Hello,

 

Starting today I am going to be covering issues regarding pregnancy and childbirth.  This tends to be a long subject matter for obvious reasons, so I may tend to this matter for a few days then switch it up for another few.  Either way, I will eventually cover everything that I cover in my Labor and Delivery classes. 

I usually begin my classes with a discussion of ” the discomforts of pregnancy” – urninary incontinence, backache, stretch marks, shortness of breath and braxton hicks contractions and how some of them can mimic the start of labor and make mothers have false alarms. 

I try to make moms realize that ITS OK to not know whats going on.  Very few are pro’s with the first baby and believe it or not most aren’t with their second either.  ; )    At the hospital we can tell them for sure if it’s REAL labor or not.  So if at all unsure, just come into the hospital and We’ll figure it out for you.  Don’t worry about the false alarms, it is better to be safe than sorry. 

It’s funny, you always see these movies where the husband is flying around like a crazy man and when it all comes down to it it’s just a false alarm !  Tell your husbands not to panic, in fact, I will cover this later, but it’s very important to encourage them to attend labor and delivery classes with you if this is your first child, so you both know what to expect.  I know, the macho man doesn’t want to go, neither did my husband believe it or not, but ask him now and he’ll tell you how much of a difference it made for him.  We’ll, I have children to deliver in the morning, so for now that’s it, but we’ll get back to where we left off saturday.  Untill then, God bless.

Meredith – RNC