Last Night's Bradley Birthing Class

MrsDeHav · January 2010

Last night we had our first Bradley birthing class (the first of 8) and I wanted to share a little about our experience. We are one of three couples in the class and its held at our instructor?s home. After introductions and ?getting to know you? activities, we talked about the birthing process, kegels, stretches and exercises to relieve various aches/pains, breathing during labor, relaxation and watched a natural labor video.

She was sure to include our husbands in everything including how they can assist with the stretches and relaxation. The class is really focused on preparing your mind and body for labor as well as connecting with your husband to make the labor an experience for both of you.

Our class was $295 and included the workbook. We have a binder full of materials that we can copy (the originals belong to our instructor) and bring home each week as well as access to her library of childbirth books/dvd and workout dvds.

All in all, I?m super excited about this class and can?t wait for next week! DH started off skeptical, but really enjoyed feeling like he was an important player in the birth of our baby.

Just wanted to share some feedback for anyone that is considering taking Bradley Classes.

Alicebean · January 2010

Thanks so much for sharing! How did you find a local class? I just made the decision the other day that I want to attempt a natural birth.

Alyssa102 · January 2010

Glad you and DH enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing!

jilicious · January 2010

We're doing our first Bradley class on Sunday and I'm super excited.

One question though: these are supposed to be twelve week courses, how did you find an eight week one?

bliss611 · January 2010

Thank you!

We will be starting ours on 2/21 - a series of 6 classes. I am loking forward to them even more now

MrsDeHav · January 2010

Alicebean:
Thanks so much for sharing! How did you find a local class? I just made the decision the other day that I want to attempt a natural birth.

i found her under the instructor section of bradleybirth.com. my instructor holds classes per group based on due date. i contacted her about 2 weeks ago and that was just in time to start this class. good luck!

alice2Bcheshire · January 2010

Thanks for sharing-- I'm leaning towards Bradley, and it's great to hear what's actually involved.

DASHSKIDADDLE · January 2010

Sounds about how ours is going! Except we don't have access to books and DVDs...we did get a workbook and breastfeeding class is included! Ours ran about $130. I can't wait to this next Monday! It is our hospital tour! Yay!!

MrsDeHav · January 2010

jilicious:

We're doing our first Bradley class on Sunday and I'm super excited.

One question though: these are supposed to be twelve week courses, how did you find an eight week one?

i'm sure you'll enjoy it as much as i did!!! there's someone in the class who is 2 weeks ahead of me (due mid-april) so she's condensing the 12 weeks into 8 sessions. we were there for almost 2 hours last night.

MrsDeHav · January 2010

alice2Bcheshire:
Thanks for sharing-- I'm leaning towards Bradley, and it's great to hear what's actually involved.

my instructor sent me a syllabus ahead of time so i knew what would be covered each week. if you're intrested, i would recommend seeing if an instructor in your area could send you a detailed description of the classes week by week.

tece · January 2010

I just checked out the website - it looks really interesting. Thanks for the info, I am thinking of doing this.

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