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Peanut 
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 Posted: 12 February 2008 at 6:15pm |
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Recommend it, great for the guys more than anyone. We did the hosp one and have got a coffee group out of it. Am in chch and you have to book in basically within the first 10 weeks.
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aussiegirl
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 6:36pm |
I am in Hamilton and booked at 14 weeks 
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 7:12pm |
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I did mine through Mama maternity (free) and it was great. i don't think there was much that I didn't know already as I read and research everything I want to know, but it was great for DH and we have a great coffee group from it.
I wouldn't pay for a course unless I knew nothing, had no books and no way to find things out, but that's just me.
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Mum2ET
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Posted: 12 February 2008 at 7:48pm |
We did ours through the hospital and I would definitely recommend it- particulary for your partner. I also attended a postnatel course at the hospital when Ella was around 5-6 weeks old for 4 weeks and I found that really useful and worthwhile.
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Posted: 13 February 2008 at 7:50am |
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We went to ours, both me & DH, and really enjoyed it. It was one of the few things DH and I could do together and we found it both informative & fun. That said, we only did a short one at Birthcare - not sure if we would have enjoyed one that lasted heaps longer
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Bizzy
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Posted: 13 February 2008 at 8:23am |
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i did one thru the hosp with my first and i think it is a good thing to do so you can meet other mums in the same situation as you. You quite often hear of coffee groups that are formed from those first antenatal classes too - ours never got to that stage tho - and i suppose it can depend on the people who attend. i think too it is a good way to involve the father of the child too.
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Shezamumof3
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Posted: 13 February 2008 at 8:54am |
I booked ours before christmas, they fill up fast  Im excited about them, it will be so good for DF 
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Bel
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Posted: 13 February 2008 at 9:25am |
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WE went and althgouh I felt I didn't learn much stuff, I did find the baby stuff really interesting - bathing/changing etc. DH actually learnt loads and found it quite interesting. Defintely worth the effort - though I am not so sure I would have been pleased if we had had to pay...
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lucky3rdtime
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Posted: 13 February 2008 at 10:08am |
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we booked in at around 8 weeks just after we got our mw who advised us to book in early. We went to the parents centre and it was free. Some of it I found useful, but more than that I enjoyed being around other pregnant women who are at the same stage as me and could relate to how you were feeling and the things you go through. The parents centre we went to organise the first two coffee groups after your an classes are finished.
We also did a CPR course on ours. I found it good overall and I didn't know much about the phases and stages of labour etc, so that was all useful for me and I think DH got alot out of it, since the guys can sometimes feel a bit on the outer when it comes to pregnancy, it made him feel more involved.
I have also booked to go to baby and you, which is $30 for me as I am not a member of the parents centre.
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Mazzy
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Posted: 13 February 2008 at 12:19pm |
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I found that the antenatal course we did was good just to get a coffee group of mums once all the babies were born. Our kids are all 16 months old now and many of us are pregnant again and we're still meeting every week or every second week.
The actual course was good in some ways, boring in others. You cover a lot of basic stuff but then there are always things that surprise you. I reckon it's 75% stuff you know and 25% new stuff - but the new stuff can be gold! And as others have said, good for your partner.
We did ours through the birth centre in Hamilton, it cost us $50 and I think we booked in around 15 weeks. I won't be doing another one for this next baby though. CPR would be great to learn in one of the classes! We had two or three nights where we did caring for baby after the birth (breast feeding, bathing, clothing etc.)
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Posted: 15 February 2008 at 11:22am |
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thanks heaps for your comments guys. sounds like it would be pretty useful for both me and father to be so am def thinking its a good idea.
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CuriousG
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Posted: 15 February 2008 at 1:11pm |
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I think its good from the point of view of reiterating what you have perhaps already read or know. But beware the birthing video - I freaked out at that!
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Posted: 15 February 2008 at 1:24pm |
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our one was only 7 mins...so wasnt too bad... i think the women were more freaked out than the men!
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Posted: 15 February 2008 at 2:36pm |
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I should be good I have seen my mother give birth (to number 9)
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to antenatal class or not
