My husband and I are looking for any information on lamaze class or instruction. Any ideas? We have missed the deadline to do classes with Medical City. Thanks for any help.
My OB told me if I could do yoga breathing that I would be fine - there are a lot of good yoga videos out there - yoga zone are my favorites.
We took our childbirth classes here and really enjoyed it...
http://www.dallasparents.org/
I do not know of any instructors in this area, but I took the Bradley classes. Not sure how indepth you want, but the 12 week course was wonderful and I was able to go through labor and 2 hours of pushing drug free. It was an amazing experience. I also took the hospital's 'childbirth' class, but did not feel it was near as helpful in preparing me as the other. Anything is better than nothing though. I am sending the website and to the left it says "find an instructor"; I saw a lady on there in Allen that may be doing classes. I hope this helps; if you want more info about the classes or books I read, feel free to contact me. I don't want to bombard you if you are not interested. Good luck.
http://www.bradleybirth.com/
K.
Have you tried Plano Presbyterian or Medical Center of Plano...I believe that they both offer classes to those not delivering @ their facility
I took the Lamaze Classes at Presby Plano. They have information on their website about class times/dates. I also took the Bradley Class by a Doula who lives in Richardson. I ended up having a natural, no medication or epidural at the Presby Plano hospital. If you are open to that idea, I really recommend it. Fortunately, I was in labor only for 3 1/2 hours which is really uncommon for a first time mom. Even if you do plan on having an epidural I still recommend taking the Bradley class because it teaches you about relaxation techniques and nutrition during your pregnancy. I dropped 25 pounds 2 weeks after giving birth. I was breastfeeding and I also ate healthy during/after my pregnancy. http://www.naturalbeginningsonline.com/
http://www.texashealth.org/main.asp?enorgid=&level=2&...
Hope this helps! Congratulations on your pregnancy!
I don't know if this is too far for you, but I took classes at Presby Plano and enjoyed them. They have a description of classes and times on their website presbyplano.com. Hope this helps, good luck!
presbyterian Hospital of Plano offers alot of classes often and they are good. I think they even offer a crash course- my opinion it doesnt do any good anyhow once you are in there you just do whatever you can regardless of what you have been taught:-) best of luck
Have you tried to get in the classes at Plano Presby?
A.,
I advise you to take the lamaze class at the hospital you will deliver at. They usually give a tour and let you know about specific details of the hospital policy. If you just can not take it there Presby dallas did a good job.
best wishes
L.
