Relaxation...I never said it would be easy!

So, if you know me, and know me well, you can agree that I can have what I like to call minor issues relaxing :-) And, as I prepare to have my own bouncing baby boy, I can trace my urgency to get things done on my own schedule back to my very own birth. I was born 2 1/2 months early and have been determined ever since. What can I say, I was ready to come out and I made it known. So call it what you will, impatience, urgency, eagerness, or stress; I have very little ability to just relax at times. Yes, I can fully admit it, and compounded with being in the final trimester of pregnancy and nesting in full effect, watch out everyone, I am not slowing down. Well, at least not yet.

So I bring up this not always favorable characteristic of mine for 2 reasons.

1. We just had our Childbirth class yesterday from 9-5 and...

2. I cannot stop the madness I am calling nesting!

So, the Mother's First classes at Northside have really surprised me! I have found them to be informative and very useful and I would say the same about our most recent childbirth class. All of our instructors have been passionate about what they teach and certainly this was no different. As much as they don't really say it, they want you to embrace the experience of natural childbirth. Yes, I mean no drug intervention. Now, for us, our birth plan is unknown at this time and in the next 4 weeks, as we find out if baby Gordon will turn out of the breech position, we will be able to determine just what we want. I can tell you now, as I sit here, there will be drugs involved :-) But, nonetheless, we spent the day learning about early signs of labor, when to go to the hospital, the different stages of labor, breathing patterns, and oh wait, probably the most important, RELAXATION techniques to help you get through labor.

HMMMM there is that word again that I don't seem to relate to much, especially in life changing experiences! I tried really hard to practice these relaxation techniques while in class and I will admit, it was not that bad, but as Bill and I left the class, we laughed in the car ride home at the fact, that relaxation, ME and the childbirth process have no correlation and as much practice as I do, I will still be a ridiculous mess :-)

So, again I take what I can from the class and promise to work on the techniques they taught me to get through this experience and if there is one thing I can say is that at the very least, I will make this as stress free as possible for my standards.

Which, brings me to #2. My nesting!

So, in order for me meet the above promises, I need to get things done now! Not tomorrow, not next week, but NOW! Yes, see this is how my mind works. Even the things that don't need to be done immediately, I want done NOW because I in some way feel that if I am prepared early, my ability to relax and be in control of my emotions when it is time to have this baby will be easy to manage. Who am I kidding? But, it sounds reasonable right?

Well, anyway I look at it, I still feel like I have so much to do for this baby's arrival. So with 50 days left to go, I plow forward with the hopes of relaxation in the near future.