Birthing/ Prenatal Classes
Baby Care Skills:
If you are first time parents and short on time... Check out for weekend/crash courses offered by Hospitals or the Community Center.
Learn minor tasks like - How to bathe, diaper, comfort your baby.
Childbirth Class:
If u are going to opt for a natural vaginal delivery, such a class will prepare you for every step of the process. Take your husband or birth partner along with you. You will learn breathing and relaxation exercises, nutrition facts, comfort techniques and postpartum care.
You can opt for Bradley method or Lamaze or most classes actually offer a combination of various methods.
= Check your hospital, community center or even Insurance Plan for class options (for e.g. Kaiser has classes at select centers)
Breastfeeding:
This class will teach you the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding. The proper positions, latching techniques and tips for establishing a healthy milk supply.
=Always ask for a lactation consultant during your hospital stay.
Prenatal Yoga:
This session will teach you proper breathing techniques and exercises to strengthen your pelvic muscles, which is helpful during labor.
=you can get most of this information through books and videos at the Public library.
Feedback:
> Birthing and Relaxation classes are very informative.
> Good time to bond with your partner/husband.
> Useful to create awareness with the husbands, as they don't personally do much reading.
> Husbands/Partners become more concerned and co-operative with house-hold chores.
> You get to meet other couples - bond with them - form kids groups for play-dates in the future.
> The session brings in more confidence in facing the labor and delivery process, especially for first timers.
> Techniques and tips provided are very helpful.
> Teaches you about all the options available, in terms of pain relief techniques and medication.
> Most Insurance companies do not cover the charges for Child-birth classes. To find one at a reasonable fee - check with the Public Library or with the Community Center. Also, check with the hospital at which you are going to deliver - they mostly include the hospital tour in the class session.
> Yoga is done throughout the pregnancy... CB class can be done in the third trimester.
> Very good source of information to first time parents.
> If you good at reading, you can get almost all of such information from books, CD's and the internet.
If you are first time parents and short on time... Check out for weekend/crash courses offered by Hospitals or the Community Center.
Learn minor tasks like - How to bathe, diaper, comfort your baby.
Childbirth Class:
If u are going to opt for a natural vaginal delivery, such a class will prepare you for every step of the process. Take your husband or birth partner along with you. You will learn breathing and relaxation exercises, nutrition facts, comfort techniques and postpartum care.
You can opt for Bradley method or Lamaze or most classes actually offer a combination of various methods.
= Check your hospital, community center or even Insurance Plan for class options (for e.g. Kaiser has classes at select centers)
Breastfeeding:
This class will teach you the health and psychological benefits of breastfeeding. The proper positions, latching techniques and tips for establishing a healthy milk supply.
=Always ask for a lactation consultant during your hospital stay.
Prenatal Yoga:
This session will teach you proper breathing techniques and exercises to strengthen your pelvic muscles, which is helpful during labor.
=you can get most of this information through books and videos at the Public library.
Feedback:
> Birthing and Relaxation classes are very informative.
> Good time to bond with your partner/husband.
> Useful to create awareness with the husbands, as they don't personally do much reading.
> Husbands/Partners become more concerned and co-operative with house-hold chores.
> You get to meet other couples - bond with them - form kids groups for play-dates in the future.
> The session brings in more confidence in facing the labor and delivery process, especially for first timers.
> Techniques and tips provided are very helpful.
> Teaches you about all the options available, in terms of pain relief techniques and medication.
> Most Insurance companies do not cover the charges for Child-birth classes. To find one at a reasonable fee - check with the Public Library or with the Community Center. Also, check with the hospital at which you are going to deliver - they mostly include the hospital tour in the class session.
> Yoga is done throughout the pregnancy... CB class can be done in the third trimester.
> Very good source of information to first time parents.
> If you good at reading, you can get almost all of such information from books, CD's and the internet.
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