Childbirth Class Weekend Express - 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. 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 Friday evening and Saturday

Click on Select a Date to choose your weekend program.

Friday, 6pm to 8:30pm and Saturday, 9am to 3pm.

Hardenbergh Conference Room of Lakeview Hospital.

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

Choose a 2025 weekend:

March 14 & 15

June 6 & 7

September dates TBD

December dates TBD

Cost: $75 per couple

For questions, or to be put on a waitlist if this class is full, contact [email protected]

This class is also offered in a 4 week in-person series, and a 4 week online series. This instructor also teaches a 2.5 hour breastfeeding class.

Host or Publisher Stillwater and Western Wisconsin Hospitals & Clinics