Last night we had our first childbirth class! We decided to take classes that teach the Bradley Method of childbirth, so we signed up with Barbara Lehr in town. We decided to go the Bradley route for a variety of reasons. They emphasize the husband's importance during pregnancy, labor, and delivery. They have an excellent success rate of natural childbirth (96%). And we've heard nothing but good things from people who have used the Bradley Method.
Our first class was fun. Barbara, the instructor, is really energetic and passionate about childbirth. The class is small. It's just us and two other couples, both of whom are a bit further along than we are. One is 29 weeks and the other is 33 weeks. I kind of like that, because I'll get to learn from them hopefully. Also, I feel like we made a good choice in instructors because one couple came from Terra Haute and the other came from Columbus! That's a ways to go every week for childbirth class, so I feel like her recommendations must be stellar.
Anyway, we mostly talked about nutrition and exercise to help prepare the body for labor last night. I feel like a lot of the stuff I already knew from reading books, but I still feel that it is beneficial and will probably be more so as we go along.
So the husband just stands around and looks awkward with a camera right? I learned that from Father of the Bride 2.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I like the Bradley method's emphasis of natural childbirth. My mom's cousin works as a midwife and has spent a lot of time in Africa so I'm pretty biased.