We are officially trained to be parents!

Mark and I just finished our Foundations of Child Birth classes. These classes were organized by the hospital and were 5 weeks in a row, 2.5 hours Tuesday evenings. There were about 8 couples in the class. Most of them are due in January or early February. Matter of fact, we were the couple with the latest due date. I was pretty insistent that I wanted to knock this class out early just in case I faced bed rest and wasn't able to partipicate later in my pregnancy. Interestingly enough, there was another couple in the class that is also pregnant with twin boys.

The classes were really well organized and the instructor was extremely knowledgeable and approachable. We covered:

• Breathing techniques
• Pain management alternatives
• Tour of the birthing center
• Breast feeding

We learned a ton, but it was pretty scary too. Now we just have to hope we remember all this information when the time actually comes!