I’m nearly completely ready for the big night tonight, but there are a few loose ends I need to tie up and I keep finding other things to do!  What’s the matter with me?

1. Make up packs of handouts - one for each couple

2. Panic

3. Cut up oranges for my ‘best way to get milk out of a breast (or orange quarter)’ exercise

4. Yoga to prevent panicking 

5. Make sure that the girls haven’t depleted my straws stash too much and that I still have enough for the above exercise

6. Panic some more 

7. Print off 12 feedback forms for the parents to fill in after the class

8. Call Antenatal Teacher to reassure her that I have got a set of dolls for demonstrating attachment and positioning

9. Panic again - do some more yoga

10. Make sure I’ve got enough pens for all the parents

11. Write down a quick crib-sheet so I remember all the house-keeping & ground rules stuff to say at the beginning

 Ok, so I’m not panicking quite as much as I’m making out here - I think the procrastinating is my way of not getting to that stage ie. if I don’t ever get ready it’ll never happen!  I just have to remind myself of three things:

1. The most important thing that they take away from the class is that they think I’m approachable and they know how to contact me and other support when they need it

2. The second important thing that they take away is that they have an idea of the principles of good positioning and attachment so that they have some chance of not getting sore in the early days if it doesn’t come naturally to them

3. That they will remember not much else unless it comes from their frame of reference so focussing on them, their feelings, and the facts that are important to them is what I need to do - less scary than thinking of all the things I might forget to mention!

These are my excuses for not getting on with things so far:

1. Need the loo - done

2. Need to order birth pool - done (yippee! - very excited about that one!)

3. Need the loo again (justified as I am 6.5m pg!) - done

4. Can’t possibly justify needing the loo again…

5. Write a blog post - done twice now!

6. Oh no!  I can’t think of anything else justifiable (reading Heat magazine doesn’t really count as a necessary chore!)!  Ok, on with the work…