Instructor: Britt Sando, CD, LCCE
Class Fee Applies
To register call (908) 509-1801 or email us at midwives@midwivesofnj.com
This five-week childbirth education class helps couples prepare mentally and physically for birth and approaches birth as a healthy and exciting challenge. The class is recommended for all expectant parents, especially first time parents and those whose previous classes did not prepare them for natural childbirth. Subjects include natural pregnancy, unmedicated birth, midwifery care, waterbirth, and the transition to becoming parents. You will learn about comfort measures, positions, mindfulness, and knowledge about normal birth. Partners will learn what to expect from labor, birth and the newborn, how to support the birthing mother and how to participate in the care of both mother and baby. You will also learn what to expect when plans change during labor and about common medical interventions.
Topics include:
- Preparing for the birth of your child
- The physiology of childbirth
- Physical, emotional and hormonal stages of labor
- Comfort measures and coping strategies
- Partners and birth
- Waterbirth
- What to expect at the hospital
- Collaborative care
- Birth preferences
- Medical interventions
- Newborn procedures
- Breastfeeding
- The postpartum mother
- Postpartum planning