Meet other expectant parents and get your questions answered by an experienced midwife/lactation consultant. Take this class anytime during the second half of pregnancy, but ideally classes should be completed by 36 weeks of pregnancy.
Class topics include:
- Anatomy of pregnancy and birth
- Preparing for labor
- When to come to the hospital, and what to expect when you arrive
- Stages of labor and birth
- Medical interventions that you may be offered
- Discussing options with your healthcare team
- Comfort and relaxation techniques for prenancy, labor, and parenthood
- Benefits and side effects of pain medications
- How your partner/support person can help
- Challenges, complications, and unexpected outcomes
- Vaginal birth, cesarean birth
- Postpartum recovery
- Newborn care
- Breastfeeding
- Newborn behavior and communication
- Ways to support your baby’s physical, social, and emotional development
- Sleep safety
- Referral to a Car Seat Clinic
- Mental health of new parents
- Easing the transition to parenthood
- Connecting new families with community resources
- Other topics of interest, determined by class participants
Note* This class is a four-week series - must attend all dates
Click on Select a Date to choose your 4-week program.
Mondays, 6pm to 8:30pm
Instructor: Karlyn Peterson, CNM, IBCLC (facilitator for Baby Café at Lakeview Hospital)
Cost: $75 per couple
Choose a series in 2025:
January 6, 13, 20, 27
April 7, 14, 21, 28
July 7, 14, 21, 28
October 6, 13, 20, 27
For questions, or to be put on a waitlist if this class is sold out, please contact karlyn.m.peterson@lakeview.org.
This class is also offered as a 4-week IN-PERSON series, and a Weekend Express series. This instructor also teaches a 2.5 hour breastfeeding class.
