Wednesday, 23 July 2008

• Baby Class!

  So I found a lady to take birthing classes with! Her name is Beatriz and she lives across town in Umacollo.

  Our first class was last Tuesday. First impressions:
  She looked kind of like the little designer lady from The Incredibles, except she doesn't have glasses and she's Peruvian.
  She didn't mind getting very close to my face and making gestures that would be sort of embarrassing in public. She's a very animated lady.
  Her classroom was nice and modern and inviting. It had a carpeted area to the left for doing exercises, and to the right were two chairs, a white board, some diagrams and "props."
  At first I didn't know if I was going to like her because she was almost like a 1st grade teacher, but it didn't take too long for me to see I could learn a lot from her.

  Classes here are usually private, like mine. If you take a community class it's usually 40-50 women, without their husbands. I get the impression that the norm here is for the husband not to be very involved in the pregnancy, or even the delivery! I'm glad Lee is the opposite!

  During our last class, we talked about what to take to the hospital with us. That was very helpful! We also talked about how we are going to name our baby. We're going to try to talk to as many people as we can before the birth so nothing gets mixed up! According to the law, our baby would have to be named "... Williams Williams." Because he must have both the mother's last name and the father's. That would sound a little stupid!

  In other news... we painted a wall in the future nursery. It turned out a little more "school bus" and a little less "sand" than I expected. We might make it lighter. It's a little frustrating because there is almost no place to look for nursery stuff here. They have some cribs, some blankets. It's hard enough to find something interesting online, let alone in Arequipa! Why doesn't anyone want to make travel-themed nursery stuff? And I don't mean little trains and cars and airplanes. But I'm sure we'll figure something out. I don't think I'll care all that much about the nursery once the baby is here!

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