Male Singers Pregnancy Series

19. Prenatal Class

Shawn 💖

Shawn and I have been doing prenatal classes online for the next few weeks to learn more about how to prepare for the birth of our first child in the next couple of months. I'm approaching 7 months in my pregnancy now. We like taking the classes online as we are both always to busy to go  to a public classes. Anyway we go into a live stream and follow the class online on Tuesdays. If you're not around you can catch up another time. We are getting ready for the class now. "Babe, would you like a drink before we start?" Shawn asks. "Sure cocoa would be great please" I reply. "Of course, my love" he smiles. Shawn gets us drinks then we go onto my laptop and onto the link for the class. It's lead by midwives. Shawn and I sit on the couch and listen to the introduction. "Hello and welcome to the third prenatal class. Today I will be giving you tips about labor and delivery and how to stay calm for you and your partner" the lady said. We then listened to what she had to say and took it all in. She offered us some good advice about how to prepare for labor and delivery. Shawn and I are both very good listeners. The class finished within an hour and today's was helpful and useful. "How did you find that, babe?" Shawn asks. "Good. Very good. I understand more now" I say. "Great. I do too. Wonder what they'll be talking about next week" he said. "Don't know we'll find out then" I say. So Shawn and I enjoyed our online prenatal class tonight again

Harvey 💙

Harvey and I are attending our second prenatal class tonight at our local church hall. We went last week and it was good even though it was mainly an introduction night but tonight we learn more about babies and stuff and we are looking forward to it. Harvey and I are in the car on our way to the prenatal class now at the church hall. "So I wonder what we'll learn tonight?" he said. "Yeah I don't know. We'll find out soon" I say. "We will" he said. We arrive back and park up and walk in holding hands. We were a little early but we took a seat with the other couples in the room. Harvey was a little fidgety and couldn't keep his eyes off me as we were waiting. Anyway a few minutes later the class starts with the lady coming in. "Good evening everyone. Hope you are all well. Tonight we are learning how to keep fit and exercise during your pregnancy" she said. "Okay cool" Harvey whispers in my ear. I giggle a little. So we listened to the lecture about keeping fit and exercising during pregnancy. Yoga, walking and running is all good and that's what I've been doing. I like to keep healthy anyway. I also eat healthy too. "Gentlemen, make sure your partner doesn't exhaust herself exercising" the lady said. "You behave yourself" Harvey said to me. I giggle again. We asked a few questions towards the end but we just listened and took a few notes on our phones to memorise. Harvey and i enjoyed our second prenatal class tonight. It was good and useful

Niall 💚

Niall and I have been attending prenatal classes for the last few weeks and we've been enjoying going and making new friends and also learning more about babies too. We are having three babies so we've got a lot to learn I guess. We are the only couple expecting triplets. There is another couple having twins but we are the only one having triplets. We are at another prenatal class this evening. We are doing breathing techniques during labor. It's going well so far. It's definitely going to help during labor even though bill probably be having a c section as I'm having triplets. "I can tell you're so relaxed, babe" Niall said as I am practicing the breathing exercises. I nod my head. "Yeah it's good. Really helpful actually" I say. "Great it might come in useful" he said. We carry on doing the breathing techniques for a bit longer. It was great. I didn't want to stop. "Did you all find that helpful?" the coordinator said. "Yes we did" I reply so did the other women. The class finished with some feedback. Niall and I also talked to a few of the other couples at the end before going now. We really enjoyed our prenatal class tonight and we are looking forward to next weeks

Ruel 💜

Ruel and I are a bit nervous tonight as we are going to our first prenatal class. We have been debating for weeks to go. We already know that we'll be the youngest couple there. We don't really want people to judge us for deciding to have a baby so young but we've got a lot to learn so we're going to this class for us. We don't really know what to expect. We know we will learn a lot about babies and pregnancy though. Ruel's mum Kate is taking us to our first prenatal class tonight. "Don't look so nervous, guys. It will all be fine" Kate said. "I hope you're right, mum" Ruel says. "Yeah me too" I say. Ruel smiles and holds my hand. She drops us off at the place and sees us in. "This is it, babe. Our first pregnancy class" Ruel said. "I know" I reply. We walk in and take a seat. At first we got a a few judgey looks but it was okay when we got in. We had to introduce ourselves. "Hey, I'm Y/ N and this is my boyfriend, Ruel. You're probably wondering how old we are and we are both 17" I say. "You probably think we are too young to be bring a baby into the world but we are determined to be good parents to our baby boy" Ruel said. So we felt better when we introduced ourselves and everyone welcomes us with open arms and made us feel more at ease. We think we'll go again