Breastfeeding Classes good or bad??

bijujuac · May 2012

I am 33 weeks pregnant and I really want to breastfeed. I am going to a breastfeeding class in a week to learn more about it, however, many people have told me not to go because it would turn me off of breastfeeding. Why would they say that? I dont want to start breastfeeding my child with no knowledge of anything!!!

AimeeL85 · May 2012

I didn't take one, but I will say that I wish I had. I don't know why, it just wasn't something I thought of.

Since I didn't go to one, I guess I can't say for sure that I would have learned anything that would have made our first few weeks much easier, but I think I would have, and anything to make it even a little easier would have been worth it, IMO.

We had a rough time at the start, but even if someone had described it all to me beforehand, it wouldn't have turned me off from it.

katiewhompus · May 2012

I went to one and it was information but not crucial.

I learned most of what I needed to know from the hospital LC, here, and youtube/internet videos.

MsAquarian85 · May 2012

I'm 37 weeks and I had my breastfeeding class 2day actually. Out of all the info I've read, hearing my questions answered by another woman who has been there helped me feel better. My instructor breastfed all her children successfully.( she has 4) I have one more contact now for when I come home with my son so I don't feel so down on myself if I feel somethng isn't going right or if I need reassurance. If you can take a class I believe you should because sometimes hearing the info out loud and not just reading it can make the world of a difference. Plus you might become close to the other moms since you all will probably be due around the same time.

Jessiree · May 2012

I took one and it is easily the best decision I could have made about breastfeeding.

The LC who ran it (the ARNP at my OB's office) is the reason I am still breastfeeding. I only met her because I took the class and I have seen her several times after my daughter was born to work on bad latch and oversupply issues. Her support throughout those early weeks gave me the courage to keep going!

At the very least, taking the class will get you familiar with an LC that you can call after the baby's birth, which will be very important if you don't click with the LC you see in the hospital (which I didn't)

PotomacSt · May 2012

I honestly didn't learn much from my BF class, but I had already read a lot about BFing by the time I went.

I'm glad I went though, it was at the hospital I delivered at and I learned about the lactation consultant services they offer, what they had at the hospital for BFing moms (free lanolin and Medela Harmony pumps, but no nursing pads), and the support they offered after you went home.

But the biggest reason I'm glad I went is because I took my husband and it helped him understand BFing... he just didn't 'get it' before he heard it from someone else. Before the class he thought it would be no big deal for him to give the baby a bottle of formula to help me out, and he thought it was absolutely insane to EBF til six months. The class really got him on board with the whole BF thing and made him a better support person.

Mrs.MauiBride24 · May 2012

Yes, go! And take your significant other. DH realized how much work it is and also that I'd need a lot of support. I'm so glad we both went.

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