So what to write about? I guess it is finally time to start mentioning baby stuff; since my world has and is revolving around this particular theme at the moment.
If you happen upon my tweets, you'll see that Mondays for me have become the craziest day of the week. Aside from prenatal yoga, lunch with la abuela, prepping for my English class (then the actual class), we end the day with our birthing classes.
As like most well kept secrets, we found this birthing course through word of mouth. The mouths being our best friends R&R and their new baby A. I guess this is the kind of thing you have to rely on when being new to a city, I would never have found this on my own.
The course is given at CEPAPAR: Centro de Educacion para el Parto (Education Center for Birth). I still remember my first day there {I was barely showing} sitting in this room with all these super pregnant women - I thought it would be forever until I was considered one of them. Last Monday, I realized I am now one of them. There were two new couples who just signed up, and they were probably looking at the rest of us with the same thoughts that I had just 4 months ago.
So anyway, the course is about 15 weeks long - there is a new topic every Monday - from the introduction of psicoprofilaxis all the way to newborn care, and everything that comes in between; including some very graphic video clips that most men can't stomach. But I find it all absolutely intriguing. Next week we have breast feeding.
Prior to the class, there is an hour of couples yoga (my second class of the day) and my gordo's chance to squeeze his perineal muscles. We do all sorts of breathing, sitting, standing, and relaxing exercises to prepare for the big day.
If you are planning for or want a natural child birth and all that comes with it, this is the place for you. You probably need at least an intermediate level of Spanish to understand the course. Or if you are married to a Mexican, he can do all the translating.
One of the best investments during my pregnancy so far. KNOW YOUR OPTIONS, FOLLOW YOUR INSTINCTS, and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Good luck!
FOR YOUR INFO:
CEPAPAR
Cuauhtémoc 111, Tizapan, San Angel
Mexico DF55 50 41 82, 55 50 42 64
e-mail: cepapar@cepapar.org.mx
SUKHAVATI YOGA
Melchor Ocampo 130, Col. del Carmen Coyoacán
Mexico DF
56 59 41 78, 56 59 47 36
Sounds like a great class. We took a natural childbirth class here but it left a lot to be desired. I've also read a million natural childbirth books which has been a really great pastime. Keep up the yoga! I'm 40 plus weeks now and still practicing! A family that namastes together...stays together...Wow. That was really bad. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteWhat an exciting time! And how cool that they offer those classes. My small town didn't have anything like that when I was expecting my youngest.
ReplyDeletethanks ladies! the classes are super cool. it's so important to understand what our options are - it seems that lots of pregnant women blindly follow doctor's orders without knowing whether it is right for them...so this is another point of view; especially in mexico where unnecessary c-sections are becoming more and more common.
ReplyDelete@molly: i'm anxiously following your updates and keeping my fingers crossed!