We had our second class on Tuesday which was a little more interestign than the first one. Not too keen on our midwife / teacher though. It was kinda annoying her saying "when I was pregnant ...." considering her sons are 14 & 19!

We first met everyone in our group (7 couples) and split into boys / girls groups & had to answer "How has my partner changed since the pregnancy?" and "What fears do you have for birth & immediately afterward?" All of the girls pretty well had the same answers!

Then the midwife spoke about the first stage of labour for the rest of the night. IE when is it labour compared to Braxton Hicks, when it's considered premature labour (term labour is between 37 - 42 weeks). And generally about what happens in first stage of labour.

The only major thing I learnt was that while babies are quieter leading up to birth because there isn't much room left they are supposed to still be active (punching & kicking). I had thought that if they were really quiet that it was normal, apparently not!

Next week we are doing our session on relaxtion for birth with the physio. We've been told to take pillows with us, so should be interesting