Class Topics
- Beliefs and attitudes
about pregnancy, birth & postpartum
- The safety of vaginal
birth after cesarean (VBAC)
- Healing past emotional
pain in preparation for birth
- Physical and emotional
aspects of labor and birth
- Physiology of Birth
- The importance of skin-to-skin contact of mother and baby for fetal brain maturation
- The importance
of nutrition, exercise and pelvic body work
- Developing confidence
in decision-making skills
- How to take more
responsibility for birthChoosing a birth team and writing a birth plan
- Physical and psychological
interventions in birth
- Factors which influence
the safety of birth
- Current information
about risks and benefits of medical interventions
- Ways to avoid unnecessary
cesareans
- Your personal strengths
and resources for birth
- Human values training
and character development
- Trusting our bodies
and the energy of the birth process
- Personal support
and comfort measures for labor and birth
- Discussion of post
partum care, breastfeeding and infant nutrition
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