I went to my first prenatal class today. It was so confusing, because the hospital kept calling saying they changed the times/dates, and apparently this was because they merged the prenatal class and breastfeeding class? So today it was like 30 people and an entire lecture on breastfeeding. They didn't discuss formula feeding or using a bottle at all.
I was pretty cranky and snarky about the whole thing...the majority of it was stuff I already knew, and the instructor was, albeit knowledgable, clearly NOT a teacher. They showed us this video UNICEF made to promote breastfeeding in underdeveloped countries, and I couldn't understand the narrator (there were subtitles). And we all got a doll in the beginning, but we didn't do ANYTHING with it. Just had to hold it the entire time to "get used to it".
But...afterwards I was sort of glad because they talked more about the hospital's policy of rooming-in (all babies room-in unless there is a problem) and how they wait to weigh the baby and check them right on your chest in delivery, they don't take them away for an hour +...so I was happy to hear that because I knew it was an option but was afraid I'd have to push for it or if I was sort of out-of-it they'd take the baby.
I also found out now most insurance companies here are required to provide breast pumps! Which I otherwise wouldn't have known, so I guess I learned something useful.