We took the Momease infant care class.

While we found the process pretty disorganized (although it has been a couple years, maybe it's improved), the class itself was great. I remember thinking it was too basic...until I had a c-section and DH started doing everything he learned in class! And I found various parts helpful too.

Like a PP said, it was really helpful for DH to practice the baby-related stuff before birth.

Took a Bradley class, which was very good -- great info and I ended up with unmedicated labor because the techniques worked well.

Breastfeeding class at K St. I think it's VERY useful to take a BF class early unless you've seen lots of relatives BF their babies and asked lots of questions - it's led by an LC and it's critica; baseline knowledge for nursing.

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Anonymous wrote:I am a FTM here due in January as well (I asked about the Momease Baby Basics Class), but this is our running list of classes:

Breastfeeding (At K Street)

Breastfeeding for Partners (At K Street)

Infant CPR (At GW b/c it is cheaper than K Street)

Infant first aid (Not sure about this yet)

Newborn Basics (At GW, again cheaper)

Childbirth classes (With our doula)

Infant massage (if we do it, it will be at K Street)

Babywearing (if we do it, it will be at K Street)

Wow

You need a job or a hobby.

I really recommend taking a breastfeeding class, if you're at all inclined to breastfeed, and to have your partner attend with you. I took mine at my hospital (Georgetown), where I also took the childcare/CPR class.

Bradley method weekly classes (it was once/week, a couple hours, for 2-3 months I believe). Covered pregnancy, nutrition, labor, postpartum, breastfeeding. Did not cover baby care or infant CPR (which would have been nice in retrospect).
I really liked it because it emphasized the partner's role in supporting the birth (all the DHs attended, but could have been a mom, doula, etc just as easily). DH had to give up football on Sunday nights for most of a season and I think it really started to make the whole thing real for him.
While pretty anti-intervention, which we liked, the instructor was very matter of fact about possible interventions, the whys and hows and whens, etc, without a lot of judgement. Several of us wound up needing some kind of intervention (various types of inductions) and nothing that was said made me feel the least bit defensive or "less than" or anything like that.
I kind of think that any breastfeeding class without an actual breastfeeding infant in your arms is useless.

lil omm yoga has a good breastfeeding class. I took it with a friend when I was in my second tri and found very helpful in knowing the basics of bf-ing. They also have several classes on birthing that are helpful.

Has anyone taken the parenting sampler at the breastfeeding center?