[ozmidwifery] Childbirth Education classes

[Diane Gardner]

Wow am I steamed! I've just had a woman ring me in an absolute mess. She attended the Prenatal classes run by St Vincents Private just recently and and is scared out of her wits. She said she had been so excited and looking forward to birthing her baby until she attended the classes. She said they fed in negative, pain, complications and drugs!   What is going on here? We wonder why women go into labour in a hospital screaming and begging for drugs. Just what sort of programming are these classes installing into women and taking away their ability to trust their bodies for birth. How long do we have to put up with this and how much worse is it going to get before the hospital Boards GET it or is the money rewards for doing all this more important than birth.   Sorry to vent here SO loudly but I'm getting so fed up with this same old story. Where does one have to start to have these classes brought back to the real world and some sensible and simple tools for birth!  Sheesh   Breathing and counting to 10.......20.........30 grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!   Diane