Session 1
Birth location options
Water labour and birth
Who to invite to your birth
Pregnancy nutrition and cravings
Lifestyle myths
Common physical complaints
Complimentary therapies - chiro/acupuncture/massage
Session 2
Preparing for labour: Why try natural?
Love Languages in labour/Partner role
Coping Strategies
Pain managment
Advice for labour
Gestational Diabetes screen
Prenatal classes
Immunizations in pregnancy (DTaP, Covid-19)
Cramping/Braxton Hicks
Session 3
Birth Plan/wishes
Interventions as tools
All about pushing/second stage
Pelvic floor physio
Perineal stretching
Fetal movement counting
Supplies/prep for birth and postpartum (home/hospital)
Session 4
Delivering the placenta - active management
Options for the placenta
Delayed cord clamping and cord blood banking
Skin-to skin, newborn exam, vitamin K
Newborn metabolic screen, jaundice screen, hearing screen
Circumcision
When to call your midwife
Group B Strep screen and management
Session 5
Feeding your baby
Breastfeeding demo, letdown
Colustrum/formula, first 3 days
Poops/pees expectations
Tongue/lip ties, nipple shield, Haaka/breastpump
Use of bottles and soothers
Lactation consultants, La Leche League support
Newborn care
Pediatrician vs GP, Healthy Beginnings
Safe sleep, container syndrome, car seats
Cord care, skin care/rash, blocked tear ducts
Swaddling, baths
Burping/gas, infant probiotics, vitamin D
Postpartum care
Perineal healing, bleeding
Belly binding, afterpains
Sweating, incontinence, tears
Postpartum depression/anxiety
Posptartum strategies for support