Will and I attended a day long birthing / baby care class yesterday. A one-day class may sound perfunctory, but this class was eight hours long. Not to mention it was in English. My brain has not had to digest complex verbal information in some time. We are officially prepared, people.
The class was attended by three other couples, two from the UK and a woman from Florida married to a German. I was all a-flutter having a live audience at my disposal, but I tried to rein it in to as not to scare off any potential friends. Between my high-volume, rapid-fire zingers and Will's barely audible mumbles, we can be a disconcerting pair. We must have turned on the charm, though, because we got unsolicited digits from Vicki and Dominic at the end of class. Vicki and Dom (as I'll start calling him) were clearly the coolest couple there.
But even more importantly than our unstoppable charisma, we learned many interesting and horrifying details about birth and infant care. On the practical side, we learned several breathing techniques that seem useful, and the teacher led us in a relaxation technique that put my faithful partner to sleep, slack jaw and all. The class also managed to convince Will that we shouldn't take the subway to the birthing center once I'm in labor, so I'm grateful not to have to lobby for that myself. Instead, he'll just have to practice saying "No, no, my wife is just fat and noisy. There is nothing to worry about." in German, so as to convince a taxi to let us in.
7 weeks and counting until we get to put it all to use! (p.s. Mom - when are you going to buy your plane ticket??)
It so nice to hear that Will is feeling relaxed, although the timing is debatable. Mom will not fall asleep but hang tough for her daughter.
ReplyDeleteless baby talk, more sancho talk, please.
ReplyDeletep.s. i iz sitting.
Aegon, really. How uncouth.
ReplyDeleteJust remember, it's 25th Jan. It's when Jesus was born. As well as other very good people.
ReplyDeleteJanuary 25 does sound like a lovely day. If the baby promises to behave very well until my mom arrives, s/he can come then.
ReplyDeleteand you are learning how to say , hospital very fast to the German cab driver right?
ReplyDeleteI am wishing you luck delivering your little one! And luck finding friends in Germany. I'm sure it's tough. Although walking around with a cute baby is a good way to get people to talk to you, I've found (well, I walk around with three, but still...)
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