This comprehensive class is designed to equip you with the knowledge and confidence you need to take control of your upcoming birth journey. In this engaging and intimate setting, you will learn essential knowledge and skills to build your confidence and feel safe in your birth. Labor and birth demand both physical and mental preparation and requires more than just information alone. As you anticipate your upcoming birth, it's crucial to equip yourself with a diverse range of comfort measures and coping techniques. The tools and techniques you will learn in our class will form your labor toolbox, ensuring that you and your support team are well-prepared to reduce your perception of pain, decrease stress and anxiety, and increase your comfort during childbirth, while also potentially shortening your labor and increasing the likelihood of a vaginal birth.
- Physiology of Labor and Birth
- Signs, Stages and Emotional Signposts of Labor
- How to write Birth Preferences (aka Birth Plans)
- Pain Medication Options during childbirth
- Types of Labor Support– Doula care, family, etc.
- Understanding Medical Support (Interventions)
- Cesarean Birth and Prevention
- Practice of Labor coping skills
- Effective labor positions & progress strategies
- How to decrease stress and anxiety
- Reduce pain perception
- Breathing techniques & Guided visualizations
- Postpartum Care and Recovery Intro
