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Birthing Class or no birthing class???

Pattymae05Pattymae05 member
in February 2012 Moms
So my hubby and I are first timers but consider ourselves pretty knowledgeable. He's pre med and I have nannied in the past for a newborn. We aren't very anxious about things going wrong or the delivery itself. Basically, we are pretty "relaxed" about the whole thing.  We've debated about taking a birthing class and of course are waiting til the last minute. The next available class in town starts on Jan 3 and runs for 7 weeks and costs $55. We are due Feb 7th and since money is a little tight is it worth signing up for a class we might not finish? Please give us your opinion! DH says opinions only no mandates :)
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  • pinkshades05pinkshades05 member
    Not sure if this is the board you want, but I found birthing classes helpful last year with DD. If you don't take one, at least do some reading to prepare yourself.

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  • Pattymae05Pattymae05 member
    Yeah I just realized I posted int eh Feb 2012 birth club instead of 2013. Sorry But thanks for the info :)
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  • sparks2987sparks2987 member

    I was overly prepared for birth, I read several different books on birth, read countless articles online and of cource asked every question I could think of to my doctor.

    I didnt learn anything new from birthing class. DH however did he didnt know any of that information and it kept him calm during the birth.

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  • cbaglinicbaglini member
    We skipped birthing classes but did take a tour of the maternity ward. That was enough for us and all went well. 
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  • ALane1128ALane1128 member
    We did not take a birthing class. We did do a hospital tour though and we were/are extremely comfortable with our doctor/pedi. From what I had gathered from all of our friends and family, it wasn't worth it.
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  • jldubb0626jldubb0626 member
    We took classes and I really enjoyed them. I agree with Ainslie though. I did take some pointers about breathing and such for the actual L&D aspect of it, but what I took from it mostly was about how our hospital ran and such. Ours was taught by an actual nurse from the maternity ward so she gave a lot of insight to her real world experience, something you can't really read in the books. Our class also included the tour of the hospital and we got to meet a lot of the nursing staff.
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  • Shawnee11507Shawnee11507 member
    DH was working out of state at the time, so I took the classes by myself. I read a lot of books and asked a lot of questions of my OB, so the classes didn't really teach me anything new & were kind of a waste.
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  • SapphireDreamRockSapphireDreamRock member
    imagesparks2987:
    I was overly prepared for birth, I read several different books on birth, read countless articles online and of cource asked every question I could think of to my doctor. I didnt learn anything new from birthing class. DH however did he didnt know any of that information and it kept him calm during the birth.

    This. More helpful for DH. But they showed everyone lots of massages to dohands on instead of from a booknot bad.
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  • Lena122Lena122 member
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    I found it reassuring and there was a lot of hospitalspecific information that was useful and helped me understand exactly what would happen once we checked in.nbsp;I think you could prepare without it, but I found it a lot easier to give up a weekend and learn about the hospital and the birthing process in one go.nbsp;


    This exactly. You won't learn anything that you can find on the Internet but it really helps to hear it from a health care provider in your hospital.
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