So in England, if "classes" are w/ a CBE on behalf of the National Childbirth Trust, are the classes & CBE financially sponsored by the NCT so that the classes are either free or of low cost to the woman?
I don't know much about the system. Thanks, Jen --- James & Stephanie Fairbairn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi everyone on the oz list; > > I have recently moved from England to Adelaide and > as a qualified childbirth educator I am attempting > to set up some classes here in Adelaide. At first, > not knowing the system here I tried to find a post > at a hospital - but I am not a midwife, so I didn't > get very far with that... Right now I am thinking > about running classes myself independantly and am > wondering what is the best way to go about it. > > I have been reading all the ozmid messages with > interest over the past few months and would value > your opinions about how women may feel about > attending classes outside of the hospital system as > it does not appear to be the 'culture' of the birth > experience here. In Britain I used to work on behalf > of the National Childbirth Trust and couples would > book months in advance to get a place on a course as > well as going to the hospital ones, so it's a bit of > culture shock for me here!! I suppose the main > differences in hospital and private classes were > that you were in a smaller group of 6-8 couples and > each class were free to set their own agenda for the > course and over 9 sessions of 2 hours there was more > time to discuss issues and practice positions and > demonstrate massage etc.. Often the couples I taught > were meeting together after the first few weeks and > still see eachother regularly months and years > later. In fact at the reunions the biggest benefit > they cite is the group support in the postnatal > period from people they have got to know closely and > feel they have gone though this enormous experience > together - it appears that the men get as much from > this as the women. > > I would love to hear any advice from everyone out > there on the list and possibly midwives in Adelaide > who could advise me on how of even if I could > promote my classes in this area when women come to > book in their pregnancy. Also, from any breatfeeding > counsellors who might be prepared to lend some > support to breastfeeding sessions within the course. > > THANKS!!!!.......from Stephanie in Adelaide. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Everything you'll ever need on one web page from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts http://uk.my.yahoo.com -- This mailing list is sponsored by ACE Graphics. Visit <http://www.acegraphics.com.au> to subscribe or unsubscribe.
