The prenatal classes that are recommended to take pregnant women help prepare for the day when the delivery arrives. In them, you learn about breathing during childbirth, to learn more about contractions, as well as to feel more relaxed when the day comes when your baby is born.
But in addition to these benefits, attending group prenatal classes could help reduce the risk of premature delivery and low birth weight in the baby.
According to a study published in the Journal of Women's Health, women who attend group prenatal classes have better conditions and results when childbirth arrives.
According to the study, for which the results of more than 9,300 women between January 2009 and June 2016 were analyzed, those Mothers who attended group preparation classes for childbirth had a significantly lower risk of having a preterm birth and that their babies were born underweight, unlike those who received prenatal classes individually.
In Babies and more How to find other moms when you are the only one in your group of friends with childrenThese results could be due to the fact that attending group classes makes women feel less lonely, more understood and above all, calm, for sharing and spending time with other women who are experiencing the same as them.
Previous studies, for example, have found that among the factors that could cause the baby to be born with low weight is the stress, and among the risk factors for preterm birth is the anxiety, so the results of the study would indicate that feeling accompanied helps them to be more relaxed during their pregnancy and thus reduce this type of risk.
So in addition to attend group preparation classes to feel calmer For the big day, take the opportunity to share and meet other future mothers, because motherhood is always better when it is accompanied.
