Am I Immature?

We've been going to childbirth classes for the past few weeks, every Wednesday night. Whenever we tell people this, they always say "Oh, Lamaze lessons?" but these classes aren't just about Lamaze. They're about everything, from the beginning and end of labor, and beyond. We've had three classes and we've only talked about Lamaze for about 5 minutes. I saw my first up-close-and-personal video of a baby being born at the very first lesson. There was no warning whatsoever! We start watching this very modest video about the stages of labor and, all of a sudden, the camera goes close-up on a woman's vagina and the little sucker slipped right out. I was expecting a video, but not on the first night. Whoa. But the classes have been very helpful and I am very glad that we're going.

These classes only briefly touch on breastfeeding. They have another class for this and they encourage taking this extra class for those that are going to breastfeed. Our breastfeeding class was earlier tonight, and this is where the title of this entry comes into play. My wife works at the hospital where we are having the baby, and all of the classes are at this hospital as well. She worked today, and I met her in the lobby before class. I went into the class with the expectation of seeing lots of boobs. And I was not disappointed. There were boobs in the pamphlets, diagrams of boobs and the milk glands up on the walls, and the teacher even had a stuffed boob that she held up to her own chest while demonstrating the different techniques.

To be a guy with very little baby knowledge, and have even less breastfeeding knowledge, I was a bit embarassed through the whole thing. And I caught myself from chuckling under my breath a few times while the teacher said words like "nipple", "pinch", "squeeze", and "massage". And, much like the other classes we've had, a video was shown. And again, it started out quite modest, and progressed to the point where the boobs started popping out left and right.

After a few chuckles and getting past the immaturedness (word?) in me, the class was very educational. I really did learn a lot about the female breast, and I'm quite amazed at what it is capable of doing.