It’s becoming a nightly ritual now. We’ll be sitting on the couch, chilling out, and Holly will say “Ooh! The baby’s really moving around! Put your hand here and feel her!” So I do, and don’t feel anything. So I’ll wait a minute or so, remove my hand, and almost as soon as I do that, Holly will say “There she goes again!”
So the conclusion I can draw from this is that one of the two women in my life is taunting me. 
Well, ok, I know a slight bit. We had our first childbirth class last night at Rex Hospital (where we’re planning to deliver) last night. It went pretty well.
There were around 12-ish couples in the class (including one woman with her mother, and one with her sister as a stand-in for her husband), all having their first babies. Just about everyone was at the same point we are - due in mid-January. Holly was probably one of the youngest there - the other women looked like they ranged from their mid-20s all the way to one woman who was 41.
Our instructor was not the one we’ll have for the other four classes. The one last night was a doula with a British accent. She was very nice, informed, and engaging, but she was certainly giving off a new-age vibe.
As for the actual instruction, it wasn’t too bad. There was a lot of stuff we’d already read in books, but it was good to get it reinforced. We also got some stories about how to tell if you’re in real labor, stuff about contractions, and an interesting note that more babies are being born in a “face-up” position (instead of the preferred face-down position) because mothers spend more time sitting in these modern times, which causes the babies to settle face-up. The instructor recommended that the mothers try to spend more time leaning forward, either on a birth ball or something else. So that was pretty interesting.
Another thing we talked about was what we were going to do between the time labor starts and the time to come to the hospital, normally around an eight-hour period. The instructor told us to do things like eat, watch a movie, go for a walk, or even sleep. Now, I may be able to do most of that, but I find it hard to believe that I’ll be able to sleep once her labor starts.
The classes run every Tuesday for the next month. I’m looking forward the most to the tour of the birth center.
We got back into the car in time to catch the last few minutes and overtime of the Canes 4-4 tie with Ottawa. Figures that when we finally score more than one goal, the other team does, too.
About the time Ron Francis scored the first Hurricanes goal in tonight’s 3-2 win over Phoenix, Hayley was squirming around like a maniac. Or maybe a Caniac. 
Maybe her first words will be “That’s a Carolina Hurricanes goal! Whooo! Whoooooo!”
My company threw us a baby shower on Wednesday. They’re a great group, and surprised us with a very nice stroller. Baby’s all ready to explore the town.
We’re at 30 weeks today, so it’s getting closer all the time. Single-digits from now on!
I’m finally getting over my flu/bronchitis thing. We also had a good turnout for Halloween - about 20 kids, instead of the five we got last year. We even had to go out to get more discount day-after candy so we’d have some to eat.