Six Week Course Outline

Class 1

• Introductions
• Pregnancy anatomy & terminology
• Labour overview - stages and phases of labour
• Getting your baby in the best position for labour and birth
• Stress and its effects on labour
• Signs of labour

Class 2

• Understanding pain in labour
• Natural childbirth (first stage)
• Labour support - comfort measures, relaxation and positions for labour
• Packing your hospital bag

Class 3

• Interventions: induction, monitoring and assisted deliveries
• Pain management options
• Making informed decisions
• Birth plans

Class 4

• Birth of the baby and placenta (second and third stages)
• Newborn procedures and appearances
• Breastfeeding facts

Class 5

• Cesarean birth
• Postpartum physical recovery
• Breastfeeding

Class 6

• What to expect the first few weeks
• Emotional aspects of the postpartum period
• Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders
• Baby care - changing diapers, bathing, umbilical cord care, etc.
• Attachment parenting: safe co-sleeping, babywearing, etc.
• Course evaluations

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