Learn about labor, birth and postpartum with current, evidence-based information. Practice various coping and comfort techniques with the help of your support person and decide what works best for you! Be prepared and knowledgeable when your labor starts. Know your medical and pain management options.
Learn to confidently advocate, with the help of your support person, for what is meaningful and important to you throughout your labor, birth and postpartum experience.
Class Includes:
- In-Person Class
- Instruction by a Certified Childbirth Educator
- Instruction for a birthing partner
- PowerPoint presentation and discussion
- Viewing a birth DVD
- Practice of various comfort techniques and labor positions
- Meet other parents expecting a new baby
- Access to our Childbirth Web App. Sent to you within 24 hours of registration and good for 18 months.
You Will Learn:
- In-Person Class
- Includes the birth mother and her support person
- 5.5 hour class
- Learn the Stages and Phases of Labor, Birth and Postpartum
- Learn when to go to the hospital and what to bring with you
- Learn comfort techniques and other coping strategies
- Practice breathing, relaxation and position changes
- As a support person, learn how to best support the birth mother in each phase of labor, birth and post-partum
- Review medical options including pain medicine
- Explore anesthesia options
- Discuss and prepare for the possibility of a Cesarean Birth
- Discuss what to expect in your first hours with your baby
- Access to our Childbirth Web App. Sent to you within 24 hours of registration and good for 18 months.
- Recommended for expectant parents in their 7th or 8th month of pregnancy
SAVE $10 when you purchase the “Prenatal Bundle.” The prenatal bundle includes 3 prenatal classes; One-Day Childbirth, Newborn Essentials and Breastfeeding. First select your One Day Childbirth Class, and purchase the “Prenatal Bundle”. Once purchased, then select each of your other 2 class dates.
