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2 Day Weekend Course (non Residential)

Day 1 - Your Pregnancy & Birth

Coping with Pregnancy in the final weeks:

Not sleeping
When to come into hospital and when to stay at home

Active Labour

Using a Birthing Ball (including a practise session for all attendees)
Various positions for giving birth

Birthing Partners Role - Antenatal & Postnatal

Induction of Labour

Policies of different hospitals
What will it involve?
Breathing techniques

Birth

Pain Relief During Labour
Water Birth
Normal Vaginal Delivery
Assisted Delivery
Caesarean Section
Relaxation Techniques

Day 2 - You & Your Baby

Feeding your baby - Breast feeding

Early hours
How long to leave your baby between feeds?
How to encourage your baby to feed?
How much should you feed your baby?
How to store your baby milk?
Positions for feeding baby

Feeding your baby - Bottle feeding

How to use a sterilising unit
Making bottles
Feeding techniques

Postnatal care for your baby

Car safety
Changing nappies (including a practise session for all attendees)
Bathing your baby
Skin care for your baby

Impact on your family life

The Father's role

Cot Death information

Baby Massage (including a demonstration)

Midweek Courses

Our midweek courses are run over a 4 week period and consist of 4 course modules which can be booked as a complete course of 4 modules. Alternatively you can book an individual module or a combination of individual modules to suit your personal needs.

Module 1 - Your Pregnancy

Coping with Pregnancy in the final weeks:

Not sleeping
When to come into hospital and when to stay at home

Active Labour

Using a Birthing Ball (including a practise session for all attendees)
Various positions for giving birth

Birthing Partners Role - Antenatal & Postnatal

Module 2 - Your Birth

Induction of Labour

Policies of different hospitals
What will it involve?
Breathing techniques

Birth

Pain Relief During Labour
Water Birth
Normal Vaginal Delivery
Assisted Delivery
Caesarean Section

Module 3 - Feeding Your Baby

Feeding your baby - Breast feeding

Early hours
How long to leave your baby between feeds?
How to encourage your baby to feed?
How much should you feed your baby?
How to store your baby milk?
Positions for feeding baby

Feeding your baby - Bottle feeding

How to use a sterilising unit
Making bottles
Feeding techniques

Module 4 - Caring For Baby

Postnatal care for your baby

Changing nappies (including a practise session for all attendees)
Bathing your baby
Skin care for your baby

Impact on your family life

The Father's role

Sleeping cosy, sleeping safe

Private consultations in your own home are available. Please contact me for further details.