CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION:
This package includes private childbirth education classes in the privacy of your home. This works out well for expecting families who would like a personalized schedule and classes which are totally customizable to what your specific needs are. Below is an outline of topics for the childbirth education course. Typically, classes are broken up in two 2-3 sessions which are approximately three (3) hours each.
Childbirth Education Topics:
Contact me directly for questions and pricing on private in-home childbirth education classes.
This package includes private childbirth education classes in the privacy of your home. This works out well for expecting families who would like a personalized schedule and classes which are totally customizable to what your specific needs are. Below is an outline of topics for the childbirth education course. Typically, classes are broken up in two 2-3 sessions which are approximately three (3) hours each.
Childbirth Education Topics:
- Choosing a Birthplace for Your Needs (Home, Hospital, or Midwifery Center Birthing)
- The Importance and Impact of your Birth Environment
- Hospital Procedures & Technology
- Physiological Birth Processes/Stages of Labor
- Early labor, active labor, transition
- Dilation, Effacement, Station (baby’s position)
- How to Push Effectively
- Coping Techniques for Pain & Discomfort
- Touch & Movement in Labor
- Positions for stages of labor, massage, acupressure, etc
- How to Communicate Your Wishes with your Care Provider
- Utilizing Epidural or Narcotics During Labor
- Positions and Pushing with an Epirdural
- Various Medical Interventions and their Risks & Benefits
- Cesarean Birth and Family Centered Cesareans
- Formulating a Birth Plan
- Welcoming Baby & Newborn Procedures
- Breastfeeding, Location, Bottle Feeding
- Postpartum Healing & Adjustment
Contact me directly for questions and pricing on private in-home childbirth education classes.