Had mine yesterday, first of three, really awkward time slots every Thursday for three weeks of 12.30-2.30pm (thank god I only work across the road in the same hospital!).
I already knew a lot from when I studied as a midwife (only did half the first year but that's all the basics anyway) but was good for hearing my Trust's current policies on delayed cord clamping and being very supportive of keeping active in labour and for use of the birth pools if possible etc.
DH wanted to come as he also missed out on classes when DsS was due but it just wasn't practical for him to come.
Hoping he might make next week's class as he's still actually signed off sick from work.
One poor lady fainted during our class though, she was late in anyway, think she skipped lunch and the room was warm, and once they were going into a bit more detail about the actual birth, she got up to get a drink from the counter on the side, the Student midwife went to do it for her so she could sit back down, but I watched her start bending over forward a bit with her hand to her head and I knew she'd pass out at that point, midwife taking the class obviously saw it too and we both just went straight over to her, I just made a point of moving things out of the way so they could help her properly (right in the corner of the room with a Moses basket, birth ball, toys and dollies etc all over the place). Poor woman must have felt so embarrassed, they took her down stairs to check her BP and make sure she ate something etc. She was on her own, no hubby/partner etc.
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