Centering Prenatal Care

[Lucy]

I have an appointment on Thursday morning for a "pregnancy class". I'd never heard of this before -- I had my other 2 babies in IL (I'm in WI) and they just saw you around 8ish weeks for your first appointment, stuck an ultrasound wand in your hooha and sent you on your way until the next month. 

So I got the paperwork I need to fill out and take with me on Thursday and it mentioned that the office offers both traditional and centering prenatal care. The Google sent me here when I looked up what that meant: www.centeringhealthcare.org/ 

I don't think it's for me. I doubt that my want of a VBAC is going to go over too well in that type of setting. Also, I don't like people that much, lol. Plus, I'll be able to see my Dr at an office about 20 minutes from home. If I did this, I'd have to drive to the hospital for the appointments where the main office for my OB is, and that's a 40 minute drive. 

Just curious if anyone has heard of it, and/or are planning on doing it? 

[hmr11913]

Apr 22, 2016 18:09:07 GMT -5 Lucy said:

I have an appointment on Thursday morning for a "pregnancy class". I'd never heard of this before -- I had my other 2 babies in IL (I'm in WI) and they just saw you around 8ish weeks for your first appointment, stuck an ultrasound wand in your hooha and sent you on your way until the next month. 

So I got the paperwork I need to fill out and take with me on Thursday and it mentioned that the office offers both traditional and centering prenatal care. The Google sent me here when I looked up what that meant: www.centeringhealthcare.org/ 

I don't think it's for me. I doubt that my want of a VBAC is going to go over too well in that type of setting. Also, I don't like people that much, lol. Plus, I'll be able to see my Dr at an office about 20 minutes from home. If I did this, I'd have to drive to the hospital for the appointments where the main office for my OB is, and that's a 40 minute drive. 

Just curious if anyone has heard of it, and/or are planning on doing it? 

I'm also in WI, however I delivered DD at a hospital... So not sure if that's different.

[birch113]

I have no experience with this, but happened to listen to a podcast about centering when I was pregnant with DS. If you're interested, check out Pregtastic episode #78 "Centering Your Pregnancy". I think it's an interesting concept and seems to have some benefits, I'm just not sure I would be comfortable asking all of my questions in a group setting.

[Lucy]

Apr 23, 2016 17:56:47 GMT -5 hmr11913 said:

Apr 22, 2016 18:09:07 GMT -5 Lucy said:

I have an appointment on Thursday morning for a "pregnancy class". I'd never heard of this before -- I had my other 2 babies in IL (I'm in WI) and they just saw you around 8ish weeks for your first appointment, stuck an ultrasound wand in your hooha and sent you on your way until the next month. 

So I got the paperwork I need to fill out and take with me on Thursday and it mentioned that the office offers both traditional and centering prenatal care. The Google sent me here when I looked up what that meant: www.centeringhealthcare.org/ 

I don't think it's for me. I doubt that my want of a VBAC is going to go over too well in that type of setting. Also, I don't like people that much, lol. Plus, I'll be able to see my Dr at an office about 20 minutes from home. If I did this, I'd have to drive to the hospital for the appointments where the main office for my OB is, and that's a 40 minute drive. 

Just curious if anyone has heard of it, and/or are planning on doing it? 

I'm also in WI, however I delivered DD at a hospital... So not sure if that's different.

This is through a hospital as well. It looks like it's only done at 6 hospitals in WI right now, most in the Milwaukee area. 

[Deleted]

My ob's office offers centering pregnancy as well. Basically it's group appointments. You are grouped with people who are similarly along in their pregnancy and have these sort of mini-classes at each check-in. Not my cup of tea personally.