"the word-of-mouth survival guide for TAMPA parents"
Review added 4/18/2007
The place is pretty, but I was disappointed with the prenatal yoga class. I really was hoping it would have more substance and be more challenging. I don't think the teacher is a mom or has a strong understanding of labor and birth. It seemed a bit generic.
Review added 4/17/2007
Spabebe with all its classes and offerings is amazing. Not every technique taught works perfectly but, every delivery is different. I love the sense of community here and found all the women to be so warm and helpful.
Review added 3/14/2007
These classes are great if you don’t have anything else to do and want to be “busy” during pregnancy.
I attended all, but one class. I did all exercises correctly according to Julie (the trainer and developer), but nothing worked at the time of pushing. I think these techniques are very impractical when you have spent hours and hours of active labor without food or/and sleep and want to get it over with. I bet more 90% of moms forget the exercises at the time of pushing. While Julie will tell you many times during the class that hundreds of women, using her techniques, delivered their babies after a few minutes of pushing, I did not and still do not believe that. It’s one of her marketing strategies. Would she say the opposite? Of course not! I do like Julie, but her techniques do not work for the majority of women.
NOTE: I did give birth naturally and without medications (which does not have anything to do with this class), but her/their claim that it will make you push the baby out in a few minutes is totally false. It might only work a 5% of the moms.
Review added 2/24/2007
I like the "tupler technique" It makes sense to me, hopefully, it will help me out during labor and help me regain my flat belly afterwards. I did find the class a little preachy and pretty pricey.
Review added 8/31/2005
Maternal Fitness has wonderful classes and service providers for the mother to be. I took Maternal Dance to keep in shape and the techniques I learned were fun and helped me to keep fit throughout the pregnancy and after.
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