Are birthing/parenting classes freaking anyone else out?!?

Re: Are birthing/parenting classes freaking anyone else out?!?

• AFWife1229

  January 2010

  We're going to our last class tonight. It never freaked me out, but I knew alot of what was going on when we started the calss. I was 12 when my little sister was born and my mom felt the need to share everything with me, maybe as a form of birth control. Lol. But I will admit, we watched a couple births and I thought they were gross. I know that I should be more mature about it, but it grosses me out so much. My thoughts...if I have to go through it, I shouldn't have to watch it too. Lol. The only thing that freaked me out a little is when they showed a woman getting the epidural. It was a little scary, but IMO still totally worth it and I'l be getting it.

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• DrPea member

  January 2010

  I really enjoyed our birthing class for the opposite reason. I feel so much better about my body being designed to handle the pain and knowing that the breathing techniques I learned will help me get through it. (I also feel that hubby is more knowledgeable now and confident that he can get me through contractions.)
  

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• errie108

  January 2010

  the class didn't freak me out but the video they showed us sure did!!
  

  

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• AmandaToo

  January 2010

  Just the opposite.  I feel empowered and curious.  I want to know everything I possibly can. 

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• sheparli

  January 2010

  Our first class is tom night and I think I'm gonna opt out of watching someone else giving birth. It just freaks me out way too much. I just want to know what to expect, ways to manage pain and all that stuff.

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• aocain02@yahoo.com member

  January 2010

  They freaked my DH out.  What really freaked him out most was the hospital tour though.  After that it all seemed so real to him.  I'm okay for now, I know I'll freak out later but surprisingly enough I'm at peace with the whole process of labor and pain.
  

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• BananaSD

  January 2010

  I sort of felt this way...that I dont think I need to see it happening to someone else on video to understand that it will be HARD!  Also,I dont want a mirror down there and I dont want my labor videotaped either. I dont think I want to have the image of that in my head forever... Delivering the placenta was what really freaked me out!  I couldnt get that image out of my mind for weeks!! (it was so much larger than I thought it would be)

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• aliinportland

  January 2010

  Part of what's freaking me out is the pain (I'm planning to go drug-free), but mostly it's the uncertainty of it - like, when will it start?  how long will each stage last?  how long will each contraction last?  We obviously won't know any of that, which I think is going to make managing the pain very difficult for me.  (I'm very type A!) 

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• salinaterri

  January 2010

  I'm in denial...I'm not going to any of those classes.

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• deepblue789

  January 2010

  We stopped going to our Bradley class because our instructor would make us watch videos of birth every week...and it is a 12 week class!  We just walked out when she popped in another one on week 8.  I had had enough.  It kind of takes away the beauty of it for me.  I get it - watermelon through the vag, but I don't have to keep watching it over and over.  The Bradley principles and book are so helpful, we just got a really bad instructor in my opinion.  I see nothing gained from seeing birth like that more than once. 

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