Ice Packs and Tucks Pads

The Husband and I took a brief respite from birthing classes for a month after we finished Bradley. Our next batch of classes are held at the hospital where I am giving birth. We went o the first one then missed a couple so we have started the cycle over. Last night's class was focused on anesthesia, emergency care and after care. We learned all about the perineum and the anus. We also we taught that even though they might look like Stridex, Tucks pads are not meant for your face.

The Husband could not have been less interested in class. However, out of all of the things that he has learned through Bradley and the one class we've already been to at the hospital, I think that only one concept has stuck with him. That is the lack of patient consent typically given for an episiotomy. He brought this up to the instructor last night. As an attorney, this rubs him the wrong way. I half expect him to be a lump of Jell-o during my delivery but if the doctor whips out a scalpel toward the end he'll be there with a medical malpractice suit - and he's not really the suing type.

Well, at least one of us has retained something.