Birthing Classes for First Time Parents in Our Evening Series
Our Evening Series is an engaging 6 week prenatal course imparting all the information about labour, birth, & caring for your newborn, as well as guiding you in discovering your own best coping techniques and parenting philosophies. Highly enjoyable & jam-packed with useful information, you will learn things you didn’t know you needed to know. You will feel prepared and empowered, you will look forward to each class and you will talk about the content for weeks afterward!
Our Evening Series comes with the 2 1/2 hour Breast/Chest Feeding class. The Evening Series can be taken either online (zoom), or in person at our East Vancouver location (live). Please look at class dates to select your preference of “zoom” or “live”.
Our standard evening series package includes 16.5 hours of instruction and covers the following material:
Changes in Late Pregnancy
Physical and emotional changes
What your Due Date really means
Optimal Fetal Positioning
Stages of Labour
Signs of Labour
Stages of labour
Breathing / relaxation
When to go to the hospital or call your midwife to join you at home
Positions for First Stage Labour
Comfort Measures
Breathing awareness
Relaxation
Massage
Doulas
Interventions & Self Advocacy
Induction & Epidurals
Cascade of Interventions
Communicating with Care Providers
Birth Plans
Birth
Pushing
Positions for Pushing
Umbilical Cord Choices
Parent/Infant Bonding
Cesarean Birth
What to expect
Understanding the procedure
Decisions After the Birth of your Babe
Newborn characteristics
Normal, newborn appearance
Newborn tests and procedures
Newborn Care
Diapering
Bathing
Cord care
Safety
Soothing Baby
Baby-wearing
Carseat Safety and Best Practices
Postpartum Care & Realities
Emotional and physical changes after birth
Sleep
Adjustment
Community resources
Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding
Introduction to lactation & biological nurturing
Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Challenges & Solutions
Setting yourself up for success
Parenting & Your New Normal
Where to seek help
Ways to bond with baby
How to reach out and connect in your community
Register now!
$350 (per couple)
7 - 9pm
Registration Includes:
Six Evening Classes (7-9pm)
One Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding Class (6:30 - 9:30pm)
Follow-up e-mails
Class Reunion (online)
One FREE Virtual Parenting Talk
When selecting your dates, note that some of our Series are offered online (“zoom”), and others are offered in-person at our East Vancouver location (“live”). The breastfeeding/chestfeeding class is always on zoom.
We suggest choosing classes that end 3 - 4 weeks before your due date
Single Moms use code 100OFF for $100 off registration fees
Once you’ve registered, click here to go to your cart and checkout (you do not need a paypal account)
Add our The Truth About Pregnancy Course on to your purchase of an Evening Series Prenatal Class for only $20! This discounted offering is only for those who have registered for our Evening Series or Weekend Workshop. Click here if you would like to register for our The Truth About Pregnancy Class as a standalone option.
*Price too high? We aim to make our classes accessible to everyone. Please contact us about our low income rates.
Refund Policy
If you have to cancel your registration for a medical reason (such as baby arriving early), or in the rare event that we have to cancel a class, we will offer a 100% refund.
For all other situations, we will refund your full payment less a $50 administrative fee. Forty-eight hours’ notice is required.
If you need to switch to another one of our classes for scheduling reasons, we will do our best to accommodate you. There is no additional charge.