Hey Girl, you hungry?

We had another one of the monthly doctor’s visits today – switching to every two weeks from now on. The most mind blowing thing today was hearing the heartbeat for the first time. The Mrs. was hooked up to the machine and soon the noise of her little baby heart was filling the room.

For the first time I actually felt welcome today, as the nurse called me into the room when Tiffany was all hooked up and explained the system to the both of us – not like usually when I get to stand in a corner and seem to be wearing Harry Potter’s invisibility cloak. I swear, even though I have met the Gyn 5-6 times now he couldn’t pick me out of a line-up.

I must admit, hearing that little heartbeat was quite something. I am not an expert but from the start I could tell this was a strong even heartbeat. Daddy’s Little girl – my layman’s diagnosis was confirmed by the doctor 30 minutes later when he glanced at the piece of paper for a split second and says “Yup, picture perfect”. Thank God! So far we have been extremely blessed during this pregnancy, no complications, no morning sickness – we can just pray it continues this way!

The Dr. did commit the most critical of all sins today though when he asked the Mrs. “Liking the food a bit much lately, eh?”. Personally, I froze – I swear time stood still as I was trying to figure out my next move and how the Mrs. would react. She looked a bit stunned  – and she had every right to be. Not only was she quite a few pounds on the light side before the pregnancy, but looks even better now. I suspect most of that extra weight has gone to the “ladies” – the titty fairy was very generous ;-)

Thankfully Tiffany quickly recovered from the shock, Armageddon was averted. When we left I discovered that a bit of a language barrier has prevented the certain painful death for our preferred health care provider. The door had barely swung closed behind us when the Mrs. asked me “Uhm…. did he just call me fat?”.

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HypnoBabies….is the Mrs going esotheric?

Over the past few months of pregnancy the Mrs. has thrown out quite a few esoteric – at least in my eyes – concepts regarding childbirth and the newborn stage. Aside from the stacks of pregnancy and baby books on her nightstand there is a load of information on baby signing. Yup, the signing stuff they use in Meet the Fockers. I can get behind that – if the little one can tell me as early possible that she would like her diaper changed, is hungry, or that I should start saving because she wants a Porsche for her 18th Birthday it better than to go “WHAT DO YOU WANT??????” and only get crying as an answer.

The new thing she has dug up is as hypnosis program called HypnoBabies. To say the least, I am a bit skeptical. I pointed Firefox towards their homepage to check out what all the fuzz is about.

Hypnobaby Claims:

The amazing benefits of a Hypnobabies Birth:

  • Relaxed Mom and Dad throughout pregnancy, labor and birth. Both parents participate in the Hypnosis and Fear Release sessions, providing them with a sense of calm and confidence.
  • Shorter labors due to lack of resistance in the birthing muscles.
  • Fewer complications and interventions, as the body and mind stay completely relaxed during labor. Posterior and Breech babies can be turned with hypnosis as well.
  • Fewer drugs or no drugs at all, means less risk of harmful side effects for mother and baby.
  • Elimination of the Fear/Tension/Pain Syndrome. CDs and scripts are used in labor to effect post-hypnotic suggestions for deep, hypnotic relaxation and elimination of discomfort.
  • Easier recovery, with less pain, bleeding and “baby blues”.

Those are some pretty confident claims. I was pretty happy and terrified at the same time when I found a few videos people had posted with their own hypnobaby experiences. Wow – these woman seem very relaxed throughout the whole thing. Have a look at this video – it sounds more like she is in pleasure rather than giving birth.

I was just informed by the Mommy that I would have some reading to do for this as well. No problem – I am all for Tiffany having a pleasant birth experience. I will report back to you in November to tell you how it went!

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