Andy and I seem to wait til the last minute on really important things. For example, we completed our required pre-marital thingy exactly two weeks before the big day. I can still see the looks on the faces of the other couples when introductions were made, and I can hear the leader squeaking out “June 30th? Of this year?” So no one should have been surprised when I scheduled our childbirth class right around my 38th week of pregnancy.
The classes were pretty good, really, but I can only remember a few bits of the information we learned now. I do have a vivid picture in my mind of the moment Andy learned the meaning of the word “episiotomy,” though!
My favorite part was when all of us pregos had to get down on the floor (which is no easy feat) and pretend to be in labor so we could practice all the pain relieving techniques we could use if there was a catastrophe and the hospital ran out of drugs or something. One thing that the teacher told us was that the partner pressing on the mother’s hip during labor somehow eased the pain (don’t ask me how).
My husband was apparently really paying attention when the nurse demonstrated that technique.
Not long after that, I woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible charley horse. Like the charley horse to end all charley horses. I was in serious pain and I couldn’t do anything about it. You know that trick where you’re supposed to pull back your big toe to stretch out the muscle? Well I was hugely pregnant and couldn’t even reach my toe. And I certainly didn’t have the five minutes it would take to haul myself out of bed. So I tried to wake up Andy.
I was screaming “Andy! Help me! I have a charley horse!” But, after a few too many cold ones with the boys, he was out for the count. After what seemed like another hour, my yelling finally pulled him out of his slumber enough to help me.
So what does my knight in shining armor do to relieve my pain?
He pushed on my hip.
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Now, we have a favor to ask YOU……..
Our story, “When Motherhood Meets HAZMAT (aka MY LIFE) was chosen as a top 10 “Dirty” Story in Karen’s contest at PediaScribe. Starting tomorrow at noon, you can go to PediaScribe and VOTE FOR US!!!! (Ok, read all the nominees and vote your conscience. Or, just VOTE FOR US!!) You only have until NOON Monday, July 23rd, to vote, so please don’t delay! Vote from NOON Friday July 20, unti NOON Monday, July 23rd. Dont’ worry, we’ll remind you again. 🙂 Click HERE to read the stories and vote!
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