Naturally Prepared????

So this past weekend we took our childbirth preparation class. HA! Just the title of that class is an oxymoron- with the amount of variables involved how in the world can you be "prepared"? Anyway, it went very well and I think we learned some- specifically Dan did not realize how much you moved during labor- i.e. you don't just lay in a bed and have the baby- there is apparently walking, squatting, birthing balls etc...

Taking the class made me think more about wanting to try to give birth naturally... I think.... maybe. I hate the idea of interventions because they usually lead to more interventions and women had been doing this for years without help so I would like the chance to allow my body to do what it is suppossed to do on its own. I talked to Dan who suprisingly had an opinion on this (I figured I would get the "whatever you want") and he agrees with me so I guess that is the plan... for now. I just hope I am strong enough and capable enough and brave enough to do it.

So this brings up all sorts of "are we prepared for this tiny human" questions so I thought about what we have accomplished so far...
1. Nursery is 2/3 painted
2. New windows are ordered
3. Old furniture is moved out of the room for the most part
4. Nursery furniture is ordered.
5. Registry is completed- which was a hilarious endeavor that spanned multiple trips to the store, many hours of me pouring over reviews, Dan getting a little gun crazy which in turn made me spend more time editing, and the two of us staring at walls of bottles blankly trying to decide which ones we needed.

Annndddd.... thats it. We do not have a name for this nugget and my house is in all states of disorganization from my attempts to organize. We have to wait for the windows and the furniture and the shower to figure out our next steps....So I ask you who have done this before...

Are you ever REALLY prepared???

I'll keep you posted on the progress and hopefully get some pictures up here soon.