Hypnobirthing Class #3

Had a great class last night! A good night altogether, actually. Justin and I decided to head up early, and check out the buses. There is a bus that goes right from Osan to a terminal about 5 subway stops away from the clinic. It was perfect! And it took less than an hour (50 min. actually) to get there. We met up with Debra and a friend of hers at Hooters. Neither of us had been to a hooters before, and we thought it was hilarious to be going in Korea for the first time. The food was ok, and it was a little expensive. Probably won't be going back there. Too many other good restaurants in the area to try. We got to class early, so we relaxed and talked with Trish, the instructor, and Dr. Chung. It was a nice relaxing class. We watched a couple births then did a really interesting exercise. It took us very deep and we were able to numb certain parts of our body. I know I'm not explaining it well, but it was very cool. We are also starting to write our birth preferences. Next time we will be having a fear-release session to help with anything that might be counterproductive to our easy birthing.

Justin and I left class about 30 min. early to catch the last bus back to Osan. We had planned to stay the whole time and just take the subway back, but the class was just going over a sheet of birth preferences, and I was falling asleep! The bus ride home was even faster (40 min.). It was definitely worth the couple extra bucks. We will just be getting to class early again next week and talking to Trish about what we "missed." I was able to talk a little bit this time to Amanda. She had a home-water-hypno-birth with Dr. Chung. She gave me a book on EC* to read on the bus home. I have already been reading about it online, and I am very interested. I can't wait to talk more with her about this and her birth.

*EC is Elimination Communication. It is a way of communicating with your child that eventually allows you to be diaper-free.