Five-Week
Prenatal Class

• Coping in late pregnancy
• Healthy living in pregnancy- nutrition, exercise, relaxation
• Overview of normal labor and birth
• Preterm labor and other concerns

• First stage of labor
• Early and active labor comfort measures
• Creating a support team/doulas
• Second and third stage of labor
• Pushing positions/techniques
• Normal postpartum experience for mom/baby

• Communicating with caregiver
  
• Birth planning
• Variations of normal labour and medical interventions
  
• Comfort measures for challenging birth
  
• Medications in labor
  
• Cesarean section
• Strategies for minimizing interventions

• Normal newborn behaviors and abilities
  
• Breastfeeding

• Postpartum adjustment
  
• Basic baby care
  
• Newborn and new parent guest appearance

• Due date just around the corner? The one-day course is great for parents who do not have time to attend a five week session, or 2nd time parents wanting a refresher. It will cover all the same topics but with a little less opportunity for hand-on activities.

• This 3.5hr class will explore the realities of bringing home a newborn and what parenting will be like during the first 3 months. Topics include: Emotions, Sleep, Safety, Newborn care, Balancing workload, Relationship changes, Building a social network, and coffee chat with a new family--hear about a new family's real experience with having a baby.