Childbirth 4-week series (in-person) - Stillwater (2025)

Meet other expectant parents and get your questions answered by an experienced midwife/lactation consultant. Take this class anytime during the second half of pregnancy, but ideally classes should be completed by 36 weeks of pregnancy. Class includes a tour of the Birth Center at Lakeview Hospital.

Class topics include:

• Anatomy of pregnancy and birth
• Preparing for labor
• When to come to the hospital, and what to expect when you arrive
• Stages of labor and birth
• Medical interventions that you may be offered
• Discussing options with your healthcare team
• Comfort and relaxation techniques for prenancy, labor, and parenthood
• Benefits and side effects of pain medications
• How your partner/support person can help
• Challenges, complications, and unexpected outcomes
• Vaginal birth, cesarean birth
• Postpartum recovery
• Newborn care
• Breastfeeding
• Newborn behavior and communication
• Ways to support your baby’s physical, social, and emotional development
• Sleep safety
• Referral to a Car Seat Clinic
• Mental health of new parents
• Easing the transition to parenthood
• Connecting new families with community resources
• Other topics of interest, determined by class participants

Note* This class is a four-week in-person series - must attend all dates

Click on Select a Date to choose your 4-week program.

Tuesdays, 6pm to 8:30pm

Instructor: Karlyn Peterson, CNM, IBCLC (facilitator for Baby Café at Lakeview Hospital)

Cost: $75 per couple

Choose a series in 2025:

January 7, 14, 21, 28

February 4, 11, 18, 25

April 8, 15, 22, 29

May 6, 13, 20, 27

June 3, 10, 17, 24

July-December dates TBD.

For questions, or to be put on a waitlist if this class is sold out, please contact [email protected].

This class is also offered as a 4 week online series, and an in-person Weekend Express series. This instructor also offers a 2.5 hour breastfeeding class.

Host or Publisher Stillwater and Western Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics