We have been discussing Antenatal Classes in 2nd tri for the last few days so I wondered what other think of them...

Did you go? Why / why not?
Were they beneficial? Did you learn anything new?
Did you find any conflicting information was given?

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Ok we had our first class on Tuesday night & we both fund it to be quite boring. Just some background - we have both read Up The Duff & I have done a lot of researching on the net about different things.

Firstly we had Natalie, the physio, talking to us. Nothing new, just saying that at this stage we shouldn't be doing any strenuous twisting & turning cos it can damage your back etc. Ummmm labour is like doing a 50km marathon in your fully pregnant state, so better do some exercise!! Just all the basic stuff about looking after your body.

The one thing I did learn though was how to do pelvic floor exercises properly. Natalie gave a description of how to find the muscles & what to do about exercising them. Here I was thinking that just pretending to stop a wee was right, but it's a bit more detailed than that. So I found that helpful.

Next up we had Robert, one of the midwives. He was a crack up! Talked us through basically the whole of pregnancy *yawn* Found some things he said were interesting though. He suggested liverwurst & liver pate as being a good source of iron, but I have ready *everywhere* that this is a no-no because of the vitamin A in liver.

Talked about, blood pressure, exerciese and all of those sorts of things. he had everyone squirming when he mentioned sex, his comment "Well we all know you do it, otherwise you wouldn't be here". One thing I thought was good (albet evil!) he said that getting up in the middle of the night to go to the loo all the time was preparing you for waking up to the baby. He said you should wake dad up & say "I'm going to the toilet now" so he gets used to it too!!! Must try that one :badgrin:

Will let you all know next week if it's any more interesting