State of the lindsey

Went to my 1st Bradley Method class, I now can see why my OB thought they were a little out there.  They are a little out there on several things that really should not be include in what I think of as a birth class, and the way it's presented in the class people who don't do their own research or who are easily suggestible you would think this actually had studies to back up the claims. They don't it's just how they feel about food and the types you should have (for one thing large quantities of proteins goes not prevent or cure true pre-eclampsia, it can reduce swelling brought on by the fact that you have a baby taking up all the space in you belly yes quite possibly it does improve that)

The couple in the class is at way closer to my mom's age than mine, the 1st class of 12 is about "labor exercise”.
~So sitting on the floor (rather than a chair) "Indian style”: this (duh) improves your core muscles since you have to support your back
~ Squatting to stretch out the perineum (I was amazed the other couple could not do it very odd and they where using each other for support) I can do that on my own with out help much to the teachers surprise
~Cat-cow pelvic rocks
~Butterfly stretches
~kegals: the teacher explained why these are important and asked us to 20 and walked out of the room for a sec
, At which point they other couple looked at me and said, "do you know where the kegels are?"  *color me shocked* I know I’m in to yoga and body work and taking car of my self (so perhaps I’m the werido here) but how do you not know what those are? I’ve been doing them since I was in high school (lots of non baby benefits)
~ How to lay on your side "correctly", "correctly" is on quotes b/c   it's about alignment and making your body comfortable what works best for every one is the same but you have to make adjustments to get it right for you

At the end of class the poor teacher wanted to know what each of us had learned ... I didn't learn anything positive so I just said i'd done alot of research and hadn't come across anything new tonight, what I wanted to say was  "I learned why my OB thinks this method is full of basket cases!"

I've looked over the workbook  there will be new stuff to me in here later  not new new but same stuff from a different angle

 The kitchen has been reclaimed the living room and clothes are next then the bed room, mostly b/c if we don't I’m going to trip on something and fall it’s getting to where I can't see my feet or any thing near my feet (see me tripping on the cats)

 I got my teeth cleaned (it had been a long time) teeth are beautiful as always but he gums need some help

James has got allot of dental work to be done we will just deal with it one week at a time, he had a root canal today so hopefully things should get better in his world soon-ish, he also has pain killers and antibiotics

Baby seems to be doing well, I should have video some time this week to post and in the next could weeks I’ll have 3d/4d video to post (it comes on DVD). I finally had to take off my rings my fingers are just too swollen, so are my feet and calves, I’m going to try the protein thing and when I see the doc on Tuesday I’ll talk to her about it I feel pretty good just really swollen