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We graduated!

Last night was our graduation from our 6 series long birthing classes. We are glad we made it through them all, for a while there, we didn't know if we would since the baby could've arrived sooner. But we made it, and we're glad.

It was an awesome series of classes, our instructor was exceptional, and we grew to discover that our classmates were the most ecclectic, creative, and impassioned people we had ever been surrounded with.

3 out the 15 couples enrolled, did not make it to graduation, since they delivered! One of the new proud papas came by our last class since he was still at the hospital right next door, and he shared his photos and experience with us. He and his wife delivered a beautiful baby girl on Tuesday, 4 weeks early due to a low level of amniotic fluid, so she was induced and had a C-Section.

Seeing and hearing him explain their experience was so touching and inspiring.

Our instructor ended our class with a toast to us all and she explained how there is this line drawn between those who have kids and those who don't. And currently, we are clearly still all standing on the side with those who don't, but soon, in due time, all of us in the class will soon cross over that line and become parents.

She explained how, no matter what this class has taught us, no matter what we've read, or seen on tv, or heard from our own family and friends that have their own babies, we will never know what that genuine miracle of parenthood and creating, delivering a baby is, until we finally cross over that line.

An animator, an illustrator, a painter, a composer, renowned chefs, a writer, a teacher, architects, engineers, artists, a counselor, a programmer and a designer, pretty soon, we'll be adding another title to our repertoire: Parents.

After 9 months of preparing, I'd say it's an esteemed title we are all entitled to.