No scheduled classes at this time.
Prenatal Education and Childbirth Preparation Class Topics
- Introduction to the different class topics
- Physical changes during pregnancy
- Emotional changes during pregnancy
- Appropriate weight gain during pregnancy
- What should you eat? (food groups, serving size, MyPlate)
- Staying hydrated
- Reading food labels
- Healthy substitutes
- Food safety
- Benefits of exercise during pregnancy
- Safe exercises to do
- What are the recommendations?
- When to stop exercising
- Benefits of breastmilk for baby and mom
- Understanding how breastfeeding works
- Effective Latching
- Breastfeeding positions
- Additional support (BF support groups, pumps)
- Baby Friendly, Skin to skin
- Understanding stages of labor, false labor vs. active labor, contractions
- When to go to the hospital, triage, admission
- Vaginal/Cesarean delivery
- Options for pain management
- What baby will look like when it is born (vernix, Mongolian spots, milia, puffiness)
- Hospital policy (stay, number of people in the room, etc.)
- What techniques to use to ease pain during labor
- Understanding contractions
- Cycle of fear, pain, tension
- Comfort techniques (breathing, scented candles, picture/image)
- Laboring positions
- How labor partner can be of support
- Post birth vaginal care/cesarean section care
- Baby blues/postpartum depression
- Contraception
- Car seat safety
- Umbilical cord care
- Bathing your baby
- Safe sleep, SIDS
