Busy Days

We had our second childbirth class tonight. We went through the different stages of labor and some breathing techniques. We did practice some of the breathing. It is also snowing....again. The rumor was 4 to 8 inches overnight. I'm hoping that most of it will melt than stick.

This weekend we went to Olin to help Jason's parents celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary. We sang at church as a family and had lunch together. Jason and I spent some time playing with Ethan and Audrey. Jennifer gave us her bassinet for the baby. We saw a lot of Jason's family and had a good time.

This weekend, I travel to eastern Iowa for a baby shower. Weather depending, Jason is staying home to work on the baby room. Hopefully he can get the crib and changing table put together.

Doctor Appointment

We went to the doctor again today. I had the glucose test (tasted like Sprite syrup) which they also tested for if there were antibodies against the baby and if I was anemic. The tests came back normal (yay!)and the heartbeat was 134. I also talked to the doctor about my back pain and she recommended I go to physical therapy. They were able to get me in today and the therapist recommended to get a different belly band, stop using stairs, twist my whole body and not my torso, keep walking - especially in a pool. I have a few exercises I'm supposed to do, along with the ones from our childbirth class. They are not worried about pre-eclampsia at this point either. My blood pressure was good.

We are still working on moving stuff around the house. I've taken some stuff upstairs to start making space for baby stuff. Nothing too heavy though. Hopefully Jason and I will be able to start spending more time on it in the next week or so.

Class

Tonight was our first night of childbirth education class. We talked about the differences between false labor and true labor, when to go to the hospital and different relaxation techniques. We did some of the relaxation techniques and also went over some massaging methods. The instructor said our homework was to practice these techniques as well as some stretching exercises. We watched a video of some relaxation techniques a couple used during birth. We have two more sessions for this class, then in April we are taking a parenting class.