3rd prenatal Class..

Another sat has arrived for our 3rd lesson at TMC. This time we had a little chauffeur, Mat, who came to my house to pick up old clothes, and took pictures of the goods I wanna sell (NO MONEY LA!). I wanna sell away my toys but when I opened the cupboard, they were all looking at me and telling me.. Please.. Don't sell me away..Please.. :( LOL.. but anyway after lunch, Mat fetch us to TMC and also fetch my mum to my grandma house, as Mat stayed at AMK as well. One stone kill 2 birds.. So thankful to her, if not my mum will be all alone at home as my Dad went for his mahjong game.

We were there early for the first time at 1.45pm. But there isn't any good seats left! All the people there so kiasu! Just pick any seats and sat. As usual, a video will be played. And guess what, the video for the day is the types of birth! In my mind, it wasn't a bad topic, but when the video played, it's seriously SCARY! I can say even more R-rated than last week's (whole body nude while giving birth for the ang mohs). Anyway the first natural birth at home video already put me off. Even Mrs Wong said these videos are really only meant for preggies, if not those non-preggies will be put off by pregnancy.

So, natural birth at home is done by midwives, without using any pain relief methods except for massage and then when cervix become 10cm dilated, the show starts! U can at first see the baby's head..then the woman has to push further, then the baby's face to the chin will show, and then push further, the shoulders and then the whole body is OUT! and quickly bring to the mum's abdomen for her to carry her baby. Imagine I was opening my mouth wide when I see the whole process! Then I told Mr, though it is damn scary, but the tot of it, is so miraculous that a human can come out from underneath and not say a tiny stone.. but a whole human body! :X

The whole videos shows the rest, like using epidural, C-Section where it shows the operation and the baby come out bloody from the stomach (another miraculous act when the doctor pulled out the baby from the stomach), water birth (I tot of adopting this method as I heard only Thomson has this, but I am afraid that the baby will drink water! hehe). Another one was gross, where in natural birth, the mother has actually push the poo out before the baby is out. I know it will happen but I hope it wont happen to me.. cos it will be so embarrassing and don't know how stink it will be! But anyway, after seeing all this, I felt myself prepared for the whole course of giving birth, from pain, to deep breathing to seeing a human coming out from underneath.. And I guess I will also give a tear of happiness when I see her and hug her.. :P

Today's lesson isn't much. More like a exercise revision of pelvic floor strengthening and deep breathing. Only new is Mrs Wong was there to show us the correct method of pushing and the wrong and funny ways of pushing. One wrong way when nurse ask you to PUSH, you don't make the sound of pushing like pushing out your poo, else end of the birth you end up with no voice! This really sets us off laughing loud! After which, Mrs Wong asked all the papas to do the pushing so they know how much pain we women go through.. And making sure the guys are all sweaty and face red after pushing. But end up, all only pretend! Haha..

The last part was for the guys, what to do when you see a preggie on the street and going to give birth (emergency case). Here goes the dialog:

Wong: Do you deliver for the woman?
Guys: No.

Wong: What do you do then?
Guys: Call 995.
Wong: Very good.

Wong: Then! The baby's head is out. What do you do?
Guys: No answer.. LOL
Wong: You don't go and touch people's private area hur! Wait you end up being sued by the woman and the woman can say "Sir, he touched my private part when I am in distress!" (All of us were laughing like mad!). So the answer is ask the woman to pick up her own child and carry it. And of cos you don't ask the woman to strip her clothes to clean dry the baby, take off your own shirt! Haha..

Wong: And when you want to ask her if she is alright, you don't hit her chest else you will be kena sued "Sir he squeezed my breast while I am in distress!". Just pat her back.

I couldn't imagine anyone would be so calm giving instructions when you see such an emergency case. Would you?

How sad when the class was ending, knowing that this is the last lesson with Mrs Wong, as for the next 2 classes she is not free and has to be taught by her nurse. Argh, I guess the class wont be that fun.. Imagine those who came from other hospital just for her, and knowing that next 2 lessons aren't taught by her.. :(

Next sat, is subaru challenge and as usual, Mr will go try it out to see if he has the luck to get in. If he has, it just meant that I have to go to the Doc's appt myself and as well as the 4th prenatal class. Can't help feeling sad.. and having mixed feelings of wanting him to get in and not get in.. Argh... Leave it to fate to see which is more impt.

2nd prenatal class

Last Sat we went for my checkup and as well as prenatal class after. For the first time we were late for 45 mins, but also lucky we don't have to wait for a long time, cos by the time we reached there, patients are almost all gone and Dr Tan has a surgery to do. Now it is really the peak period of giving birth. Every checkup we go Dr Tan always has surgery to attend. Knowing Dr Tan is in a rush, doubt she will speak much, truely, though I gained weight of 2kg for 3 weeks, she didn't say anything. Mr was telling me, Doc also give up on you! So sad.. not as if I wanted to gain so much, and honestly I don't really eat that much now, no tea breaks also. Baby weight's till date is 1.67KG, my mum say wow so small ah! I also wondered if baby will grow to the standard weight when she is full term.. Good thing is baby's head starting to move downwards, after all she isn't that noti apart from kicking me and rolling about in my tummy.. LOL.


