Its all about position...

Well, that's at least what the teacher of our birthing class says. This past week we had class #2 and it was all about labor--signs or labor, early labor, good-active labor, transitioning, pushing, and the position of the baby. We learned a lot, but at the end we were a both a little uneasy with high levels of pain that seem to be attached with this whole labor and delivery process. Me--I was uneasy b/c I have to watch Rebecca in pain--Rebecca was uneasy because, well let's face it---she has to push this baby out and no matter what ER or the baby stories tell you, it seems to take a long time. One thing that dawned on me---these contractions---well they seem to be a real big kick in the pants. They last for 60-90 seconds and the time between them are about 2-3 minutes. Yep, its time to use that old Ph.D---let's do a little math :) If the contractions are about 2-3 minutes apart and they last 1-1.5 minutes....Rebecca gets what!?!?---she gets a lousy 30-120 second break between them? And the kicker is that this whole process can be up to 24 hrs and the contractions get closer together as you progress. How can they get closer together---what am I going to start having one while she is on the other one??????

Anyway, there is no turning back---we should have made that decision about 30 or so weeks ago---yep we are going forward--ready to take on these painful contractions---yep, we are going to meet these painful buggers head one with some serious weapons (at least that is what the teacher says)--yep, we have....breathing???? Excuse me nurse/teacher---you gotta be kidding me---these things sound furocious and we are going to try to breathe them away? You know what else works---blowing on a house fire to put it out or placing a blanket over some dynamite so the explosion won't be so bad.

Ok, so I am kidding---we are learning some methods to deal with Rebecca's pain----and breathing is pretty good--I know when my insides are being pulled out, I like to take a deep breath or better yet...I like to pant. Hey, maybe we could have Hardy in the delivery room teaching us how. All I have to do is walk him outside for about 3-5 minutes and we will have a panting instructor for about an hour.

Ok, let's see what has been going on:

Rebecca got beat up! Yep, from the inside---the girl is really taking out her frustrations about Michael Vick on Rebecca's inside. Actually I'm more conviced she is just curious about what all those body parts are:

*inside the uterus*
Truffle-"oooh...I wonder what this is...I should poke it....I should kick it....I should poke it....I should punch it......ooohhh squeashy"

*outside in the real world*
Rebecca- "whoa, I gotta pee"

We brushed Hardy. Doesn't sound exciting--well, then I guess you don't have a Husky:



Ok, here are some pics of Rebecca. The first one gives you the first sneak peek of the long-awaited Pascal...the second one is a good indicator of how great Rebecca looks at 32 weeks