Child Birth Preparation Workshop Outline
Topic –Expectations and Pre Labour including:
- The importance of identifying pre labour
- What does it mean to ‘relax into labour’?
- Starting a Birth Plan
Fear, Pain and Communication including:
- Pain relief, natural and medical
- Visualisation
- Support at the birth, partner and doula
- The way we communicate
1st Stage labour including:
- Active labour
- How the partners can help in 1st stage of labour
- Breath in 1st stage labour
Transitions and 2nd Stage including:
- Behaviours associated with transitions in life and labour
- Partners role
- Facts and fears surrounding 2nd stage
- Perineal massage
- How to stay in control
3rd stage labour, Vaccinations and Meeting your Baby! Including:
- Cutting the cord
- Your first 90 minutes with your baby
- Vitamin K and Hep B vaccinations
- What can you do with your placenta?
Baby and Beyond including;
- Breast feeding
- Dad’s Role
- Sleep and settling
- Baby blues and PND

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