FTM's Birthing Classes?

ContactDanielle · September 2011

FTM's is anyone not taking any birthing classes? We just want to go with the flow and the dr.'s and nurses to let us know what is best for me and the baby. (Deep down I think that I will be having an early c-section, but that's just a gut instinct.) If you aren't taking any classes are you doing a hospital tour?

Also, how do I pre-register? Do I have to call my hospital?

KellyAnn911 · September 2011

I'm not doing any birthing classes. DH and I did a hospital tour when I was 8 weeks during a baby fair they had. They are having their Fall baby fair next week so I signed up again. This time I'm going with my mom since DH has to work.

As far a pre-reg, My OB gave me the paperwork for pre-reg at my 1st appt.

GoldenPeaches · September 2011

I am not doing any birthing classes. DH and I already toured the birth center at 6 weeks when we were deciding whether we wanted to go there. Personally, I wouldn't skip the tour because I learned some important stuff on the tour and now I can better visualize where I'll give birth. Takes away part of the unknown for me which is definitely a positive in my mind.

ContactDanielle · September 2011

Good to know about the tours, I will have to find out about those. And I need to ask my OB about pre-registering I guess since I didn't start the pregnancy with him maybe I missed it!

sportsmomma · September 2011

I did do a childbirth class, but if you aren't doing one in person BabyCenter has a free one you can take online.

https://www.babycenter.com/childbirth-class

CarmonEdJ · September 2011

Not taking birthing classes, we will tour the hospital maternity care center in two weeks. We plan on doing the free online version offered in a previous post.

kanga47s · September 2011

there might be a link on your hospital website to pregister as well.

rxyb13 · September 2011

We are signed up to take a childbirth education class at 37 weeks because we had events (weddings) planned on the only other open dates. Hopefully we'll make it :-). In the event we don't I'm going keep reading up. Most hospitals have a form online that you can fill out or fax back to ore-register. My on had me complete the form at my 28 week appt.

xxmiyaxx · September 2011

BlueCards:

I did do a childbirth class, but if you aren't doing one in person BabyCenter has a free one you can take online.

https://www.babycenter.com/childbirth-class

I have decided not to take a class (but yes to the hospital tour!)....but I will be taking this online one with my hubby so we have some idea of what to expect. I also watched a few birth-related movies (on my own...hubby not interested in seeing a bunch of random ladies give birth LOL)

sarakiefer · September 2011

We did the hospital tour so we can know what to expect when the time comes. I'm glad we did because they give you a lot of information such as where to park during certain times, how many visitors, if they offer birthing tubs for laboring, etc. We are still on the fence about birthing classes. I have friends that say it didn't really do them much good. The only thing I really want to know is how to breathe and I'm sure it is easy to find online or asking other moms. I just now sent out my pre-admission form. I asked at my last appointment and my OB gave me the paper. I couldn't believe it was just ONE paper to fill out! I thought I was going to have a whole packet or something.

linaboop · September 2011

We're not doing one- mostly because my husband's work schedule makes it impossible. Our hospital offers an online course, so we will check that out and just skip it if we don't get any useful information from it. We are taking a tour so that we know where we'll be. We've also done tons of reading, which is more compatible with our learning styles.

jmd22 · September 2011

We did our Childbirth Prep class last Saturday, but honestly, we didn't get much out of it. It was all day, from 9am to 3:30 and when it was all done, DH and I both agreed that we got maybe an hour of useful info out of the class. The instructor was alright, but the majority of the class was spent talking about the science and physiology of pregnancy, as opposed to the actual birthing process, pain management, etc, which is what I thought it would be.

All in all, it was kind of a waste of $90 and a free Saturday, but the hubby and I still had fun spending the day together. Best part of the class, hands down, was the couple sitting next to us, who quite clearly hated each others guts-- it was epic- they fought and bitched at each other the entire time, and both of them spent the rest of the time playing games on their cell phones. Made us both feel pretty lucky to not be in a relationship like that!

We are taking the hospital tour next week

PecanSam · September 2011

We did the birthing class with our hospital and really liked it. We thought we were going to be bored out of minds since we have done so much reading and our siblings have already gone through birthing. But we still learned things, especially what our hospital protocols are and the different choices we will have when giving in labor. A hospital tour was included in the class.

Our hospital has a very informative website. And it is on that site that we had to pre-register.

We also plan on doing what is best for the baby and me in terms of labor and birthing, however, the doctors and nurses will not make decisions for you. You are better off being informed and making your own decisions and taking their suggestions if they make any, into consideration.

awillis13 · September 2011

ContactDanielle:
Good to know about the tours, I will have to find out about those. And I need to ask my OB about pre-registering I guess since I didn't start the pregnancy with him maybe I missed it!

My OB gave me my preregistration paperwork at my last appointment (about 25 weeks) so maybe they just wait until you are a little closer so you don't worry about it earlier.

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