Antenatal Course: Guide to Choice and Benefits
Introduction
Antenatal class : here is a topic at the center of the reflections and questions of all expectant mothers.
Why is it so important? How to choose it? When to start it? There are so many questions, I know.
If you have been looking for answers to better prepare for the big day of your little one's arrival, this article is for you and has been prepared to provide you with a useful map to orient yourself.
As you can see, I have also developed an index. Thanks to it, you will have the possibility, if you want, to delve into the specific aspects that interest you most.
In fact, you just need to click on the title of the corresponding paragraph.
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I will be more than happy to answer any questions you may have both in direct and in the comments.
Antenatal class: what is it?
What is a prenatal course ? As specified by Dr. Maria Chiara Alvisi, an independent midwife, in the video that you can discover here , it is a path that accompanies the pregnant woman towards the moment in which she will have to welcome her little one.
To get a clearer idea of its nature, it is also useful to reflect on what the antenatal course is not .
As Doctor Alvisi always points out, this is not a path that explains how children are born.
It's not even a course that provides all the information on how women give birth.
Instead, it is a process in which the future mother is given all the tools to choose how to give birth and to begin moving into the world of parenthood with serenity and awareness.
Why is it important?
Before going into the details of the answer to the question that gives the title to the paragraph, I would like to clarify one thing: in the antenatal course it is essential to involve the future father as well.
It doesn't matter if you are about to welcome your first child or your second or third: the course is a precious space for the couple .
Future parents have the opportunity to listen to themselves and their puppy outside of visits and frenzy , acting in a safe, welcoming context, characterized by warmth and slowness.
After this necessary initial premise, let's open the parenthesis relating to the answer to the question " Why is the antenatal course important? ".
First of all because it provides the mother , thanks to the technical and human know-how of the professionals involved, with concrete tools to feel better during pregnancy.
The practical parts are crucial in this regard.
During them, in fact, the future mother has the opportunity to personally try out positions and other tricks to experience the wait more comfortably.
Some of the above positions may prove helpful during labor.
A point that I care a lot about - and Dr. Alvisi, protagonist and curator of the multidisciplinary prenatal video course that you can find at the end of the paragraph, shares this point of view with me - concerns the fact that, to be truly quality, a prenatal course must not only provide answers, but also raise questions and doubts in the couple.