Me, on the left, in awe over feeling my friend Lisa's baby move under my hands. Kind of like living my dreams through her experience. LOL!

So nervous about being her labor coach..any advice?

that's a great picture! I have no advice except helping her breath out the pain like I've seen on TV lol

Relax!

I know it sounds so easy, but having a relaxed labor coach makes all the difference.

What my mom and I did too was when I had a contraction, I'd squeeze her hand and she'd start counting. And with every count, I had to tap

the railing of my bed. It took away my concentration on the contraction (I was on Pitocin, so I had enhanced contractions) and helped me

breathe and focus. Then we'd let out a big breath when it passed and relaxed until the next one came.

aww!!!