Prenatal Essentials

CA$300.00
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Join our Prenatal Essentials 1-day crash course (in-person) for $300 per couple which includes the one day prenatal class, a breastfeeding class, follow-up emails, and a class reunion.

Our Vancouver Prenatal Essentials (1-day crash course) covers all of the same information as our other prenatal classes in a more condensed format.

Prenatal Essentials is an intensive 1-day experience, ideal for people with busy schedules or who just want the basics. Spend one day and one evening (6:30pm-9:30pm) with other expectant parents in a fun and educational day. You will learn all of the basic information about birth and breastfeeding, as well as guiding you in discovering your own coping mechanisms. Highly enjoyable & jam-packed with useful information, you will learn things you didn’t know you needed to know. Read more about what we cover in our classes and register below!

Our Prenatal Essentials is offered live at our East Vancouver location (live). Note that the Evening portion (the Breastfeedng/Chestfeeding class) will be on zoom.

Cost per Couple: $300.00 | Low income $150

Single parent rate: $200.00 | Low income $100

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Join our Prenatal Essentials 1-day crash course (in-person) for $300 per couple which includes the one day prenatal class, a breastfeeding class, follow-up emails, and a class reunion.

Our Vancouver Prenatal Essentials (1-day crash course) covers all of the same information as our other prenatal classes in a more condensed format.

Prenatal Essentials is an intensive 1-day experience, ideal for people with busy schedules or who just want the basics. Spend one day and one evening (6:30pm-9:30pm) with other expectant parents in a fun and educational day. You will learn all of the basic information about birth and breastfeeding, as well as guiding you in discovering your own coping mechanisms. Highly enjoyable & jam-packed with useful information, you will learn things you didn’t know you needed to know. Read more about what we cover in our classes and register below!

Our Prenatal Essentials is offered live at our East Vancouver location (live). Note that the Evening portion (the Breastfeedng/Chestfeeding class) will be on zoom.

Cost per Couple: $300.00 | Low income $150

Single parent rate: $200.00 | Low income $100

Prenatal Essentials Topics:

Morning

Introductions

Stages of labour

First stage labour

Signs of labour / Labour progress

When to head to hospital (or call your midwife to join you at home)

Pain: what, where, why

Hormones of Labour

Comfort Measures & Coping techniques for labour

Breathing, Massage, and Relaxation for labour

Doulas

Positions for 1st Stage Labour

Second stage labour

Pushing

Positions for pushing

Afternoon

Myth of the Due Date

Induction 

Medical pain relief (including epidurals)

Medical Decision Making

Caesarean Birth

Communicating with Caregivers

Parent/Infant Bonding

Postpartum Recovery, Realities, & Priorities

Basic Newborn Care (carseats, sleep, diapers, bathing, carriers, crying/colic)

Closing Words