The Compass: Childbirth Education Course helps guide you on your parenting journey and includes two 4-hour classes packed full of information! Topics include: labor and birth prep, exercise and nutritional guidance, optimal fetal positioning, comfort measures, stages of labor, when to go, how to communicate with providers, a labor rehearsal, life with a newborn, and SO much more!
Class Overview
As soon as you get that positive result, it’s like a whole new world has been revealed! Don’t fret. We have a lot to cover, but we will make it fun, and do it together. Our hope is each family learns with joy in expectation and makes friends along the way.
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Labor & Birth
Healthy pregnancy, nutritional overview, exercises to decrease pain and improve fetal position (Be prepared to move!), labor preparation, stages of labor, pushing.
Interventions and variations of labor and birth: routine interventions, pain management options, medical inductions, alternative induction options, labor variations (before and during labor), cesareans, VBAC, minimizing risks, your preferences
Comfort Measures
Understanding relaxation, labor environment, fears, comfort strategies, labor positions & movements (Be prepared to move!), medical and alternative options, comfort preferences
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photo by lake norman doula
Life with Baby
What to expect postpartum, physical recover, cesarean recovery, mental health, transitioning to parenthood, newborn procedures, newborn care, breastfeeding, newborn preferences
