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Question About Hospital Birth Class

meltoinemeltoine member
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The hospital I'm delivering at offers one-day birth classes every month. The one in January is a couple of days before I get back to the States. The one in February is 6 days before my due date.

Should I register for the February class and hope LO holds out that long? Will I have any desire to sit through an 8-hour class by then? Or, should I just wing it without the class?

I've been to the hospital many times before, but I've never seen the birthing center and I'm not well-versed on their particular policies.  

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Re: Question About Hospital Birth Class

  • Mommysaurus123Mommysaurus123 member
    Does your hospital offer virtual tours? DH and I did a virtual tour online just in case we didn't make it to the "tour week" in our childbirth classes. You could always watch the video if possible, just in case you can't get there for the Feb. class. If you've been reading up on everything, you might not need to take the class. We just did because our insurance covers it and we thought it might be helpful. Turns out, it was pretty helpful to me, because it made me realize that you don't need an epidural to have a baby. Smile

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  • meltoinemeltoine member

    imageMLS_Becker:
    Does your hospital offer virtual tours? DH and I did a virtual tour online just in case we didn't make it to the "tour week" in our childbirth classes. You could always watch the video if possible, just in case you can't get there for the Feb. class. If you've been reading up on everything, you might not need to take the class. We just did because our insurance covers it and we thought it might be helpful. Turns out, it was pretty helpful to me, because it made me realize that you don't need an epidural to have a baby. Smile

    I don't think they'll tell me anything about birth that I haven't already researched to death. The only value is in actually seeing the birth center and L&D. I've been to the hospital before, but never the birthing part of it. I'll look and see if they have a virtual tour.  

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    Call and ask them if, considering your circumstances, you could schedule aninformal tour when you get back.
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  • missfiremissfire member

    Our hospital does tours at least every two weeks, so you may be able to just schedule a tour.

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