•Breathing
•Relaxation
•Effleurage
•Massage
•Acupressure
•Coaching

Normal labor, birth, and the early postpartum period (using DVD's of real births)

• How to be active and informed participants during childbirth

• Focused breathing techniques for labor

• Tips to help your partner be encouraging and supportive during labor

• The value of one-on-one support during labor

• How to communicate with your healthcare team so your needs are met

• Complications that could arise during labor and birth, and interventions that might be medically necessary
   including induction, Cesarean section, etc.

• Epidurals and other options for managing pain with medication

• Early interaction with your baby

What labor accomplishes
•Signs before labor
•Positive signs of labor
•Phases of labor
•What early labor is like
•What active labor is like
•What will happen at the hospital
•Fetal monitoring

The   Transition Phase.
•Transition breathing (patterned paced breathing)
•The second stage of labor
•The urge to push
•Controlling the urge to push
•Pushing
•Expulsion
•Delivery of the placenta

Medications
•Epidural anesthesia
•Techniques and positions to relieve back pain
•Complications and interventions
•Induction
•Caesarean Section
•Post Partum warning signs
•Advantages of Breastfeeding
•Birth Control
•Surviving the first six weeks



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