Welcome

You will learn information specific to your hospital birth experience. Topics include:

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• 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