Antenatal Classes

[Rach & Bumpy]

Whats everyone doing for Anetnatal??

I was told by the Midwife not to even think about it until about 30+ weeks... but don't the courses get booked up well in advance?

I think there is the odd breastfeeding class available but that's it really. I have heard about NCT.

Is anyone a member or been to their classes??

thanks
Rachel x

 

[PitBullMommy]

I start my hypnobirthing classes on 3/18, but I registered ages ago cause they fill up SO quickly. There is a baby shop here in my town that offeres all sorts of different classes; hypnobirthing, lamaze, breastfeeding, making your own baby food, cloth diapering...it's awesome! I would definietly think about signing up soon otherwise the class you want might be filled up already!

 

[Rach & Bumpy]

Ah thanks for that hun That baby shop sounds fab... may have to pop along to my local one and see if they know of anything.

What's hypnobirthing btw?

 

[x-amy-x]

my midwife hasn't so much as mentioned anything about any antenatal classes. I wouldn't even know where to look... so doubt i'll be going to any

xxx

 

[anita665]

I hadn't given it much thought but I got a letter the other day asking me to book a place for a one day antenatal workshop which is 10am till 4pm. The letter also said I should atend a fit for pregnancy class at the hospital which can be accessed between 16 and 26 weeks of pregnancy. Well I was already 28 weeks!!

 

[Jules]

Haven't heard about the fit for pregnancy thing......

I have mixed feelings whether to go to antenatal classes or not. Some people i have talked to have said it was a waste of time. but i am tempted to go all the same.

 

[anita665]

The fit for pregnancy class is meant to be some sort of physio and I hadn't heard of it either till I got that letter.

I don't know whether the classes will really be worth it since most of the stuff you learn from reading about it but I thought I'd go all the same. It's something to do anyway and will probably be fun.

 

[Rach & Bumpy]

Oooo haven't heard of fit for pregnancy before either..

I'm not too fussed on the classes to be honest. Well not really the breathing thing, but i guess the breast feeding and such like may be good to go to for me... i know nothing lol

 

[anita665]

I got an Avent DVD in my bounty pack when I first got pregnant and that gives you some really good advice on breastfeeding.

 

[Holldoll]

I'm taking Bradley classes and I started at 20 weeks. It's a 12 week class.

 

[clairebear]

my antenatal classes are booked and are held at the hospital, i start them on the 17th april for 4 weeks 7pm til 9pm.

 

[Rach & Bumpy]

my antenatal classes are booked and are held at the hospital, i start them on the 17th april for 4 weeks 7pm til 9pm.

Oh well done hun, very organised. Where abouts in the south west are you?

 

[PitBullMommy]

Hypnobirthing

https://www.hypnobirthing.com/index.htm

HypnoBirthing® - The Mongan Method is as much a philosophy as it is a technique. The concept of HypnoBirthing® is not new, but rather a "rebirth" of the philosophy of birthing as it existed thousands of years ago and as it was recaptured in the work of Dr. Grantly Dick-Read, an English obstetrician, who first forwarded the concept of natural birthing in the 1920s. The method teaches you that in the absence of fear and tension, severe pain does not have to be an accompaniment of labor.

You will gain an understanding of how the birthing muscles work in perfect harmony--as they were designed to--when your body is sufficiently relaxed. You will learn how to achieve this kind of relaxation, free of the resistance that fear creates, and you will learn to use your natural birthing instincts for a calm, serene and comfortable birthing.


When you have your baby with HypnoBirthing®, you will not be in a trance or a sleep. What you will experience is similar to the daydreaming or focusing that occurs when you are engrossed in a book or a movie or staring into a fire.

You will be conversant and in good spirits--totally relaxed, but fully in control. Awake throughout, you will be aware of your body's surges; but because you will have trained yourself to reach complete relaxation, you will be able to determine the degree to which you will feel the surges. You will experience birthing in an atmosphere of calm relaxation, free of the fear and tension that prevents the muscles of your body from functioning as nature intended them to. In this calm state your body's natural relaxant, endorphins, replaces the stress hormones that constrict and cause pain

 

[clairebear]

swindon