BabyPlus!

My friend KQ told me about BabyPlus when she was pregnant with her daughter in 2009. It's a prenatal education system that uses heartbeat tones as the "medium of instruction". There are 16 lessons that you play at a prescribed schedule starting Week 18 (which I'm at as of today!). You strap the thing onto your belly and use it twice a day for an hour each. The machine is preprogrammed to be at an optimum volume level and will automatically shut off after an hour. 

I first used it today at 12nn and I must admit, the sound is very noticeable indeed! I'm glad I chose to use it at 12nn and 6pm - i.e. least disruption to my officemates. Hehe. 

I also notice some stretching in my uterus when I was playing it and about an hour or two afterwards. The FAQs in the website says this is expected and in fact, once I can feel the baby moving, I'll even notice the increased activity more whenever I use BabyPlus. 

So here it is! I keep the contraption in a ziplock bag with a matching calendar of lessons that I tick off as I go through it. 

I must also admit something: this machine is also special to me because it's the first thing I ever bought in anticipation of getting pregnant. I saw it on sale online and figured I might as well buy it, way back in March 2011! I was that naive in thinking we will easily get pregnant so might as well get a good deal for Babyplus. :p Oh well. I'm just happy I finally get to use it :)

18 weeks today! :) Hope you're cozy and comfy in there, baby!