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  • Birth Classes
    • Birth Boot Camp Full Series
    • Reboot Refresher: Another Amazing Birth
    • Training for an Amazing Hospital Birth Class
    • Training for an Amazing Out of Hospital Birth Class
    • Food and Fitness: A Program for the Childbearing YEar
    • Siblings at Birth Class + Workbook
    • Homecoming: Life with a New Recruit
    • Comfort Measures Workshop
  • Blog
  • About
    • Meet Laurie McGowan
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Resources
    • Calgary Resources
    • Lending Library for Students
  • Contact
  • Become an Instructor or Doula

It's Your Amazing Hospital Birth!

If you're planning a hospital birth, this class was made for you!

Our hospital class is designed for the couple who wants more. More education. More fun. More relaxation and labor practice. More information on interventions, including medicated and cesarean births. They want to be able to make informed decisions as their birth unfolds. 

You will learn information specific to your hospital birth experience. Topics include:
  • Hospital Policies Which Will Likely Affect Your Birth
  • Testing:  GBS, Ultrasound, and Vaginal Exams and Your Birth
  • Due Dates:  When, Why & How Induction Works 
  • Comfort measure: Neck & Shoulder Massage
  • Epidurals & Endorphins:  From Stirrups to natural birth and how we got here
  • Common Sense Tips for Reducing Pain
  • Doulas:  Everything You Need to Know
  • Relaxation: Releasing Tension During Labor & Pregnancy
  • Getting Started:  Pre and Early Labor  
  • Getting Serious:  Active Labor and Transition
  • What Do Contractions Feel Like? Is this It? What now?
  • Top 10 Tools for Dad 
  • The Importance of Communication: Learning to Talk and Listen in Labor
  • Pushing:  How You and Your Baby Work Together
  • Pushing Positions:  What You Need to Know Beforehand
  • Special Considerations:  Feeling Safe During Pushing
  • Third Stage:  Delivery of the Placenta
  • Reasons for a Cesarean:  Making it a Good Experience
  • Variations of Labor:  Handling Situations that May Arise
  • Your Birth Plan:  A Communication Tool
  • Newborn Procedures:  Creating a Postpartum Plan
  • Relaxation
  • Comfort measures for Hospital Birth​

While comfort measures and relaxation are taught in this class series, the Comfort Measures Workshop compliments this childbirth class nicely.

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