Thursday, October 9, 2008

Cranky!

I've noticed I've been rather cranky lately. Or I just don't have the patience I did before. The littlest things are annoying me right now. :) But I can blame it all on the hormones right? I can't wait to get back to normal... althought I'm not sure that what I once considered normal will ever be the same again.
Today's latest thing that made me cranky: There's a couple in our birthing class that already drive me crazy. The husband especially! He's very opinionated about how the birthing process is supposed to go and what should or should not be done. And if he's contradicted, he gets condescending and snotty. A couple weeks ago, the teacher was discussing all the medical stuff involved in having a baby which included covering Epidurals and other drugs offered. When she was done she asked if everyone was planning on having a "natural birth". He scoffed and very snidely said, well I would think so if we're in this class. I of course had to say ummm actually... I'm not decided. I just want to be prepared as best I can for whatever happens. He looked at me like I was the devil and that I was going to burn in hell for even considering an epidural. So at today's class, the teacher brought in the empathy belly for the dads to try on and see how it feels (even though they'll never completely understand) and everyone BUT this guy tried it on. His wife kept trying to get him to do it and he flat out refused. He leaned over and told his wife that he didn't need to understand since he would never have to go through it. I about chucked my birthing book at his pin-head. Haha that would have been fun! Fortunately I only have one more week of class to contain my crankiness towards him. Hopefully I can make it! ;)

3 comments:

Sarah E said...

And THAT is why I never went to one of those classes! There was no way I was going to skip an epidural if one was made available to me. Turns out you don't always get what you want though. Perhaps I should have endured comments like these from people like that so that I could have been a little more prepared when I was forced against my will to go natural. Way to be a trooper and stick it out.

Ryan and Janelle said...

WHAT A JERK!!!! haha man that chick is ONE LUCKY Girl!!! isn't she?!! haha...Man, I'm surprised you haven't chucked a book at his head...I'd enjoy that. If you're going to freak out, be sure to tell chad to video it on his cell phone :) love ya!

The Brown Bear said...

MAN,

when were you EVER patient?!? I've known you coming up on six years and you were always super cranky. Part of your charm, though!