Hi. I’m 6 weeks pregnant. I read several topics hear about what I should do during pregnancy and about prenatal aducation. I have some questions.I will appreciate if someone answeres me.
first of all
i want to ask that when should i start to do these prenatal educations? is now too early and I have to wait until I’m 4-5months?
second, I downloaded one booklet from here which I saw in one of threads but I can’t find there now. it’s about soul bounding with baby in womb. Have anyone done this soul bounding method while pregnancy?could you please explain me your experience? it’s like meditation method isn’t?
I heard that right brain classess have prenatal courses. what do they do in clessess?I mean how do they stimulate fetus’s brain?
in that “soul bounding” booklet it was written in one place that: “prenatal education is widely practiced in
the East–with classes for mothers-to-be teaching foreign languages, classical music,
art…even math and science.” how?for example math and science! do they teach these to mothers or have methods that makes fetus have a potential of great math when he is born?
I can only have one answer for you, you asked about teaching math to a fetus.
I do not know about the specific course you are talking about, but the technique that I read about was as follow:
Teach your fetus about numbers by tapping gently on him. Say “one” and tap once and pause for a couple of seconds, say “two” tap twice etc. but keep it simple, only do numbers up to 10. Do once a day from about 4 months pregnent until birth, do the numbers in random order and have a good pause inbetween numbers so your child learn with ease.
Start teaching addition a month after quantity has been introduced, say “one” tap once, say “plus”, say “three” tap three times, say “equals”, say “four” tap four times. Make up any small sums, you can also introduce subtraction. Remember to be very consistent, don’t say “plus” today and “and” tomorrow, don’t say “equals” today and “is” tomorrow.
I did this but haven’t seen any results to speak of. I started Little Math when my baby was 12 months old, it was always hard to keep him interested in learning the quantities, but now that we are starting addition, he all of a sudden thinks the program is the best thing ever. Maybe he remembers something from his prenatal experiances??
Congratulations and good luck, hope somebody answers your other questions.
i didnt know about prenatal education when i was pregnant.
i found this for u to use while pregnant http://www.lullabelly.com/index.html and it a good way to stimulate the baby.
i used babyplus http://www.babyplus.com/index.php the whole pregnancy but i cant recommend it bec i knew about early education after the baby is born and we followed it and absolutely found result with it.
Hi
This could be a very late response. But I have some inputs to be shared here in this forum, so that it can be useful for other Mom to be moms…
What does “Prenatal Stimulation” means? - The answer is “Stimulating your child right from your womb”.
Right from the day one of your pregnancy, you can start talking your kid (dont juz think it has not fully grown). Start embrace your kid by rubbing your hands on your precious belly and provide a sooth and soft touch often to your babe in the womb. She will start feeling it and the feel will increase as days go on…
Your baby can hear your talking and at times you can receive her response during your 7, 8 and 9th months…
Always be happy - one important thing during your pregnancy
Listen to a lot of soft and lovely music.
Do meditate early in the morning and during bed times.
Always have positive thinking - very very important.
And think of what kind of characters your kid should have - start talking those stuffs to your kid from 6th month owards.
eg: “Hi bebo, I love you so much. You should always have a cute smile on your face”. kind of soothing talks.
Prepare a list of items like this and read out louder so that your cuty can listen in your womb.
Do alpha meditation.
Your response have been a great one.
The information you have shared seems very useful and hope to get more information from others for us moms to be.
I rather like the following article.It states about the many ways we can bond with our unborn baby.it also gives 12 exercises we can do with the baby. i have no idea if it works or not but positive thinking is always useful.
First, apologies to sound a bit of disagreement here.
Scientifically, there is no proven prenatal education. Even the Baby Plus or the other belt or contraptions do not have scientific merit whatsoever. Baby Plus even dares to show a demonstrably fake “scientific” paper by an unknown author from an unknown journal. Worse yet, these devices could cause deafness in your baby. So, I would suggest you to stay away from all these.
Bonding techniques may work, but again, no scientific merit so far. Music or mediation has little to no effects to the unborn baby. Mental health might be beneficial and that might be influenced positively by meditation.
I think the scientifically sound way to “improve” the condition of your baby is through eating healthy and exercise.
Respectfully I have to disagree with a couple of things you said Robbyjo. Meditation and music isn’t just for babies comfort but mothers as well. You may be able to say “Scientific” all you want but babies are miracles from God and there is no science involves with a bond between mother and babies, born or unborn. Babies will respond to mother and fathers voices in the womb. My daughter responded to both of our voices when I was juts 5-6 months pregnant. At birth, every time we talked and she was awake she would turn straight to us, because she knew our voices.
I listened to gospel music and country music practically everyday of my pregnancy, and my husband and I sang songs as well. Even now, if there is gospel music or country music on, our daughter immediately relaxes, coos along with it and even relaxes enough to fall asleep to it at times.
You say there is no scientific way about bonding…that’s because not everything can be explained with science. The bond between a mother and a child has been present long before science ever was.
the scientific sound to “improve” the condition of your baby is through health and exercise…really. Yes ofcourse, eating healthy and exercising PROPERLY ONLY WHAT YOU’RE ABLE TO DO WITHOUT OVER DOING IT AND UNDER CONDITIONS OF A DOCTOR are healthy for an unborn baby. However, that is not all a baby needs is it.
Not believing in prenatal education, but you believe in science correct? So science has come and has even proven with ultrasounds that babies in the womb learn to grasp, suck their thumb at times, kick, breath, etc, Even if babies do not learn in the womb how to count because there is no “scientific data” does not mean they are unable to do so. They listen to their mothers voice and the voices that are constantly around. They feel the touch of a hand on their mothers belly. And there is most certainly that bond between mothers and children in the womb and out.
Firstly, I think you need to reread my comments: Nowhere did I say that music and mediation do not benefit the mothers. What I do object is “prenatal learning”, which I think is absurd.
Secondly, your comment sounds like that it is either science or God, which implies that there is no godly scientist on earth. This is a false dichotomy. It is a very clear stance on your earlier post that got deleted. I hope you stop making such comments.
Thirdly, maternal bond is so far proven on the emotional health of the babies and the moms. There is some smattering evidence scientific that this is the case. However, nothing is known on the education front. Granted, emotional balance can propel learning, but that’s a different story.
Fourthly, auditory organ is complete by 26-28 weeks (which means 6 months). Babies may respond to external voice or stimuli. However, calling it “learning” is a huge stretch.
Fifthly, let’s say that science later can “prove” prenatal learning. Follow up questions still remain: What is the advantage academically vs. those who do not have such learning? What scope is the advantage? Which methods are beneficial? The existing “learning” hold the potential to harm the fetus.
That said, it is up to the parents to do meditation, music, or whatever approach. I think parents do have the rights to know what has been scientifically proven or not. To me, anecdotal evidence does not hold sway since I cannot ascertain that it is not a random chance.
I deleted that post myself so therefore there were no arguments about the topic. You so kindly stated why start a flame-war conversation. Then you started another topic starting one yourself. I am no longer going to reply to you, or your general idea of prenatal learning, seeming on the other thread you have changed your stance numerous times. It’s obvious you believe in science alone. I however do not. My faith is God. Yes some science can be proven as stated in the other thread, that’s great but my belief is still in God and that’s where it will stay. I am going to respectfully agree to disagree for these conversations are not worth any further of my time. I wish you good luck and whether or not you take it may God bless you and your family and have a wonderful Christmas and happy new year!
You can start prenatal education and seminars for future parents any time you think suitable! The earlier you start the more you’ll manage to learn before childbirth! And don’t forget about the role-playing games - they help.
