Most of the natural childbirth books I’ve been reading advocate planning a few “labor projects” — enjoyable things to work on when you are in early labor. Often, early labor isn’t terrifically painful, but it can get a bit dull, and one can easily get impatient and anxious. (When “active labor” starts, there is more pain and it is more difficult to concentrate — and there are different strategies to deal with that stage.)<\/p>\n
But, having never done it, early labor sounds like fun to me! Here are some of the things I plan on trying to do:<\/p>\n
\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 frost cupcakes for baby’s birth-day (they are already baked and in the freezer, unadorned)
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 soak in the tub
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 listen to a book on CD — maybe _Bridget Jones’s Diary_, which always makes me laugh. Or maybe an Agatha Christie novel featuring Hercule Poirot, my favorite detective.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 sing along with Handel’s _Messiah_
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 finish packing my hospital bag (it really is almost done)
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 go for a walk around the block with Jon, if it is nice out
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u00a2 bake lots more things if it goes on a long time — a full-fledged birthday cake, perhaps, or some cookies<\/p>\n
I may think of others later, but those sound like the most fun to me right now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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