Getting ourselves well-informed!

The husband and I have been attending a pre-natal class that has given us some information that has been less-than stellar only because some of it is pretty common knowledge (e.g., don`t smoke, don`t drink, don't do drugs etc...) the past two weeks we've gotten to the good stuff.

Videos!

We got to see a couple live births and I have to say they must have picked the quietest women around because those births looked like a walk in the park! The women barely grunted let alone looked like they were in pain and these were natural births!

And our most recent class had us focusing on: boobies! More importantly, breastfeeding. I have to say it was quite the informed movie. I am not exactly "on board" with the breastfeeding until the tyke is 24 months old, (because if he can say "boobie time", I'm a little freaked out) but I certainly understand and agree that breastfeeding is the best option for our little guy. We got to learn technique, tips, latching and all the other fun stuff. I was surprised by how "into it" the husbands in the group seemed. They all had questions and seemed quite interested in the process.

As for me - I hope that I am able to breastfeed. I certainly appreciate its benefits, its convenience and its cost-effectiveness and most importantly I feel it is the best  option for our family. Of course I think that each woman is entitled to her opinion and shouldn't feel guilty if she prefers to use formula, to each their own. Every mother does what they feel is best and I respect that and will expect the same courtesy given to me.

This also means that that I won't be embarrassed to breastfeed my child when he's hungry, if that's in my living room while friends and family are over visiting - then so be it. I'm not afraid to show the boob! It's a natural process, no one gets offended if a dog feeds her puppies and people see it, so they shouldn't be weirded out seeing a "human" doing it. I feel we learned a lot of valuable information that will be a definite asset to the process of mastering breastfeeding.

Hopefully our little squirt takes to it.