Preparing For Our Little One

M and I attended a lamaze/ childbirth class this past Saturday at Saint Peter's University Hospital. I found it pretty helpful (the problem is retaining all that information in my brain for the next two months). It's always good to have an instructor who's engaging, experienced, and knowledgeable. Granted, we started late and ended early, so part of me feels like we didn't quite get our money's worth, but in all honesty, how much more information would I have been able to digest had we stayed the extra hour?

Part of the class included a tour to the maternity unit, so we'd know where to go and what to expect when we go into labor. We saw a newborn (the baby was literally just born!) being brought into the newborn nursery for a check-up and measurements. I can't believe that's going to be us in a mere few months! I got emotional just being there, envisioning my child being placed under the heat lamp while M holds a clipboard and takes down random pieces of information from the nurse. Pray that everything will go smoothly when it's my turn...

We've made some progress on the baby's nursery, and although it still looks bare, it isn't quite as empty as it had been a few weeks ago. The bookshelf we got from Ikea is now in there, serving temporarily as a storage location for some baby gifts we'd gotten from friends. The bassinet and bouncer have also been placed in the nursery. It'll look more full once we get the crib in there, which we just picked up from M's sister yesterday. Unfortunately, we didn't get home until late last night, so it remains unassembled in the car right now. Hopefully M will get around to putting it together tonight.

On a happy note, I called up the doctor this morning to ask about my glucose tolerance test. The nurse informed me that I passed with flying colors! WOOHOO! What a relief!