Course 101: Childbirth Preparation
Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.
Includes:
- Pre-term labor warning signs
- Physiology of the pregnant body
- Labor terminology
- Coping with labor pain / Partner support
- Strategies for non-medicated labor including: breathing responses, vocalization, massage, and labor positions
- Medication and epidurals
- Possible medical interventions
- Positions for pushing
- Working with healthcare team
- Cesarean births
