The Antenatal Class seemed just really unorganized, they didnt seem to know how many women would be coming - even though you had to phone before hand to book and say you wanted to go?!
So me and my OH get there for 1:30 when it was said it was starting and the room is FULL already.. so half the room had to shuffle along so we could sit down
(how embarrassed did i feel making everyone have to move!) so were sitting down at the back of the room which has a half size door gate thing open with the sun beaming right onto our backs!
Then more people are arriving and more and then a couple more! The 2 women running it had to keep getting up to get more chairs, so im looking round the room and everyone looks abit miffed as there was only 1 fan in the room and it didnt reach everyone, it was soo hot yesterday aswell!
Anyways 1 of the women said 'hi if you'd like to turn to your neighbours and introduce yourselves, we'll then go round the room and everyone introduce the people next to you', so the woman to my right says shes Jenny and asks my name... so i said 'hi im Rhiannon', she was like sorry? whats your name again? so i repeat it (god i hate my name and no1 can ever say it) she gives me a funny smile and turns away, then the woman to my left says shes Louise and asks my name, again i say Rhiannon and shes like 
umm whats that again? *sigh* RHIANNON!
So every1 says the persons name next to them and then its Jenny's turn.. 'this is Claire and *looks at me* Rhiannan??'
no! im not Rhiannan! Then i say Jenny and Louise, and Louise says 'this is Rhianna and Jo' no! im not Rhianna either! Next they pass round stickers so we write our names on them.
I'll just write down quick points on the other things otherwise this post will be super long:
- I couldnt help but compare everyones bumps, i had the 1 of the smallest in the room
- It just kept getting hotter
- In the break we went outside and so did some of the other people and a group of women started chatting and laughing but i felt really awkward about joining in so i just stood to the side with my OH
- My OH had to stand for 2hours and it was soo hot its a wonder he didnt pass out
- Near the end of the class a woman who had been looking abit peaky actually almost did pass out! They had to carry her to the next room so she could lie down! It was clearly too hot in the room for all of us to be crammed in together!
- 1 of the women who was running its name was Dinky lol
- I think i only learnt 1 new thing
- The 2 women running it kept pausing and looking through notes and asking eachother whats next
- Everyone except 2 other girls looked older than me
- I counted on the list of names and phone numbers of the group that there were 25 pregnant women at the class plus 7 people (OH's and friends) made over 30 people i thought there was only going to be about 15 of us so you could get to know eachother in a small group!
And someone at the end asked when is the tour of the hospital is (as it says on the piece of paper after every class a tour of the maternity unit will be arranged) and the woman said 'oh we'll talk about that next time and sort it out then'.. i was thinking noo! sort it out now, so now if i want the tour (which i do) i'll obviously have to go again and my OH said he wont be going to another class, i cant blame him!
How have your Antenatal Classes been girls? Sorry for the rant! x
So me and my OH get there for 1:30 when it was said it was starting and the room is FULL already.. so half the room had to shuffle along so we could sit down
(how embarrassed did i feel making everyone have to move!) so were sitting down at the back of the room which has a half size door gate thing open with the sun beaming right onto our backs! Then more people are arriving and more and then a couple more! The 2 women running it had to keep getting up to get more chairs, so im looking round the room and everyone looks abit miffed as there was only 1 fan in the room and it didnt reach everyone, it was soo hot yesterday aswell!
Anyways 1 of the women said 'hi if you'd like to turn to your neighbours and introduce yourselves, we'll then go round the room and everyone introduce the people next to you', so the woman to my right says shes Jenny and asks my name... so i said 'hi im Rhiannon', she was like sorry? whats your name again?
so i repeat it (god i hate my name and no1 can ever say it) she gives me a funny smile and turns away, then the woman to my left says shes Louise and asks my name, again i say Rhiannon and shes like umm whats that again? *sigh* RHIANNON!So every1 says the persons name next to them and then its Jenny's turn.. 'this is Claire and *looks at me* Rhiannan??'
no! im not Rhiannan! Then i say Jenny and Louise, and Louise says 'this is Rhianna and Jo' no! im not Rhianna either! Next they pass round stickers so we write our names on them.I'll just write down quick points on the other things otherwise this post will be super long:
- I couldnt help but compare everyones bumps, i had the 1 of the smallest in the room
- It just kept getting hotter
- In the break we went outside and so did some of the other people and a group of women started chatting and laughing but i felt really awkward about joining in so i just stood to the side with my OH
- My OH had to stand for 2hours and it was soo hot its a wonder he didnt pass out
- Near the end of the class a woman who had been looking abit peaky actually almost did pass out! They had to carry her to the next room so she could lie down! It was clearly too hot in the room for all of us to be crammed in together!
- 1 of the women who was running its name was Dinky lol
- I think i only learnt 1 new thing
- The 2 women running it kept pausing and looking through notes and asking eachother whats next
- Everyone except 2 other girls looked older than me
- I counted on the list of names and phone numbers of the group that there were 25 pregnant women at the class plus 7 people (OH's and friends) made over 30 people i thought there was only going to be about 15 of us so you could get to know eachother in a small group!
And someone at the end asked when is the tour of the hospital is (as it says on the piece of paper after every class a tour of the maternity unit will be arranged) and the woman said 'oh we'll talk about that next time and sort it out then'.. i was thinking noo! sort it out now, so now if i want the tour (which i do) i'll obviously have to go again and my OH said he wont be going to another class, i cant blame him!
How have your Antenatal Classes been girls? Sorry for the rant! x
. I never found that the antinatal classes helped me much with Jack, nothing that i didnt know already especially with coming on here 
. So im not even bothering this time round. I never talked to anyone either, they all seemed older and not very sociable!
I think your right Mrs Jay (i always want to write Claire&Jack lol) you girls seem to know your stuff on here and everyones always got good advice i think ill get more from chatting and reading on PF than i will at the Antenatal Classes, i'll probably go next week just so i can go to the hospital tour though! Hopefully someone will get my name right next time 
so i'll probably do that instead, thanks! 
Ree I only went to one class cause I thought they were shite! It's obvouisly a thing in the area!
