Prenatal Support and Classes
**CURRENTLY NOT BEING OFFERED**
Prenatal Doula Support - Dealing with incapacitating nausea or bedrest during pregnancy? Need help preparing baby laundry, setting up a nursery, or just keeping up with the everyday tasks around your home? Doula support during pregnancy can reduce stress and allow you to get the rest you need while things still get done around you.
Birth Planning Session - Be better prepared for your birth after this personal coaching session. Learn about standard birth procedures and interventions, tips for making informed decisions about your care, and ways to positively communicate with care providers about your preferences.
Classes
Childbirth Preparation
Find out everything you need to know to prepare for your birth experience from this practical, doula led birth class. You will find the information helpful as you prepare for your own birth experience. Classes are offered privately in the comfort of your own home. Class Topics Include: |
- Anatomy of Pregnancy and Birth
- Nutritional insights and beneficial exercises for a better pregnancy, birth, and recovery
- Stages and Phases of Labor
- What about the pain?!?
- Replacing fear and anxiety with positive affirmations and accurate information
- Coping techniques and pain relief options
- Birth plans and your birth care preferences
- Tips for dads and birth partners
- The element of 'Informed Choice' and consent for treatment
- Choosing the right care provider for you, and considering doula support
- When things aren't normal - Medical interventions, and Cesarean Delivery
- When to call your care provider
- How will you know if you are in labor?
- Your baby in the first 2 hours - what to expect and what choices you have
- Breastfeeding for the first time
Breastfeeding Class
Is it love at first latch? Or more like that awkward first dance in middle school? Take the mystery and stress out of lactation and be prepared for your wonderful breastfeeding relationship! This class covers all the basics of how, when, how long, and how often to feed baby, and so much more!
Breastfeeding has many benefits for moms and babies, and is the natural progression of caring for your newborn after birth. But just because it's natural doesn't mean it comes naturally for everyone. In our culture, breastfeeding is mostly done in private, so women rarely get to see other nursing moms and do not learn about breastfeeding until they have their own baby.
Other topics covered:
Breastfeeding has many benefits for moms and babies, and is the natural progression of caring for your newborn after birth. But just because it's natural doesn't mean it comes naturally for everyone. In our culture, breastfeeding is mostly done in private, so women rarely get to see other nursing moms and do not learn about breastfeeding until they have their own baby.
Other topics covered:
- Breastfeeding benefits for mom and baby
- The value of a good support system and how to build yours
- Concrete ways for dads to help and bond with baby during breastfeeding
- Positioning of mom and baby for comfortable nursing in several positions
- How to look for a good latch
- Preventing and treating sore, damaged nipples
- Signs that baby is feeding well and getting enough milk
- Pacifiers, bottles, and supplements, oh my!
- Breastfeeding in public
- Pumping, storing, and handling breastmilk, especially for the working mom
- Resources