Originally Posted by tracyb
Blimey Nici, now they are good antenatal classes, the only ones our trust do now (due to cutbacks DOH!!) are a one off on a sat/sun at the hospital, run differently depending on midwives, but generally labour, parentcraft, they call it, breastfeeding as always is heavily promoted, then a quick tour of delivery, or they show em the pool room and thats it!! In the surestart areas they get more extensive sessions, but otherwise midwives in community are too thin on the ground it would seem some teams don't do any at all.
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well thats better than the team i am currently with...
they do a 2 -3 hour drop every month and have various exhibition stands with info on them re pain relief, birthing centres etc. Breastmates come and then there is a talk by one of the best midwives I know, but no-one wants to say anything as they are all thrown in a room together in a big group and dont want to talk about pv loss or anything quite so uncomfortable as that with complete strangers! and who can blame them.
And now no tour of unit coz of novovirus etc.
Trouble is, the team know it isnt being provided very well, but their hands are tied by various constraints that make it hard to provide anything else.
Its the only aspect of my community placement that has left me feeling a bit disastisfied.
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