Students take Heart 2 Heart to improve their knowledge and awareness of their upcoming birth experience and to decrease associated anxiety.

Courses are organized into a series of modules; each module presented in a 90 minute to 2-hour timeframe over a 6-week period. Each module includes group and couple oriented activities to complement and strengthen the subject matter. After completing the courses, students will be better prepared for labor and delivery. This course empowers parents to ask questions and seek clarification.

Modules are self-contained and can also be combined allowing for either an intensive weekend seminar style course or the more traditional 6-week course format.

Week 1
• Overview
• Dealing with Advice
• Addressing Information Overload
• Feeling your baby move
• Body Changes and Mechanics
• When to go to the hospital?
• Exercises

Week 2
• What is premature labor?
• Possible Interventions
- C-Section
- Induction
• Coaches role
• Exercises

Week 3
• Am I in Labor?
• Phases and stages of Labor
• Natural methods of pain relief and relaxation
• Epidural Pros and Cons
• Exercises

Week 4
• Going to the hospital
• Sensations of second stage of labor
• Pushing techniques
• Exercises using different positions for pushing

Week 5
• What happens immediately after birth
• Simulated hospital tour (generic)
• Post Partum, Infant care at birth
• Exercises

Week 6
• Feeding and care newborn
• References and resources
• Meet new parents

Supplies required: Parents should bring in pillows and mats for exercises

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