Two things:
1 - I felt the baby have the hiccups for the first time today! It was so strange. It felt like tiny little pokes but it was so rhythmic that it just had to be hiccups.

2 - And those hiccups happened during our 1st childbirth class this morning. Kris and I didn't learn much that we didn't already know. They covered lots of different things like preterm labor, toxemia symptoms, different labor terms (back labor, episiotomies, contractions, etc.). Apparently I've been keeping Kris well enough informed that not much of this was new to him either. The class is being taught by one of the labor & delivery nurses from the hospital I'll be delivering at. It will be nice to have a friendly face there already when we go in. She was an awesome instructor. She didn't beat around the bush on anything or sugarcoat anything which I appreciate. It was also good to find out some more things about our hospital. Like we found out they have jacuzzi tubs that you can use to labor in. That will be nice for when I'm not at the pushing stage yet as the warm water and jets can help relieve tired, tense muscles. It was also nice to hear that they encourage vertical pushing (squatting) instead of the traditional on your back in stirrup method. All the information I've read says that vertical pushing is better as it's less painful (baby isn't sitting on your spin or tailbone), quicker (gravity helps) and you don't have to push the baby "uphill" at the very end to get them out. Anyway, we'll see what happens when the big day arrives, but all that we learned today was positive. Next week (we have class the next 3 weekends 9-noon) we learn breathing and relaxing techniques. The last class is when we go on the hospital tour. I can't wait for that!

Oh, one more thing - there's another Kristina in our class! I don't run into many of those - especially with the K spelling so that was neat!