Birth/Nursing/Infant Care Classes (NYers)?

patchen30 · August 2011

Which of these classes, if any, are you taking?

My OB's office recommended an RN who teaches a Lamaze class for $500. Luckily, we found out that the firm I work for offers a Lamaze class for free!

I also would like to take an infant care, breastfeeding, and infant CPR class - and those are offered free through work as well, but they're going to be "sometime this fall" and I don't know if the timeline will work for me.

Anyone have any suggestions for classes in the NY area?

msjcordova · August 2011

Im not in NY but, $500!!!! Holy cow!

nycbride0707 · August 2011

We're taking the Lamaze class ($200) and breastfeeding class ($50) through our hospital-does yours offer them?

You could always take Rosie Pope's classes

patchen30 · August 2011

nycbride0707:
We're taking the Lamaze class ($200) and breastfeeding class ($50) through our hospital-does yours offer them?
You could always take Rosie Pope's classes

The $500 class is the one my hospital recommended. They don't offer any other classes!

steveandkim2 · August 2011

Actually, those prices aren't that bad. I'm almost paying that much in the 'burbs.

We've got a Bradley birth class ($350), Breast Feeding class with a private lactation consultant ($200 - but that also includes a post partum visit to confirm things are working), and infant CPR $75. They all add up!

Before signing up for the Lamaze class, I'd look into what it covers and see if that's the type of birth you want to have. I know there's a lot of different thoughts about Bradley vs. Lamaze in the birthing method debate...It would stink if you spent all that money and it wasn't a "method" you were interested in.

Yellow_Daisy · August 2011

I don't live in NY, but the one class I wish we had taken that we couldn't get in to was the infant care class. It's the most popular class my hospital offers and the classes were always full, it's called Surviving the first 30 Days here. While I am very comfortable around babies and have 9 nieces and nephews I was totally unprepared to bring my little guy home and felt completely overwhelmed when we did. We figured it out with the help of my mom and sister, but it would have been nice to have taken that class so we felt a little more prepared when they handed us our baby and sent us on our way.

NicoleeBonsai · August 2011

really nice that your firm offers those classes for free!

since cornell doesn't offer any classes and rosie pope is so damn expensive, i am taking classes at a hospital out here in the 'burbs. much cheaper (my multiples class, which covered labor, a little childbirth and infant care cost about $160 and the BFing class i plan to take is i think $60) than anything i could find in the city.

my doctor's office didn't offer any suggestions for classes - my guess is since they know i am having twins, they're like, meh, she'll prolly have a c-secrion anyway (FWIW i'm trying for a vaginal).

nycbride0707 · August 2011

patchen30:
nycbride0707:
We're taking the Lamaze class ($200) and breastfeeding class ($50) through our hospital-does yours offer them?
You could always take Rosie Pope's classes
The $500 class is the one my hospital recommended. They don't offer any other classes!

Oh jeez-gotta love NYC hospitals! Maybe one of the other hospitals might have some more reasonable classes (NYU? Columbia?)? I doubt it, but maybe the Y has something? Or you could just try Googling 'NYC lamaze' and see what comes up?

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