Comments on: Prenatal birthing class disaster

By: babydickey

babydickey — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:34:01 +0000

I really am sorry you were offended. I did not mean anything by “older, in their 30s” — just meant older than me. Best of luck at your class, I’m sure it will be great. Most people I’ve talked to loved their classes, but ours really was a waste. It was extremely disappointing that a (paid) class put on by the hospital was such a joke (and no, I don’t mean because of the 1 girl with the questions), I really mean the information (or lack of) they presented. Another couple from the class never came back after the first one and when we saw them later, they said that was why. I should have mentioned in my post that it was a great thing that girl was doing–by being there and learning as much as she could. And funny you should say do it myself next time. We are planning a homebirth this time because my entire experience in this hospital was traumatic and it was all a giant lie–these classes should have been my first sign, they didn’t want any of us actually informed.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:08:18 +0000

Wow, I found your post while searching online to find out more about what I can expect from my childbirth class tonight, and all I can say is boy, I am sure glad you and your husband aren’t in my class. I am “older, in my 30s” and all I got from your site is an arrogant, mean, judgmental rant with no real point and very little actual humor (although you apparently think making fun of others is really hilarious). You should be ashamed of yourself for making fun of anyone who is trying to educate themselves, regardless of how little knowledge they are starting out with. Also, I’m sure you were a complete joy to teach and made the teacher feel completely welcome with your snarky laughter.

If you know so much about childbirth, next time just do the whole thing by yourself since you don’t seem to need assistance — you know everything.

Great job on making yourself feel important by belittling others.

By: 1-2-3, breathe « beyond the belly

1-2-3, breathe « beyond the belly — Sat, 08 May 2010 00:06:36 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:54:00 +0000

It saddens me to read all these negative comments about a 17 year old mother. SO WHAT if she asked a couple silly questions?!? At least she IS asking questions and preparing for her baby. As a Teen Mom she is doing the RIGHT THING by taking a childbirth class AND asking ANY question she might have. It is pretty cruel to make fun of an inexperienced mom like that. And to say that she shouldn’t be allowed to have children! Well I assume NONE of you have ever made a mistake in your life.

By: Colleen

Colleen — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:30:12 +0000

Dude, for real i just don’t understand how i got pregnant (she should have just said that) WOW i have a bad feeling about that couple being parents… just what this world needs.. i’m SUPER glad i wasn’t there and omg… i would’ve laughed at her long before you did… lol… but that was a good time to begin laughing… WOW!!!! lol… Some people just shouldn’t have children or be allowed to!!!!

By: Alanna

Alanna — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:35:29 +0000

OMG, I am laughing so hard right now at “Should I put pants on?” That is too funny. I had no idea that these classes could be so…interesting.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:22:51 +0000

So sorry to hear you had a dud birthing class… but rest assured you’re not the only one! When I was preggo with my son we had booked a set of 4 classes. The first week there were about 10 couples, and the nurse “explained” labour to us by pushing a plastic doll through the sleeve of her cardigan — and told us all about the different tpes of pain relief we could have, paying particular attention to how sick each one would make us feel!
Funnily enough, on the second week only about 4 of the couples bothered to come back — and then wished they hadn’t, as all we did was watch really old videos of women giving birth. The big 70’s hair-do’s were quite entertaining, but apart from that all I learned was that the hospital has the most uncomfortable chairs in all the world!
Hope your class improves next time, I start mine for this baby next week — fingers crossed they’ve improved in 3 years! :0)

By: Audrey Star J

Audrey Star J — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:50:17 +0000

LOL! This was great...I thought I was the only one with a ridiculous birthing class time, but glad to see I'm not. We signed up for it, because, well..it's the thing to do (?!) when you're pregnant! We'd signed up for three 3-hr classes instead of going for 6 wks or whatever. I wasn't big on it to begin with, because I come from a big fam, had been taking care of babies & reading up on the whole subject of pregnancy for years, & was sure I wasn't going to learn anything new. There were about 8 other couples there--all with their blankets & pillows! By the time we got passed the gross "discharge" stuff, & were to watch the video of the heavily make-up-ed woman having her baby (gross), I was convinced none of the other women in there had ever even read about being pregnant due to the questions they asked! But the kicker was when we finally did sit down to 'relax' & learn to breathe (which had me smirking the whole time), with our hubby's behind us. The 2 instructors went into this new-age-type relaxation thing where we were supposed to close our eyes, & envision ourselves at the ocean, then IN the ocean, where our baby was (apparently he is a fish), swimming around. We got to "hang" out with him till it was time to say goodbye to our baby, & float away...it was so ridiculous...The computer voice telling us "Now say goodbye to your baby as it floats away" sounded like something out of a creepy sci-fi movie! And the music was terrible too. All in all, I couldn't keep my eyes closed OR from laughing. The instructors were def. a bit hippie!

By: kenny

kenny — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:00:37 +0000

I’ve heard nothing good about the classes…but my wife signed us up for some…hmm.

The teenager thing is hilarious…makes me think of the show 16 and pregnant. They run the gamut. Some were complete fools while some were super smart, but I suppose that’s any age group.

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:12:09 +0000

Sorry your first class was such a dud. We did ours in one all-Saturday session. Most of it was stuff I already knew, but my husband learned a lot. We also took a newborn care class and a breastfeeding class. I did learn some things, and they were much shorter, so hopefully you will get more out of them.

Also, we did do some breathing practice at the very end of our class, so maybe in your last session you will use the blanket and pillows.