that have chosen to take that route. I was even more surprised of the remaining people in the class we were the only one having a girl, well the only one that knows we are having a girl.
The instructor was a very "happy" individual. It was nice she was so upbeat but at times Brandon and I were a little annoyed by her enthusiastic attitude. She was pretty pumped to be talking about breastfeeding! Despite her annoying ways I thought she did an excellent job covering the material and even made it somewhat fun. The subject matter can make people a little uncomfortable, but I think she helped make everyone in the class feel at ease.
I however about lost it at one point. She was discussing how to tell if your baby is getting enough milk based on the number of wet and poopy diapers that you change during the first five days of the babies life. There was a slide that showed what the poop will look like and let's just say it was not a pretty sight. Someone then asked if breastfed baby poop always looks like that. She explained it would possibly have some variations of color but it would always be runny...lovely I know. Then she proceeded to describe other types of poo that would be of concern. She said if your baby "lays a log" like an adult then you should call the doctor. She included hand gestures with the statement as well and everyone in the class lost it...we were all mature adults I assure you. :) Well for some reason I could not stop laughing about it. It was one of those moments where you have the giggles and you just can't turn it off. I finally managed to control myself after a few minutes, but thinking about it now brings a smile to my face again.
The instructor is teaching the Newborn Care class we are attending this Thursday night so we will get to experience her enthusiasm once again. I am looking forward to the class because it goes over all kinds of information from bathing your baby to changing diapers, both things that Brandon and I have never done before!
Today I get to hang out with my friend Sarah! She is 35 weeks pregnant and is back home in Sacramento to deliver her baby. She and her husband are stationed in Germany and we had the wonderful opportunity to visit them over the Christmas holidays. Sarah and I are on a mission today to find her an outfit for her maternity shoot this Thursday. She will be using the same photographer that I used and I am so excited for her to get pictures done. I can't wait to see the look on everyone's face at the mall as the two of us are waddling around together. I am also very excited about the arrival of my sister Heather. She flies in tonight and will be here all week. This is going to be a great week!!
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