Attending Antenatal Classes

Last Saturday, hubby and I attended our first Antenatal Class at Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur located at the neighbourhood of Bangsar. Each classes will be about 2 to 3 hours. There are a total of 5 classes which inclusive of:

Session 1:
- Nutrition In Motherhood
- Features of Newborn

Session 2:
- Process of Labour
- Pain Relief in Labour

Session 3:
- Breastfeeding & Childhood Survivor
- Getting The Right Start to Breastfeeding
- Pamper Your Body

Session 4:
- Prenatal Execises

Session 5:
- Care of Newborn
- Tour of Delivery Suite / Post Natal Ward / Breastfeeding Room

The class on Saturday started at 12pm and ended near to 3pm. It was quite an interesting class and refreshments were served. I realized that most couples and mummies seemed to enjoy their class very much. The nutritionist talk was a informative one as I got to know what type of food to replace instead of eating more supplements. She also showed us a list of healthy snacks to eat during the pregnancy time.

As the doctor for the talk of ‘Features of Newborn’ had an emergency to attend to on that Saturday, so the class was replaced by ‘Care of Newborn’. During this session, we learnt how to take of our newborn baby, how to bath the baby, etc. The speaker made it a very interesting one. She informed us what to bring to the hospital during the delivery day and what need to do. Besides, she also told us on what type of things can be used and what not to use on a newborn baby... Hubby and I learned some new knowledge during the class. Really worth the effort of attending the class :)


The coordinator informs us that Pantai Hospital is a 'Baby Friendly Hospital' which promotes, supports and protects breastfeeding exclusively from birth up to 6 months. She also informs us that baby will be rooming together with the mummy throughout the stay in the hospital so that the mummy will be there for the baby needs at anytime, instead of separate the baby in another room. There will be a class on how to bath the baby correctly in the ward as well during the stay in the hospital. So, our confinement lady or maid or hubby can also join in the class to learn together if they wish to. Hehe…

This is a very good idea I find, as I am a new mummy, a lot of things need to learn from the nurse during my stay in the hospital ~~ Moreover, we can go back to the hospital during the period of six months after our delivery (once a month), to get consultation and guidance for breastfeeding. The nurses there will assist and guide us throughout the breastfeeding journey…

But, now question is, am I able to do that?
Hehe… I can only know the answer after my delivery ^_^