We had our second childbirth class last night. We talked about the stages of labor, and Marie showed us a video about medical interventions. While the video played she passed around the different medical tools, like the epidural needle, vacuum, forcepts, internal fetal monitor. The epidural needle only further confirmed my stance on having an epidural. No one is getting that thing near my spine! It gives me the shivers. The internal fetal monitor made me kind of sad... it's a relatively small curved wire that "screws" into the baby's scalp. I'm sure it's not the cruel and unusual punishment that it seems like, but I would only want it used in the absolute worst case scenario. I love the fact that the external fetal monitors will be wireless so when they are monitoring (15 minutes per hour) I'll still be able to be mobile. I wonder if they're waterproof? Or if they'll be willing to monitor with a doppler should I decide the tub is the place to be. We get to do a hospital tour in week 5, and I'm looking forward to that.
I've got some more rambling to do later, but this should be enough for now.
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