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The cost of Great Expectations Prenatal classes, taught by a Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educator, whether the intensive weekend course or once a week, for 3 or 4 weeks is 12 hours in length and costs $265.,for both you and your birth partner to attend.
Great Expectations also offers a private 6 hour session for $300. This session covers the bare-necessities for labour and delivery. These private session will be taught in your home.
What’s Covered:
Day 1
- Introductions
- Discussion of Expectations and Concerns
- Physical and emotional changes in late pregnancy/ Psychology of labour
- Preterm Labour vs. Early labour
- Physiology of Labour
- Lamaze Philosophy of Birth
- Stages of Labour discussion and DVD
- Drugs and Pain Rlief
- Natural aids for pain relief
- What Women in labour need
- Relaxation, Rhythm & Ritual DVD and discussion
- Discussion of Comfort Measures DVD and Practical application
- Breathing meditation
Day 2
- Preparing for Labour: Support person’s Role
- Making a Difference DVD
- Relaxation Techniques discussion and practical application
- Your birth: desires, intentions, expectations & possible complications
- Interventions: discuss ways to avoid
- Roles of hospital staff& what happens at the hospital
- Postpartum adjustment and recovery
- Strategies to survive the postpartum period
- Depression or baby blues
- Breastfeeding– a good start
- Newborn Care
- Opportunity to ask questions, give feedback,etc.
- Book your prenatal classes approximately 2 months in advance of your due date
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