Parentcraft Class

Assalam ladies. ^_^

Good morning!! Eh...Good afternoon ladies. ^_^ I'm sorry....this entry take forever to finish writing it. T_T Penat pun ada tengok entry ni stuck kat dalam draft je for quite awhile. Huhu. But here it is. As told earlier, me and hubby attended Parentcraft aka antenatal class on 3rd Dec yang lepas kat PCMC. Masa ni I baru nak masuk 37 weeks of pregnancy. So kira macam lambat jugak la attend antenatal class kan. Supposed pergi dalam 6 bulan ke atas. Hehe. Kitorang pulak, ingatkan PCMC buat tiap-tiap minggu...rupa-rupanya dua bulan sekali. Registered je lah for next session dengan harapan tak TERberanak awal. Hihihi. ;P

For those yang belum pergi antenatal class, you can actually pergi kat mana-mana hospital yang buat class ni. Tapi it's much better to go dekat hospital yang you intended to deliver. Sebab biasanya Antenatal class ni ada buat labour and ward room tour. So at least, you girls tahu la pakej-pakej yang di tawarkan untuk bersalin kat hospital tu. ^_^ The fees offered for antenatal class by these hospitals also varies. Ada yang free macam kat HKL. Ada yang RM80 per couple. Ada yang RM100 per couple. Ada yang buat dua hari...ada yang buat sehari je.

As for both of us, we decided to attend class held in PCMC simply because we are going to deliver the baby there, and also because of the topics offered are interesting. The class was held from 8.30am - 5.00pm on that day. So it's one day class. Sesuai untuk orang yang busy macam Hubby ni. Tak perlu nak reschedule for another session, and what not. ^_^ So the fees is RM250 per couple. Yeah I know it's a bit pricey. But considering segala pembiayaan perubatan untuk bersalin kat situ ditanggung bereh oleh Hubby's company insurance, jadi bayar la sedikit untuk class yang bagus. Ye tak? =) Heee 

So hari Sabtu tu...kami datang lewat. T_T As usual la kan. Sebab hubby memang kena update dengan platform (pelantar minyak) every morning, eventhough he's on leave atau weekends. Jadi sampai-sampai, topic first dah start half way. T_T Dah la kena duduk depan sekali pulak tu. Malu je datang lambat. Huuu. First topic pasal breastfeeding. (-_-")

Keadaan class masa short break. ;D

BREASTFEEDING

Dalam class ni, dia ajar how to breastfeed your baby. How it's important. How to hold your baby masa breastfeed. And many more. Pakar ni ada jugak ajar breast massage and how to detect the signs of baby goes hungry. Haha. Very informative. Then moving on to second topic of the day, Eating Your Way Through Pregnancy.

EATING YOUR WAY THROUGH PREGNANCY

Heh. Topic ni more to dietary masa pregnant la kan. Since I'm already 9 months dah...I tak pay attention sangat kat topic ni. Haha. Lagi pun orang yang kurang makan sayur macam I ni memang tak suka topic macam ni. Rasa guilty. Hahaaha XD Sorry baby. Tapi ibu makan supplement kan? Jangan marah ibu ye. Hehehe. Next topic sangat interesting. Oh by the way, setiap kali topic baru, kami boleh keluar dan makan sesuka hati from the catered food provided outside. Boleh bawak masuk dalam class and duduk kat bawah lagi if tak selesa duduk kat kerusi. Haha. Okay. Next topic, Pain Management.

PAIN MANAGEMENT

Oh yeah. Yang ni memang I tunggu-tunggu. Pasal pain relief masa labour. Memula Anesthetist ni cerita pasal history of pain relief used in labour process. Then dia bagitahu option yang ada kat PCMC to assist kita dalam labour nanti. First, laughing gas guna Nitrous Oxide. No it wont make you laugh...but the gas actually make you sedated. Macam sleepy gitu. Katanya, gas ni akan berkesan after few minutes. Jadi hidu gas ni everytime masa contraction baru nak start, instead of contraction is at the peak. Jadi takdelah "pain, confused (mamai), pain, confused" LOL XD Then dia brief pasal injection pulak. Macam pentadine. His advise, jangan ambil close to time of deliver. Less effect to the baby. ^_^ And he talked about the most popular pain relief in the whole wide world...i.e. Epidural. (-_-")

He's showing the epidural space in which the epidural anesthetic will be injected to.

Epidural Kit

He said epidural is totally safe sebab dia tak kena spinal cord. Dia inject kat epidural space je....a layer before the spinal cord. Kat PCMC permintaan untuk epidural ni ialah sebanyak 70%. And suntikan epidural ni akan di beri berperingkat bergantung pada kita punya pain threshold. ^_^ And it took about 10-15mins to prepare the needle and such, and 10-15mins more for the drug to be effective. Jadi biasanya orang cakap ambil epidural masa bukaan dah 4cm. And it will last about 2hours. Tapi tengok jarum je I dah seriau. InsyaAllah....harap-harap Allah perkenankan my doa untuk bersalin secara normal without any drug intervention. InsyaAllah. ^_^ Oh lupa. Untuk C-sect, pain relief yang selalu digunakan di mana-mana hospital is Spinal Anesthetic. Maknanya, instead of kat epidural space tu, dia akan masukkan ubat kat spinal cord tu untuk bagi kita numb. Side effect pun ada di discuss. Katanya takde major side effect kesan dari epidural. Tapi if you girls nak guna, please seek advice from your ObsGyn okay. ^_^ Next! Haaa...next topic pun important!

