Antenatal education classes are offered to expecting parents with the aim of providing strategies and insight for childbirth and parenthood. This paper aims to evaluate the effectiveness and relevance of prenatal education . This will be achieved by discussing the importance of varied delivery methods in antenatal education, the effectiveness of classes on educating the mother and father for birth and their parental role, and whether antenatal classes adequately prepare both parents for when things go wrong during labor.
There are a variety of prenatal education methods, such as online, and classroom based form. Prenatal education is most effective when delivered through traditional group education, online education, and one-on-one Prenatal Education (Milgrom, Schembri, Ericksen, Ross …show more content…
There is great debate in regard to the effectiveness of the antenatal classes in preparing parents for complications that often occur.
Antenatal classes have shown to not address complications, leaving many parents who experience difficulties unprepared and without direction (Gregory, 2012).
Most parents who experience an un-complicated labor, argue that antenatal classes shouldn’t cover complications as it increases anxiety and stress, whilst almost all parents who experienced complications feel they’d have benefited from having been better prepared by antenatal educators (Gregory, 2012).
It is suggested that the classes should provide basic information to recognise problems, understand what intervention may be administered, what to expect in an emergency delivery, and what happens to sick babies after birth (Gregory, 2012).
One mother, who was informed of the risks for her pregnancy said her labor was greatly benefited from risk management knowledge and preparation (Gregory,
There are a variety of prenatal education methods, such as online, and classroom based form. Prenatal education is most effective when delivered through traditional group education, online education, and one-on-one Prenatal Education (Milgrom, Schembri, Ericksen, Ross …show more content…
There is great debate in regard to the effectiveness of the antenatal classes in preparing parents for complications that often occur.
Antenatal classes have shown to not address complications, leaving many parents who experience difficulties unprepared and without direction (Gregory, 2012).
Most parents who experience an un-complicated labor, argue that antenatal classes shouldn’t cover complications as it increases anxiety and stress, whilst almost all parents who experienced complications feel they’d have benefited from having been better prepared by antenatal educators (Gregory, 2012).
It is suggested that the classes should provide basic information to recognise problems, understand what intervention may be administered, what to expect in an emergency delivery, and what happens to sick babies after birth (Gregory, 2012).
One mother, who was informed of the risks for her pregnancy said her labor was greatly benefited from risk management knowledge and preparation (Gregory,