Birth preparation:

• Private prenatal education in your home (daytime or evening)

• Normal pregnancy, pregnancy development, ways to stay healthy

• Physiological stages of early labor, active labor, 2nd and 3rd stage labor

• Understanding of how to know when to go into the hospital or call your midwife

• Medical procedures, interventions and their risks and benefits

• Variances from normal during labor and birth

• Coping skills during labor & birth, ways that your partner can help support

• Spinning babies techniques: to give baby space in the uterus and pelvis to move into the best position for the time of birth

Breastfeeding preparation:

• Private prenatal education in your home (daytime or evening)

• Breastfeeding skills & newborn care course available in combination with prenatal course or alone

• Hands on practical education toward breastfeeding

• Realistic understanding of transition to life with a newborn