In the 2006 Listening to Mothers Survey, Childbirth Connection found that
childbirth class attendance among first - time mothers fell from 70 percent in 2000 to 56 percent in 2005.
Not exact matches
So important, in fact, that Healthy People 2020 has a goal of increasing
attendance at
childbirth classes.
Attendance at
childbirth classes is not mandatory anymore.
Services are on call for weeks before and after the due date, and usually include prenatal visits to prepare for the birth,
attendance during labor, and some postpartum follow up as well as other services such as
attendance (or teaching)
childbirth classes, birth photography, birth story writing, and various other keepsakes or services offered individually.
If a grade is based in part on
class participation or
attendance and
class was missed because of pregnancy or
childbirth, students should be allowed to make up the missed participation or
attendance credits.