Pregnant ladies and ladies who had their babies...

**Vermontcat** · 10-25-2005, 07:07 PM

I did and it really helped to know your way around the hospital for when you go into labor.
The most amazing thing I saw in my tour was the NICU and how tiny some of the preemies were.

**Ally Cat's Mommy** · 10-26-2005, 12:16 PM

Next week I am starting my ante-natal classes at the hospital where I will deliver. During the classes we get a tour of the maternity ward, plus meet all the midwives ahead of time. They also arrange a consultation with the anaesthetist to discuss epidural etc, so by the time I arrive in labour they will have a "birth plan" for me documenting all my specific requests / requirements. This is especially important for me as I am planning on banking the cord blood, so they need to know ahead of time to do that asap after the delivery.

Another thing I can strongly recommend is labour / breathing classes. With Amber they gave me pethadine (gas), but with Amy I was better prepared and did lamaze breathing through the labour, so had no drugs at all. Not sure what to expect this time - some people say that it will be like having a 1st baby again due to the age gap (14 years), others say as it is number 3 it should be a breeze!!

**carole** · 10-26-2005, 04:17 PM

Well it has been 13 years since i had a bub, but yes I also attended ante-natal classes at the hospital i gave birth, and I would also recommend it as well.