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
"Classes are very informative, unbiased, relevant and well-structured"