Parenting Class #2...and a new BUMP PIC!

Last night Jamie and I attended the "Breastfeeding Essentials" class at mercy. Going into it, I'd say Jamie was definitely more apprehensive but by the time we left it was clear I was the one who was worried.

There was just so much more to it than I thought. Props to all of you that are already mothers. I have no idea how you fed your little rugrat without going completely mad. I'm seriously worried I'll be horrible at this (however, that doesn't change the fact that I'm bound and determined to do it).

Without going into too many overly grotesque details, I will just say that the class mainly covered how to breastfeed/pump, the benefits of this form of feeding and what I will call "troubleshooting". Basically, troubleshooting covered all of the things she said I may struggle with during this glorious time.

The entire class I just wanted to scream, "SLOW DOWN!" and "HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO REMEMBER THAT?" and "OMG I AM NOT GOING TO BE GOOD AT THIS!". Alas, I quietly panicked and tried to assure myself that I would get an email the next day reviewing the main topics.

At one point, I turned to Jamie and he mouthed, "What have we gotten ourselves into?"
To that I responded, "What have you gotten ME into?"

I also didn't know how to get them to "latch on". For those men that are reading this and are disgusted...too bad. You will never have to do this (now go out and celebrate!). Long story short, I watched an elderly woman hold up a fake boob and after a few fake "tastes" to the baby, she just smashed the little plastic baby to the boob. That is the technique. In case you wondered. I can only imagine what my face looked like when she first showed us that trick.

All in all, I'm very, very glad we went because as it turns out, we really had no idea what we were supposed to do in regards to feeding. I hadn't even thought about how many times a day my little darling would eat. Don't worry, now I know. But I'm sure I'll be reading, studying and cramming for this part of parenting until she enters the world. She needs me...and I'm up to the challenge.

So, I know I promised pictures from this class but I was too busy trying to mentally prepare myself for this huge part of my parenting. So I did you one better. I FINALLY TOOK A BUMP PHOTO! Here I am at 22 weeks, 4 days. It's crooked because I took it myself...Jamie was playing his Xbox (probably trying to forget about the plastic boobs from class).