2nd mommy class....

it was raining when i headed to the clinic...and i was drowsy sbb lately mlm tak bley tdo ( a bit early for that actually..org kata 3rd trimester baru susah tdo)...anyway kali 9 org tak paricipate..nurse kata sebab hujan kot and again...the saying that japanese people are always punctual isn't always right...tp masing2 ada jijyou masing2 kan...kena urus hubby and other kids baru leh kluar rumah deshou...so class start lambat and hbs 30 min lambat...

the mommy class this time was a disappointment to me...no new info...they had the doctors come in to give talks tapi it was more like 'leteran' instead of 'you need to know this' facts...in one of the slots the pediatrician came and before the class he had them do a survey of mothers who had people who smoke living with them... turns out about 30% of the mothers did... doc tu cakap dulu2 usually it was 50-60% tapi sekrg dah turun but nowadays it's usually 30%....and then he gave us a lecture of how we were all 'baka' (stupid) mothers who don't have the right to be parents because we let our partners etc. smoke... and that we should them choose to give up smoking or make them move out.... don't get me wrong... i'm not rooting for the smokers..but i kinda know what it's like to get someone to stop but you can't and frankly you can't live if that person isn't around..ok..i'm babling and i'm gonna stop now... bukan nya ape..i found his 'iikata' (the way he said it) a bit offensive... his talk was about 20 minutes and he kept calling us baka...when i looked around all the other mothers had their heads held down cm budak darjah satu kena marah ngan cikgu....seriously?

okay so apart from the smoking issue pediatrician tu cakap pasal allergies...dia suruh kurangkan makan telur dan minum susu...bukan stop ye kawan2...kurangkan....because these foods tend to cause allergies.... and then dia cakap pasal breastmilk..saying which we all know is the best choice for baby..but he stressed on the fact that we shouldn't be too set on being exclusive...because this might become a problem if the mother cannot provide enough for the baby... it can harm the mother emotionally and the baby nutritionally if the mother refuses to let the baby get formula even though her milk isn't enough... and then he talked about weaning...and he actually told us that his eldest son was breastfed for 6 years.... saying that we should let the child tell us when he wants to stop....6 years people...wow... and then he said every mother should have a good book on 'kosodate' (bringing up children) ...afterwards saying that we should get a good 'japanese' kosodate book..and not the ones from overseas...mula2 ingat dia biased...rupanya sebab dia kata buku overseas ni selalunya bila di'translate'kan...maksud dia jd gucha2...so i agree with him on that....

and then datanglag the OBGYN tu...who happens to be the pediatricians wife...haha small world kan...she was telling us that touching our bellies and talking to the baby is important...and that giving birth is all about the right breathing techniques....and that's all about i got from her....

and then the bidan lak start cakap....her talk was mostly about prep for the hospitalization... brg ape kena bawak ( but that all depends on the hosp kan) koishi sediakan baju for mommy and baby including underwear tau... so all we need to bring is the baju utk baby masa nk discharge and baju spare for mommy if she needs it.... but you probably won't because they do your laundry for you daily( all part of the package)...waaaaa....tapi saya tak merasalah haha.......

lepas tu dietician punya turn lak....dapat sample susu cm 'anmum' versi jepun perisa cafe latte...tp tak berani minum.... it turns out i've been eating way to many fruits...ingatkan okay ...turns out it's not okay because fruits have a lot of sugar.... imagine one orange a day....not per serving tau...heck i've been eating like 3 oranges skali hadap..... and then lapar je cr fruits...rupanya too much...hiiii...

and that was about it...... next class pasal breathing techniques..punyalah nak bwk hubby skali org tu tak bagi sebab he won't be around during the birthing process....hmmmm