NEWBORN HEARING SCREENING

Tajuk macam boring, ye tak? But it's actually pretty important for the baby's development. Newborn Hearing Screening ni adalah process untuk mengesan kecacatan pada pendengaran bayi. Oleh kerana baby tak boleh bagitahu kita, the adults, apa yang tak kena dengan diri dia, this test is important. If something is wrong dengan pendengaran baby, akan ada masalah pertuturan dan pembelajaran baby tu nanti seawal bulan ke 6 dalam tempoh umur baby. You girls boleh imagine kan orang yang mengalami hearing loss, it affects their voice/vocal...di mana diorang tak tahu nak sebut words tu macamana...because they cant hear themselves. Same thing for the baby. Jadi early detection is good to assist the child with hearing loss ni supaya this child menjalani hidup and develop as normal as possible. Unfortunately, this screening only available kat PCMC, for the time being, as we were told. So, babies born in the hospital will undergo this test. Then if something's wrong, second screening akan dijalankan before any medical help offers. Fuh. Dah nak jadi ibu ayah, kena peka dengan child's development jugak kan. It's not an easy task. But insyaAllah He will guide us through. ^_^

BABY BATH AND BABY MASSAGE

Next class pun best. Sebab belajar how to bath and massage the baby. Hehehe. We, 26 couples, were devided into four groups. Dua group belajar how to bath the baby then switch dengan dua group lagi, belajar baby massage pulak. Hehehe. A very relaxing topic. It's fun to see the nurses and midwives ajar semua ni. Hihihi.

Baby massage session.

Baby bathing session

Nak massage baby pun ada cara supaya baby tak kembung perut. Kihkihkih. It's good to know sebab masa mandi dan massage ni la kita boleh bond lagi dengan baby. ^_^ Me likey! Tapi yang paling excited dengan this class was Hubby. He knows he must do all these masa I berpantang nanti. Hahaha XD 

Then we had one hour and 45 minutes of lunch break. Lunch was provided. Sedap pulak tu..sampai ngantuk-ngantuk kitorang lepas makan. Nap kejap kat sofa yang ada, then solat Zohor and continue our class. ^_^ Next topic is all about pregnancy - Ante Natal Care/Labour & Delivery/Puerperium.

ANTE NATAL CARE/LABOUR & DELIVERY/PUERPERIUM

Topic ni menyentuh pasal overall pregnancy process. Topic ni banyak tekan kan pasal labour symptoms, stages of labour, and pasal post labour. Kiranya masa ni memang interactive la. Sebab semua nya bakal melalui benda ni...jadi time ni memang semua tanya apa yang diorang nak tanya. The doctor yang bagi talk ni pun is one of the Obstetrician kat PCMC. Semua yang nak di tanya semua dah terjawab. Hee. Next class is a bit fun! ^_^

EXERCISE IN PREGNANCY/BREATHING and RELAXATION EXERCISE

Hoh yang ni penting jugak! nak nak part yang breathing technique tu. Kat class ni la belajar macamana nak control our own breathing masa labour process. Paling best, it involves our birth partner, Hubby. Punya la semangat Hubby monitor my breathing semua. Haha. Ni tunggu hubby balik, weekend ni kitorang nak practice lagi. Supaya tak terlupa nanti. "Hoo hoo hoo". Hihihihihi XD Then kitorang diajar cara exercise pulak. Mak aih...part nak squatting kan....both me and hubby failed eh. Hahaha. Sebab both of us suffer from knee injury. So memang tak dapek la nak squat squat bagai. Hahaha XD

Everybody's on Yoga Mat ready for exercise. ^_^

LABOUR ROOM/WARD TOUR

Lastly kami di bawa ke labour room and ward room. Just to show us equipments available in labour room and what not. Both me and hubby terlepas ward tour sebab leka dengar penerangan midwife ni pasal labour room. Jadi tak sedar the entourage dah pergi meninggalkan kami. Nak kejar tak tahu kat mana pulak. (-_-")

Katil keramat untuk meneran baby keluar dari perut. (+,+)

Can you see the handle kat tepi katil tu. Haa...tu la yang kita akan pegang time PUSHH PUSHHH PUSHHH!

Hehehe. For both of us...kami sangat-sangat berpuas hati dengan class ni walaupun fees nya quite mahal. =) Yang penting isi kandungan dalam setiap topic tu relevant and useful to us. ^_^ Pulang dengan hati yang tenang dan excited menunggu hari. ^_^ Oh yeah lupa. Setiap antenatal class biasanya ada goodie bag. ;P Hehehe. Yang ni kami dapat dari Parentcraff class di PCMC. ^_^

Goodies

Hee. That's all for now. It's quite lengthy right? I know! Dah la cam terlambat post entry kali ni. Takpe. Hopefully you girls find the entry useful. Tak banyak, sikit pun jadi lah ye tak? Hehehe. So. Get yourself and husband attending antenatal class. Especially for new-parents. It really helps you mentally prepare for the baby and the big day.  ^_^ Until next entry darlings. Tata! ^_^

XOXO,

Liyana SCR