CLASSES AND EDUCATION
The best way to prepare for an amazing birth and postpartum period is to be educated and to understand your options. How do you do that? You take some classes!
Taught by experienced and certified doulas, childbirth educators, lactation coaches, and newborn specialists, our unique approach to classes are a great way to make sure you’ve got answers to your questions- no matter what they are!
Looking for childbirth education? Don’t know what to expect when you bring your newborn home? Do you want to get your breastfeeding relationship off to the best start possible? Take a look at our catalogue of private, confidential classes, and let us bring the information to you in a fun, relaxed, and no-pressure format in your very own living room or in a group setting. Don’t see exactly what you’re looking for? Get in touch with us and let us create a custom class just for you!
- Covers all the need-to-know apects of late pregnancy, birth, and postpartum
- How labour begins, how it progresses, and what you can do to help
- Common procedures, interventions, and why you may opt for them
- What to expect at the hospital
- Comfort measures, techniques, and building your support team
- How breastfeeding works
- Normal newborn feeding habits
- Latch: What, why, and how
- The early days of breastfeeding, common issues, and how to address them
- Establishing and maintaining a good milk supply
- Hand expression, pumping, and bottle feeding
- Recognizing red flags
- How to prepare for a newborn
- Newborn behaviour, reflexes, and appearance
- Baby care, feeding, diapering, sleep, healthcare, and more
- The fourth trimester, attachment, and your baby’s transition
- Baby supplies you need- and what you don’t
- Infant crying, communication, and soothing techniques
- Baby-proofing your relationship
Prenatal Group Classes
- Group classes are small to ensure you have time for questions and dialogue.
- Classes include an overview of labour and birth, with a focus on what you’re likely to experience at the various stages. How to build a pain coping mindset for confidence and resilience in birth, adapt well to changes along the way, and tangible pain coping techniques with in-class practice and tips.
- Partners learn how to help with pain coping techniques, stay focused and understand what to expect so you feel confident. Learn about the role of doulas and other support people too.
- The first weeks after birth, postpartum recovery & adjustment, changes in your partnership, moods & hormones, physical health and more.
- Newborn baby care classes covering breastfeeding and the all-important latch, sleep, diapering, bathing, and tips for soothing a fussy baby and more. Hands on demonstrations, products to try, and opportunities for your questions before your baby arrives.
We highly recommend Journey of Birth for ongoing group prenatal classes. We trust them completely to offer exceptional education and valuable resources. They provide both a comprehensive full-day workshop and a 3-week course. For more details, please see the link below.
*PRIVATE CLASSES ARE 2 HOURS AND $175 (+GST). GROUP SPECIALTY CLASSES ARE 2 HOURS AND $145 (+GST)!
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Sign up here for prenatal classes, breastfeeding preparation, and more from Nanaimo’s leading perinatal support practice. After we receive your registration, you’ll receive an email with payment info and a private link for you to schedule your class. See you soon!