Class Outline for BellyWise Birth Support Childbirth Classes
I offer weekend group classes on a monthly basis and private classes that work with your schedule. I also offer a mini-class as part of my doula services.
No matter what option you choose for your chilbirth education this is the outline we will follow.
Topic 1 - Labor and Birth Skills as Life Skills: a short discussion about how the skills you learn in class will serve you throughout life
Topic 2- Using your B.R.A.I.N. - provides an easy way to discover your options as your pregnancy labor and birth progress
Topic 3 - Informed Consent and Refusal: a look at your rights and your healthcare provider's responsibilities as you work together
Topic 4 - Stages of Labor: an overview of normal labor progress from begininng to end and comfort measures for each stage
Topic 5 - Procedures and Interventions: discussions of various procedures doctors and midwives may suggest including when different interventions may be needed and how these intervention may affect you and your baby
Topic 6- Variations of Normal - a look at 4 common variations: Breech, Multiples, Cesarean and VBAC
Topic 7- Postpartum: an overview of the 1st few hours including the birth of the placenta, the golden hour, infant feeding and a discussion of postpartum depression
No matter what option you choose for your chilbirth education this is the outline we will follow.
Topic 1 - Labor and Birth Skills as Life Skills: a short discussion about how the skills you learn in class will serve you throughout life
Topic 2- Using your B.R.A.I.N. - provides an easy way to discover your options as your pregnancy labor and birth progress
Topic 3 - Informed Consent and Refusal: a look at your rights and your healthcare provider's responsibilities as you work together
Topic 4 - Stages of Labor: an overview of normal labor progress from begininng to end and comfort measures for each stage
Topic 5 - Procedures and Interventions: discussions of various procedures doctors and midwives may suggest including when different interventions may be needed and how these intervention may affect you and your baby
Topic 6- Variations of Normal - a look at 4 common variations: Breech, Multiples, Cesarean and VBAC
Topic 7- Postpartum: an overview of the 1st few hours including the birth of the placenta, the golden hour, infant feeding and a discussion of postpartum depression