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Breastfeeding classes

laurmar21laurmar21 member
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Has anyone taken them or going to take them at all?  Are you finding or have you found them to be helpful?  Or should I just wait until they show me how at the hospital?  Curious on your opinion and whether or not your recommend them.  Thanks!

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Re: Breastfeeding classes

  • annierificannierific

    I am taking them! My cousin who is a doula and breast feeding advocate- said i should as it will be very helpful. In reading the book "So, Thats What They're For"- the more i read the more i thought... i think ill be taking a class. there is so much more to it than i orginally thought!

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  • Lambie.Lambie. member
    I've heard they are pretty worthless because you forget most of it anyways.  Having the babe in arms with a lactation consultant has been said to be more helpful.
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  • CrystalDaunCrystalDaun
    I don't. Only because the hosp. I delivered DD at (and will deliver DS at) has fabulous lactation specialists. They come in daily & can come if you page them, if you need them more then once a day. They were so helpful. They also call you every other day when you are home to see if you have ?'s (for the first 2 weeks). When your DC is 2 weeks old they invite you to breastfeeding classes (for FREE) at the hospital, just incase you are having problems. When I heard about this I wasn't about to spend the $ in advance. You may want to check & see if your hospital offers anything like this for once your DC is born. I really found it so helpful, so I'll just utilize them again if I have problems this time around.
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  • aerobabyaerobaby
    My cousin is a doctor, and she even took them ,cause she said it's not as easy as it looks! So i will be taking them....
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  • ac_in_dcac_in_dc

    Honestly, I bet it depends on the kind of learner you are. If you're the kind of person that learned well in school without a lot of hands-on stuff, a class would probably be useful.

    My hospital has a bunch of these classes, but my OB told me not to sign up 'til 24 weeks or so (and that they probably won't put me in a class 'til I'm 30 weeks).

     In the meantime I got the "nursing mother's companion" and while it's a bit crunchy-granola in some of it's philosophical leanings, the specifics on how to get a baby to latch on/ways to hold it, etc. seem really useful. I'll probably read it a couple of times before giving birth and hopefully some of it will sink in.

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  • ejh090305ejh090305 member
    If you truly want to b/f then I reccommend them and hear that they are wonderful resources. I don't think the childbirth classes are worth a darn though, from experience. Nothing you didn't already know from health class.
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  • tyler82407tyler82407
    my husband and I took the breast feeding class with our last baby and I found it so very helpful! I would definitely recommend it!!!!
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  • cactus5cactus5 member

    I took them before I had my son. I knew absolutely nothing about breast feeding and only had one friend to ask advice from, so I thought they were it was very informative.

     

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  • julielovestomjulielovestom
    I took it with my first, and would not recommend it.  It's very hard to learn how to breastfeed without actually having a baby, and you can get the information they give from books.  I read the Nursing Mother's companion, and none of the information in the class was new.  I also felt like they put a lot of guilt on us to BF.  I had every intention, but it was very difficult, and I struggled a lot with it.  I ended up BF for 8 months, but it was much harder getting started than I expected, and if it doesn't end up working out for you I think after taking the class you would feel more guilty than if you didn't.  Just my 2cents.  Good luck!
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