All day birth class at Swedish?

Jess1495

Hi all, I haven't been very active on this board (usually just lurking or on the Feb birth board)... but was curious if any of you have done the 8 Hour all-day Birth Class at Swedish in Seattle?

My DH and I originally planned to do the 4 or 6 week class, but waited until around Thanksgiving to sign up and by then all the upcoming ones were full. So now we are doing the all day class this weekend before it's too late.  

Any advice for this all day one? Assuming they let you have a break to go grab lunch somewhere? 

dosafyre

I think that's what we took. Worked well for us, since we didn't want to have to come back for weeks on end. I felt plenty informed and they covered a lot (I did natural birth with breastfeeding if that makes any difference).

Bring some water. We did get a break for lunch (ate at the nearby restaurants in first hill) and got plenty of bathroom breaks

Alli923

We did the 2-day weekend classes. They did let us have bathroom breaks and a break for lunch.  It was pretty relaxed so if you need to get up and use the restroom or step out for a min. it isn't a big deal.  Bring a notebook and pen, water bottle and maybe some snacks.  There are a couple places to get lunch around there too if you don't want to bring lunch.

NicoleC206

I just took the class last weekend, it was very informative and went by a lot faster then I had expected.  We were given several breaks and had an hour for lunch and also finished about an hour early.  I would bring snacks and a water bottle.

Jess1495

Thanks guys for the feedback! Good to know there will be lots of breaks and time for lunch (there was hardly any info on the website)... I'm looking forward to it, makes things seem more real!

clineak

NicoleC206:

I just took the class last weekend, it was very informative and went by a lot faster then I had expected.  We were given several breaks and had an hour for lunch and also finished about an hour early.  I would bring snacks and a water bottle.

This, exactly. It was a pretty good class. Have fun!

SirSleepsALot

We did the all day one because I knew if I took DH to 1 session of a 6-8 week one he woudl think it was a huge waste of time and not go back.  About 1.5 before it ended he was super antsy but got through it )  We had a nice mid day lunch break and there are lots of yummy restaurants in Ballard (if that's which Swedish you are referring to).  Nice and easy.