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. Class includes a tour of the Birth Center at Lakeview Hospital.
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 Friday evening and Saturday
Click on Select a Date to choose your weekend program.
Friday, 6pm to 8:30pm and Saturday, 9am to 3pm.
Hardenbergh Conference Room of Lakeview Hospital.
Instructor: Karlyn Peterson, CNM, IBCLC (facilitator for Baby Café at Lakeview Hospital)
Choose a 2025 weekend:
March 14 & 15
June 6 & 7
August 8 & 9
December 5 & 6
Cost: $75 per couple
For questions, or to be put on a waitlist if this class is full, contact karlyn.m.peterson@lakeview.org
This class is also offered in a 4 week in-person series, and a 4 week online series. This instructor also teaches a 2.5 hour breastfeeding class.
