Unfortunately, there aren’t much hospital organized such classes here in JB
Whichever did, it was only held once a month
Some of them are Kempas Med Centre, Hospital Penawar and Johor Specialist
We attended at the later one
Coz it was advertised it Baiboo
Therefore I knew exactly when and how much it cost
JSH organized antenatal class on every third Saturday of the month
For RM30 per couple from 2-6pm
With so much topic to covered in such a nick of time
I must say, the class is very brief
Frankly, there’s not much new info that I gained through the class
As most of the info they shared, are very general and brief
Something that I’ve already known from the research I did via the net all this while
Except for the explanation on how to bath our newborn (we managed to record the whole procedure) and the labor room visit
The class started off with a talk given by a representative from StemLife
On the Cord Blood Banking
Google for more info on this yeah…
Its good to know on this….
Followed by 3 sessions with Dr Mohan (one of the ObGyn in JSH)
On Preparation of Delivery, Types of Delivery and Pain relief in Labor
Generally, he informed us on the signs that shows u r ready for labor,
Brief infos on Vaginal/Instrumental and C-Sect Deliveries
And the laughing gas (etonox)/epidural for the pain management during labor
It was pretty interesting though
Coz he’s good at explaining and giving us examples an such
Unfortunately, my 100% attention to the class got taken away
Once the (chinese) midwife started her session
On the required Nutrition during Pregnancy and Antenatal Exercise
Its B.O.R.I.N.G!
She’s not good at captivating our attention
The so-called nutrition talk, was just something you’ve known all while long
She even skipped a few slides! Pffftttttt!
And the exercise she thought, is just merely different techniques of breathing
Of which, I expected more!
Then, the floor was then passed to another midwive (malay)
Who carried on the class on baby bath demo, care for newborn, breastfeeding benefits and technique and Immunization during Infancy
I must say, she has to improve her public speaking skill
You see, she’s a nurse in a private hospital
And were trusted to give a talk to the public
However, her English was, soooo pathetic!
I got so stressed out when when repetitively mispronounce some words
It’s annoying, I tell you!
She might just as well carry out the talk in Malay so that she won’t keep having this
‘emm’, ‘aahh’ while finding the right word at the back of her head.
And what frustrates me the most,
She did not emphasize much on the benefits of breastfeeding
Neither on how a newborn DO NOT NEED any extra fluid (read:water) other than mother’s milk
Cause I need hubs to understand this fact,
as this, I believe, is the most difficult part to convince Mak on
FYI, she insisted me on preparing at least 2 bottles for my baby
1 for the milk, and the other, for ‘air masak’…. -_____-
I’m afraid that my intention to EXCLUSIVELY breastfeed my dear baby
Will be going down the drain, by ‘air masak’…… -____-
Nevertheless, despite all my frustration towards the class,
dear hubs did learned a lot from it
Man, they prefer to be told, than read
For that good 4 hours, it definitely turned him into a man,
who’s very excited and eager to become a dad
Why so?
Cause since then, he’s totally at the full gear on preparing to welcome our dear little one
First, he started to do some research on the hospital that we planned to deliver in
On where to go when I’m in labor and keep pestering me on my hospital bag preps
Next, he bought the car seat yesterday
I thought we’re just surveying
I did sense he’s ‘different’
Usually, when we shop, he’ll be just like look at the thing, the price, and that’s it
But yesterday, he touched it, maneuvers it, checked and rechecked the specs
Disclaim on how it should be instead of that and what not
And finally, we agreed on one, and purchased it then and there
Another important note,
He googled on video on how to use a breastpump!
Btw, yeah, I’ve bought mine online and received last week
I addressed them to my parent’s house, so I just got my hands on it last Sunday
(Will update on this bit later)
So as we reached home, while I’m inspecting and unpacking my valuable purchase,
He silently googled it, and we watched it as we learned together
I have to say, all this while, when I told him that I wanted to breastfeed our baby
And I would need a breastpump, and told him how much it cost (which apparently cost me a fortune!),
He said it’s totally ridiculous to spend so much on one item,
And left it to me to decide on should I proceed to buy it or not
And of course, I have to pay for it myself cause I insisted on this particular model… -_____-
Who knew, after the class, he got so interested in it
That he even tested it, just to hear the mimics sound of baby sucking…
And had the most glorify expression on his face once he heard it…
Such a beautiful moment I must say
Haih
Really can’t wait to meet our little one
Sakit pinggang wooooo!!!!!
Nk gomol dia lama²
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