The second prenatal class was quite funny, more laughter than the 1st one. Before class started, as usual, Mrs Wong will put up a video, this time was the different kinds of pain relief for giving birth. You can choose from electric current, gas and air, injections to epidural. I find that the way epidural is done really puts me off, though it is said to be the most effective but most people said it will caused backaches. And I always suffer from backaches, imagine if I really took epidural, I can become old woman very soon! :( So in my mind, I decided to use gas and air unless really so pain, I will consider epidural.


Lesson started! Breathing techniques when you are having contractions (pain)! I guess this is the most funny part of the lesson. She demo the breathing techqniue, such that when you are in pain, take a deep breath, and then breathe out. The other was take a deep breath, then pant, pant, blow! So while she was demo this, she asked all the papa to go home try, to shit halfway, and then do the pant, pant, blow, the shit shouldn't be moving but staying there. If it really stayed, means you succeed! Sounds super funny! Maybe those who are reading this can try! LOL!


Then she went to talk about how long a labour should be in, was like 8 hours.. I cannot imagine a pain of 8 hours.. she make it so funny by saying 8 hours are those fast ones, if you happen to be a slow coach, good luck! :( I hope I wasn't one of them, so she asked us to go back to ask our mummies how long she took to give birth to us.. For me was 8 hours! Hoping it does for me as well!


The most enjoyable part is papa get to massage for mama. New massage for the back! And as well as how to massage when in pain in labour ward. Mrs Wong first sentence was, "Find her waist, remember don't ask her where is her waist! Else mama will be so sad!" Haha.. All of us set laughing! But I was thinking when we are in pain, do we still have mood to game for massage.. but anyway, end up she said, papa will keep on massage though hoping to call for help but they won't, so ended up after labour, in the room, not the mama who is tired but is the papa who will be snoring away on the couch due to the excessive help to massage mama.. :P


Before the class ended, Mrs Wong brought us to the nursery to see how she handle the baby. OH MY! Some babies are so small, so cute.. and Mrs Wong chose a baby and showed us the way to carry and she carried like a toy! Swinging the baby here and there, and even holding the baby under her one arm! My god! Scary! But is really cute! I really wondered how small my girl will be... hehe..

First prenatal class

Me and Mr went to our first prenatal class at TMC parent craft, this is something we both looking forward to cos' we both have no idea on how to take care of a baby, or how giving birth gonna look like. So here we are, signed up for the popular consultant, Mrs Wong Boi Boh's class. Have to admit her class is very interesting, not boring, and sent everyone laughing with her expression and words.

Before everyone arrived, she put up a video on how to breastfeed and the benefits. It was really kinda of weird, though everyone is married there, but still seeing the ladies on the video doing breastfeed, does seemed to be a little .. "RA". Hahaz..

The class started off a bit lecture on how preggies should get up from bed, etc. These already set us laughing when she did all those wrong methods.. Next then we have to personally do the exercises she shown us, and she too, get all the Papas to do it as well, and also teaching them how to lift us up in case we don't have the energy to do it oursleves. And I love the hand massage that Papa should help us with, to prevent our hands from being swollen before or after giving birth. Today I realise that my fingers are getting abit of swollen, cos the ring on my finger becomes SO TIGHT! My GOD!

Overall the class is very good, also teach us ladies on how to do proper exercise to prevent backaches, to have a good posture, etc, and also taught Papas how to talk and communicate with baby inside and how to make baby react to their touch.. but ended up, when Mrs Wong asked all the Papas "Did the baby move?" All replied "NO!" haha.. farni.. maybe all the babies are being defiant.. hehe.. when Mr's hands were away, girl girl start to move and kick me during the class.. very noti... :)

We also given lectures on nutrients and the proper diet we have to take. Then when Mrs Wong wanna teach us how to count how much calcium we all have for each day, she decided to pick a quiet one to ask. We were sitting quite infront, and I realise Mrs Wong kept looking at us during the class, and she turned to our direction, I was getting scared.. She suddenly said the lady in green.. then I gave a OH NO expression, then lucky she say the darker green beside me! Wow heng leh! If she gonna ask me, so afraid she said I ate too much! Hahaha...

And oh, she said DON'T GIVE BABY NAME AS OF YET until he/she come to this world, so can only call baby generically. She gave us an example which is super funny, there was this couple who know they got a son, and called him Timothy. When the boy came to this world, the grandparents don't like the name, and decided to call him Joshua. So when they called him Joshua, he has no reaction. Until Mrs Wong came by and asked, "I thought he was called Timothy?" The baby turned his head to Mrs Wong's direction. Haha.. So this tells us that baby are cleverer than we all think.

Can't wait to go to the next lesson... oooohh... Really beneficial, such that now Mr makes an effort every night and morning to talk to girl girl and kiss her.. and also Mr always "scold" me for not following the proper ways to get up from bed, etc.. :x