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eClass - Understanding Birth - North Central Baptist Hospital

Understanding Birth curriculum provides comprehensive childbirth education that prepares expectant parents to have healthier and more satisfying birth experiences. Engaging video, life-like 3D animation, and personal birth stories give parents the knowledge and confidence they need to make informed decisions about their labor and delivery. The eight-chapter program is an interactive, web-based class that uses videos, personal birth stories, animations, activities, and games to teach all the essential information parents need to know to prepare for their birth.

Our online childbirth class will help you:

Pregnancy- Fetal development, anatomy, discomforts, nutrition, warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, emotions, strength and stretching exercises, and more.

Labor- Pain theories, 4 P's of labor, prelabor signs, onset of labor, stages of labor, and the importance of skin-to-skin contact.

Birth Stories- How the stages of labor unfold in real life, natural coping techniques, medicated pain relief, and partner support.

Comfort Techniques- Labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, labor & pushing positions, back labor, and partner advice.

Medical Procedures-Birth plans, decision-making, induction, fetal monitoring, IVs, pain medication, augmentation, second-stage interventions, and nonmedical alternatives.

Cesarean Birth- Reasons for a cesarean, risks, anesthesia, 3D animation of surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth, breastfeeding, family-centered birth tips.

Newborns- Newborn hospital procedures, skin-to-skin contact, first feeding, newborn appearance, senses, behaviors, SIDS, abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome).

Postpartum- Involution, lochia, perineum care, rooming-in, baby blues, postpartum depression, healthy habits, breastfeeding, hunger signs, feeding frequency, effective latch, and getting support.

FEE NOTE:
$40 - Credit Card payment must be made at the time of enrollment

Upon registration, you will receive a course invitation via email within 2-3 days. Once received, you may begin the course at anytime. The eClasses are not scheduled to start at a specific date and time. If you have not received the email invitation, please first check spam/junk mail or give us a call at 833-400-9568.

IN ORDER TO COMPLETE YOUR REGISTRATION, PLEASE COMPLETE THE CLASS QUESTIONAIRE BELOW AND CLICK "SUBMIT" ONLY ONCE. YOU MAY EXPERIENCE A SLIGHT DELAY.

NOTE: A credit card is required to register for this class online. If you would like to register for this class using a different payment method, please call (866) 309-2873 to register.

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