Physio classes-are they essential?

Midnight Sundance

Hi all,
I’m hoping someone can help me with a bit of a dilemma.
I’m due the end of august. I was told when I went in for my scan to book my antenatal classes. I emailed in because I thought it would be easier to explain that I’m off work July and August and ask if I could try arrange as many classes as possible during those months. Also explaining that I would make whatever dates they had available before these months.
I’m a teacher and want to try disrupt my class as little as possible if I can.
I noticed on the website that the 2nd and 3rd physio sessions should be from 34 weeks which delighted me as it would be the middle of July.
The lady in the hospital emailed me with dates in June. I can make the first one but the second one is our final day of term.
I emailed back asking her if I could please rearrange this for July any day or time and she said no that for my due date that I had to go this date and no other.
So I’m in a quandary- do I miss that last session or my last day of school .
I’m pretty sure that if I take a sick day the last day of term and don’t return September that my whole summer is counted as sick. Obviously I want to avoid this and I want to finish up my last day of term with my class before I set off for the year with my baby.
The physio sessions she has arranged for me are week 31 and 32.
I know this is only a small problem compared to most but if anyone can let me know if I should ring back in and beg for a change ( which I’ve already asked for) or just miss it I’d really appreciate it.
Thanks

bee06

What do these classes cover? I didn’t do antenatal physio classes anyway. Just the standard antenatal classes where they go through what to expect for different types of labour and some stuff around looking after the baby.

catrionanic

There are private antenatal courses that run on Saturdays and Sundays. Worth doing those instead? You’ve to pay yourself but it may be worth it...

As it happens, I found antenatal classes a total waste of time last time and am not gonna bother this time!

Midnight Sundance

Ive booked in for the first antenatal class and a Saturday whole day one in July. When I was booking these there’s an option for physio classes too. 3 of them. One in April and then the other two are scheduled in June.
Has anyone attended these themselves? The coombe hospital.
I’m not sure if they’re worth doing or not.

lazygal

I found antenatal classes useless. We did a private one day one and I did hospital ones and learned nothing. So I wouldn't worry about missing them and I certainly wouldn't put myself out to attend.

jlm29

I wouldn’t essentially take two months of sick leave to go to one Physio class. Not a hope. Go to the one you can manage, and tell them you can’t make the other one. Or say nothing now, go to the one you can, and the morning of the other one, ring up and tell them something has come up, and can you make up the other class at the next session.
I went to the hospital antenatal classes on my first, there was a couple of Physio talks. They were grand, but wouldn’t have been the end of the world if I’d missed them. Just make sure you know what you should be doing in terms of Physio after you give birth- and you’ll probably meet a Physio in the postnatal ward?

mirrorwall14

I'm 99% sure its not sick leave to attend one set of antenatal classes during your teaching career. I know I attended the physio classes in the Coombe and I found them excellent. I did the Saturday class too in the Coombe and that was ok but not as personal and had a lot of info I knew. I'm fairly confident it was not counted as sick leave either, its not on my record anyways.

Alternatively, chat to your principal. As its the last day of term they could surely cover you for a few hours?

Edit: This is the link. You are entitled to paid time off for all but the last three classes in a set which makes zero sense since there only are three physio antenatal classes but I'm guessing thats why its not showing on my sick leave

Millem

If you are out last day of term and on maternity leave on 1st september you are not sick for the summer. You are only sick for the summer if you are sick on last and first day with the same illness.

Ante natal classes are not marked as sick leave....they are marked down under a separate heading “family leave” and a sub heading ante natal.

Gatica

I attended hospital in Galway and they only offered normal ante-natal classes. I guess the physio are not essential unless you're treating a particular health condition. The main thing is to keep up your pelvic floor exercises and if you're not going to the hospital physio and are not sure if you're missing something just book a physio session. Most physios, especially clinics that specialise in pregnancy, would be able to give you some tips on good posture, balance, not over-stretching and ways to just generally take care of yourself with the extra load.