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I've never taken a class at the maternity store, but in general I liked pregnancy specific classes mostly for the social aspect of meeting other soon to be new moms. We have a year long maternity leave in Canada, so it's important to know some other people that can do a coffee at 10 am on a Wednesday.

Huh, I'd never heard of classes being held through a store- interesting idea!

@jill_a55: which one are you near? (didn't realize you were in the Phx area!!!) I'm in Chandler If you look into it further, let me know what they charge, I might be interested in yoga if you try it out. Like you guys mentioned above, it's always nice to meet new people and have someone to go with.

I'm a member at the YMCA, and have looked at their yoga and gentle yoga classes, but haven't tried any of their classes yet since I really don't know anything about it or how hardcore they are. I really like the Y because of their free childcare and I have a toddler and it can be hard to get time away

Wow, I didn't realize Destination Maternity did classes! I don't think the one near me has them. For yoga generally, I kept going to regular classes until about 20 weeks, and the instructor just gave me modifications or alternatives to poses that weren't safe for me to do. After my bump started to get in the way too much, I switched to a prenatal yoga class and I've been enjoying it. It's nice to meet other moms-to-be, and I like that the instructors at the studio I go to don't really coddle us -- we still work hard, just with carefully selected poses. I've had friends elsewhere say their prenatal yoga classes were fluffy and super-gentle, which would irritate me, but might be good for people who didn't do yoga before and want/need a slower introduction to it. It's always nice if you can do a drop-in class or two to get a feel for the studio and instructor's style and see if it works for you!