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[quote=Anonymous]My husband and I took a baby care class and a baby first aid and CPR class through Childbirth 'n' Babies.  We took a comfort measures class (Labor with Love) with Michelle Cohen at Willow Street Yoga.  I took the prenatal express (breastfeeding) class at the Breastfeeding Center.  And then I read tons of of books about childbirth.

I found the comfort measures class invaluable.  The other classes didn't blow me away, but I was glad I took them.  In those early, bleary-eyed days first home from the hospital, I was glad I didn't have to teach my husband how to put a shirt on the baby (and, yes, the baby care class covers stuff like that).  And the breastfeeding class was inspiring and confidence boosting.  I really knew *nothing* about breastfeeding before I took it, and it gave me the sense that BFing was very doable (which has definitely turned out to be the case for me and my happily BFing baby).

But I'm really glad I didn't take any more classes than those!  I spent *weeks* fretting about not taking a more comprehensive childbirth class, especially since I wanted to have an unmedicated vaginal birth.  I ended up with the birth I wanted, which had *everything* to do with a supportive midwife, doula, nurse, and husband, and a labor experience with all the right conditions.  I was SUPER glad I hadn't wasted my time in a weeks-long class.[/quote]

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