Tuesday, June 18, 2013

“Baby Class” Journal Entries:


June 2nd (day before first class)

We are very excited for these classes. We have so many questions… Like “when washing your baby, should you use the “pots and pans” setting, and what detergent is recommended to avoid spots” and “I know they recommend that you don’t shake your baby, but they seem to always show a picture of a baby that has already been born? Is it ok to shake the baby when it is still in Kali’s stomach? Because if not… well that just seems unfair… who can I still shake in this family?”


June 3rd (Just after first class)

I was lied to. I don’t know if Kali was involved in this deception. Shaking her is apparently definitely out for the time being, so I don’t know how I will get to the truth… But this is not a class on what to expect when we get closer to D-Day, this is a weekly “Movie Club” where we watch slasher films… why did we sign up for this????

June 10th (right before second class)

Maybe the first class was a fluke. Either way, it can’t be any worse than what we were forced to watch last week.  

June 10th (During second class)

Oh…… MY……..GOD…………..

June 11th (Just after second class)

What just happened….

Why was the nurse drinking a strawberry coolatta during all of that? Was it just to mess with us?

We will surly break soon… is that what they want? If we scream “uncle” or puke on the floor and each other will they let us stop?

 Have we already gone farther than any other group???

June 17th (Just after third class)

Tonight we watched the opening scene from “Saving Private Ryan”, the nurse said that it was close enough to what we could expect in the delivery room. 

I began to ask questions, to try to get relief from the carnage.

 I got some answers, but not the ones that I wanted:

Apparently you cannot legally swap babies with other parents in the hospital, if you find one that you like better than yours (even if the other parents agree that they like yours better).

I was only given the opportunity to ask one question before the Q&A portion of the class was brought to an end…

June 18th (Morning after third class)

Half the classes are behind us…

I am so filled with fear and trepidation about what awaits us in the three remaining sessions…

The only way that this can get worse is if we are forced to play “think ball” with an actual fresh placenta. I just know that we are going to walk in and there is going to be sheets of clear plastic covering the tables and carpet…

My will is breaking…

I am going to go find something to shake…..

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