Weekend Group Prenatal Course
2 Days – $275
The cost of Belly to Baby’s group intensive weekend prenatal course is $275 for both you and your birth partner to attend.
What’s Covered
Saturday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Introductions
- My objective approach
- Emotional and mental aspects of labor
- Focusing on the normalcy of birth
- Events of late pregnancy and labour (time sequence)
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Video: “Relaxation, Rhythm, Ritual: the 3 R’s of Childbirth”
- Labor: coping, comfort and breathing skills
- Supporting a woman in labor
- Rehearsing and practising positions
Sunday
9:30 am – 12:30 pm
- Variations and possible complications
- Interventions with the goal of healthy baby / healthy mom
- Role of various hospital staff
- Birthing intentions
2:00 pm – 5:00 pm
- Postpartum adjustment and recovery: “sleep when the baby sleeps”
- Strategies to survive the postpartum period
- Breastfeeding – getting off to a great start
- Newborn care
- Dunstan Baby Language (as seen on Oprah)
- Opportunity to ask questions, give feedback, etc.
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Baby Reunion
At the end of our weekend session we will ask for a volunteer to be in charge of the “baby reunion”. Connecting with the other couples in the class is an integral part of your experience in becoming parents. Some of these relationships can turn into lifetime friendships. The Volunteer will organize your baby reunion for your specific class, selecting a date and time that works for most. It is lovely when the reunion can be hosted in someone’s home (this create’s a more relaxed atmosphere where mom’s can breastfeed, diaper change, babies can cry, etc… you are all in the same situation. ; )
Weekend Course Dates
Please see Dates & Locations for information on upcoming Weekend Group Course dates.