1 Head of the Class

For the last three Tuesdays in the month of September 2010 we had been attending Child Birth/Lamaze classes. Lina and I were hesitant about taking the classes. Let's face it. We are in the "Internet Age" whether that is something you care to embrace or not. Classes like this are readily available online via websites/YouTube and more attractively priced - FREE. With an endorsement from a close family friend in the medical field, Noemy Ramos-Mirabal, we signed up for the night courses. Now that we're done, Lina & I feel that taking the courses alongside other parents and having the ability to raise your hand is just something you shouldn't pass up. Other parents brought up interesting questions that never came to our minds. I also had an opportunity to assist the instructor with shouting out the elapsed time for a contraction - further immersing me in the experience. For Lina, there was something relieving in knowing that there are other pregnant women in the same room going through the same discomfort as her. Misery loves company? I dunno? For me, I had never witnessed so many people going to the bathroom in one 2-hour period. The coolest part was the opportunity for Lina & I to bond. When it's time to deliver she'll know that "her man" is informed about the process thus resulting in lower anxiety levels. The laughable certificate we received at the end of the course (pictured above) evokes this feeling as if we are graduating from this chapter in parenthood. With just 5 weeks left we are ready to begin the next chapter.