EmpoweredBirth: Childbirth Education Class (3-Week Series)

This class will meet for 3 sessions-

Wednesday, July 10th from 6-9pm CST

Wednesday, July 17th from 6-9pm CST.

and Wednesday, July 24rd from 6-9pm CST

This class is in person at the Overland Park Birth Center

At New Birth Company, we believe natural childbirth is an awe-inspiring physical, emotional and spiritual experience. Therefore, our main goal through childbirth education is to encourage mothers to trust their bodies and to train well for the natural processes of labor and birth This class focuses on low intervention natural childbirth in the birth center setting, but families planning a birth in any setting are welcome to attend.

We will cover:

• Preparing your body and mind for birth
• Signs of labor
• Stages and phases of labor
• Comfort measures and pain management
• Tips for partners
• Ways to decrease stress, promote relaxation, and increase the odds of natural childbirth.
• Possible challenges or interventions
• Postpartum care
• Postpartum mental health
• Newborn care
• Brief Intro to breastfeeding

Your partner/support person should also plan to attend (but does not need to register).

If enrolled in this class the participant can enroll in "The Use of Water in Labor and Birth Class" using a free voucher. Select "Voucher- enrolled in childbirth class" when registering for water class to check out at no cost.

Qualified nursing professionals can earn 9 contact hours of Continuing Nurse Education for attending this class. Prior registration for continuing education and additional fee required.

Objectives:

Each participant will demonstrate how to identify labor signs and stages and phases of labor.

Each participant will verbalize 3 comfort measures to use in labor.

Each participant will demonstrate how to decrease stress and promote relaxation in pregnancy, labor and birth.

Each participant will verbalize normal postpartum appearance of the mother.

Each participant will describe three symptoms of postpartum depression.

Each participant will list newborn home safety recommendations.

New Birth Company is approved as a provider of continuing nursing education by the Kansas State Board of Nursing. This course offering is approved for 9.0 contact hours applicable for RN, LPN or LMHT relicensure. Kansas State Board of Nursing Approved Provider Number LT0290-0614

QUESTIONS? Contact us at:

[email protected]

Host or Publisher New Birth Company