I am not taking any birthing classes. Just my personal preference, I feel like they are a waste of money. It is my first but i feel like I will be fine with or without the classes. My friends all say they are useless and when it comes to labor you forget what you "learned".
Any opinions? Anyone want to share why they may not be taking any classes..
The ones at the hospital I am delivering are like $500 for 3 classes 2 hours each. Also during hours my hubby works.
Re: Anyone else NOT taking any classes?
I didn't want to (I'm one that would just rather not know some of the nitty-gritty because I worry about it if I know too much in advance), but DH really did. We are taking childbirth prep at our hospital (5 nights, 2 1/2 hours each night), but it included the tour, help with filling out my birth plan, and infant care. It was only $60. $500 is CRAZY and I wouldn't take a class that cost that much either! I don't feel like I've learned a ton, but we do feel better about our birth plan now.
Me: 37
DH: 36
Married: 08-25-07
DS: 11-20-09
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We didn't take any classes. We decided they are probably a waste of money and it would cost about $250 at the hospital where I'm delivering. We have a high deductible insurance, so we have already paid over $2400 so far in deductibles and are going to max it out at $4000 once the baby is born. We have spent a lot on everything else like furniture, so we figure we would rather save what we could be spending on classes and not getting much out of them. I know I won't be the first woman to not take a birthing class and the baby's going to come whether I'm breathing a certain way or not!
We just rented the Laugh and Learn childbirth videos from Netflix.
The classes at our hospital were a little pricey, plus half of the class period is spent taking a tour- which we'd already taken. The videos were great!
I'm not taking any- all of my friends have said they are a total waste of time/money.
The only reason I would take one is if I was going for a med-free birth.
Wow. At our hospital there are a ton of classes offered for free.
So far we took L & D and Baby Basics. I thought they were kind of a waste of time but at least not a waste of money. I mean I got some stuff out of it but not 4 hrs worth. I think anyone would be fine to skip these unless they really don't have a clue.
Tomorrow night we are taking Infacnt CPR which we paid $15/person for.