Childbirth Preparation online group
We are going to have one Zoom meeting a week (1.5 hours each) for two months. You will get a clear understanding of childbirth from start to finish.
Schedule:
WEEK 1: Oxytocin – why do we need it? Birthplace and birth team – how to choose? How does labor begin? Prodromal labor or why I am having contractions for 3 nights in a row?
WEEK 2: Early labor. Physiology. All the possible interventions and ways to avoid it. Tips and tricks on how to go through it. Water breaking.
WEEK 3: Active labor. Physiology. All the possible interventions and ways to avoid it. Tips and tricks on how to go through it.
WEEK 4: Pushing. Spontaneous and guided. What is the fetal ejection reflex? Birth. What happens after you just had your baby? Golden hour.
WEEK 5: How can your partner help you? Tips and tricks on being as supportive as possible during this vulnerable time. Practical work.
WEEK 6: Everything about the pain: Why do we need it for labor to progress? And all the possible options on how we can manage it. Fear-Pain-Tension cycle.
WEEK 7: All the interventions in the process: induction, epidural, and c-sections. How to create a birth plan, and stay empowered through the whole process.
WEEK 8: Art of breastfeeding. Life with a newborn for the first weeks of life. Postpartum preparation.