Last night was our second childbirth class and it was pretty fun too. We learned about labor and cervical changes, positions the baby can be in and pain relief.
Unfortunately the pain relief part leads me to a dilemma….I always figured I wanted an epidural. My friends recommended it and if somethng eases the pain, why not? BUT…..the hospital also has jacuzzis. I LOVE jacuzzis. There’s nothing that relaxes me like a hot bath, and a jacuzzi is even better. In fact, it’s been an unfulfiled fantasy of mine for years to have a jacuzzi in the house. I could probably spend the whole time in the jacuzzi if they’d let me….I’d end up more red and wrinkled than the baby.
Well, apparently once you have the epidural you can’t gt in the jacuzzi any more. I understand why. Once you have the epidural, apparently you can barely control the lower half of your body. (I can just picture myself making the ex carry me to the hot tubs — in fact, that’s a great thought, it’s just too bad the doctors and nurses won’t go along with it.) But dammit, now I’m gonna have to make a choice? Every hour or so I’ll have to decide if I want an epidural or if I want to hop back in the tub! I have a hard time choosing an ice cream flavor…now I gotta make this choice?
Oh well, if that’s the hardest part of my labor, I guess I’m in pretty good shape.
