Outline:

Class 1- On- Line Module

• Late pregnancy health and wellness
• The role of the doula and the partner during childbirth
• How birth starts – hormones in birth
• Birth stages – how the pregnant person feels physically. Emotional map of labor. Pushing stage, birth of placenta and maternal stabilization.
• Anatomy and Physiology of childbirth – Seven Cardinal Movements
• Best positions for each stage of labor – how to facilitate the baby’s lightening

Class 2 – On line Module

• Awareness and informed decision-making, navigating when plans change
• Communication skills for the pregnant person with their partner and the members of her health care team
• How to prepare for a Fear Free Birth – Tools to deal with anxiety in pregnancy and birth.
• Cycle Fear-Tension-Pain

• Birth interventions Part I: Fetal monitoring, IV fluids, Vacuum, forceps, episiotomy. (benefits, risks and alternatives for each intervention)
• Birth interventions Part II: Induction, Epidural, C-section. (Benefits, risks and alternatives for each intervention)

Class 3 – On-line module

• Bottle feeding
• Breastfeeding

Class 4 – On- Line module

• Birth and postpartum Plan.
• Postpartum at the hospital – Postpartum in the first hours and breastfeeding
• Vitamin K for the baby (evidence)
• Eye drops for the baby (evidence)
• Postpartum at home – first weeks

Class 5 – in-home

• Non-pharmacologic Comfort Measures and Pain Management Techniques (breathing techniques, position changes, massage, acupressure, aromatherapy, water, Tens Machine, laughing gas)
• Birth rehearsal

Class 6 – in-home

• Newborn care: diaper change, bathing the baby, umbilical cord care, nail care, burping techniques, how to dress the baby according to temperature, pacifier use.
• Newborn sleep: sleep safety, AAP rules for safe sleep, how the newborn sleeps, how the parents sleep in the postpartum phase.

Investiment: CAD 120.00 plus taxes per on-line class

CAD 135 plus taxes per in-home classes

Please note that Class 1-4 are on-line and 5 and 6 are in-home classes.

You can buy the classes individually in case you want to skip a module that you are not interested in.

Obs: Each class takes 1.5-2.5hours. Those are private classes. (for the couple)