title: Do antenatal classes do enough to prepare parents for when things go wrong?
abstract: Antenatal classes play an important role in educating expectant parents about pregnancy, labour and delivery. They cover a range of topics, but they are failing parents because they do not provide sufficient information to prepare them for abnormal labours and deliveries. They do not do enough to educate parents about what to expect when problems arise and what happens afterwards. This paper looks at whether classes do enough to make parents aware of problems and whether they should be doing more. It examines the arguments both for and against including this information in antenatal classes.
authors.affiliation: egregorydavis@gmail.com
authors.forename: Eleanor
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Gregory
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007363:Intensive Care Units, Neonatal; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000523:psychology*; D011295:Prenatal Care / Q000592:standards*