We're now just 5 weeks away from Baby Kelly's due date and I can't believe how fast it has come! We had our check up this week and as usual she is doing great - measuring just right, heartbeat strong as ever and she's in the right position. This week's appointment was pretty quick and nothing too exciting occurred. This is all great news to me knowing we're getting closer and closer! And the belly bump certainly is growing more and more...coupled with some wonderful swelling of the hands and feet. I've officially said goodbye to my wedding ring :(
We also attended two of our first prenatal classes this week - sleep strategies and child birth preparation. The sleep strategies class was pretty educational, but I think Hayden was a tad bored. I'm not too sure how much we can fully prepare for her sleep patterns until she is actually here and tells us what she needs, but every little bit of information helps. Now the child birth prep class was a whole different story. They normally do this class in a 6 week session, but because we're impatient and instant gratification type people, we opted for the cram session in 1 day! Hayden kept freaking out that he had to attend a 9 hour class, but I don't think we would have lasted in a 6 week course. Luckily we had a great teacher who kept us engaged the entire day...and the break every hour or so helped as well!
I thought the class would confirm all of my fears of child birth, but surprisingly it gave me a new sense of calm. Maybe it helped to learn exactly what can happen and my fears were mostly about the unknown. Or maybe I'm so deep in denial that I just floated through the class with a false sense of calm. Who knows, but I'll take it at this point. Everything is progressing as normal and we're excited for the next few weeks to pass and welcome Baby Kelly to this world. Until next time....
