WEEKEND SERIES CLASSES
We are excited to offer Christ-centred prenatal classes in the Fraser Valley! Alpha Childbirth will teach you everything you need to know to make informed decisions about your birth and will also help you to use your faith as the cornerstone for both mental and physical relaxation.
Alpha Childbirth prenatal classes are designed to be a comprehensive childbirth class, so you will be prepared for your childbirth journey, whether that is in your home or at the hospital. Expect to learn and be amazed by the process of pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postpartum period.
Alpha Childbirth prenatal classes are designed to be a comprehensive childbirth class, so you will be prepared for your childbirth journey, whether that is in your home or at the hospital. Expect to learn and be amazed by the process of pregnancy, labour, birth, and the postpartum period.
INVESTMENT OF $300/COUPLE:
- 5 - 3 hour weekend sessions, every other Saturday morning over a 3 month period. This means you must sign up by 28 weeks in to your pregnancy.
- Our classes are designed to meet the needs of expectant parents in an interactive and fun group environment.
- The class is taught using a variety of instructional methods such as visual aids, diagrams, plenty of hands on practice, and lots of humour!
- The goal is to provide you and your partner with the ability to make informed birth choices, build confidence, and help ease the transition into parenthood.
- Class sizes are no more than 5 couples which creates an intimate setting and allows plenty of time for all questions to be answered.
CLASS #1:
CLASS #2:
- Opening prayer and introductions
- Eating well for birthing well (FREE recipe book included)
- Exercising throughout pregnancy
- Optimal fetal positioning
- The care providers of pregnancy - midwives, family docs, obstetricians, and doulas
- Physical and spiritual disciplines
- Pregnancy tips for partners
- Spiritual preparation #1
- Closing prayer
CLASS #2:
- Opening prayer
- Birth terminology
- Birth illustrations
- The amazing process of labour and birth - recognize the signs and stages
- What to expect in labour for dads
- Progress in labour
- Timing contractions
- Signs of labour
- Your birth questions - a primer to creating a birth plan
- Spiritual preparation #2
CLASS #3:
- Opening prayer
- Divine timeline
- Capacity of the slippery slope
- Hospital methods for inducing or augmenting labour
- Out of hospital methods for inducing or augmenting labour
- 6 healthy birth practices
- Informed consent
- Common labour interventions
- Pain in labour
- Breech baby
- Challenges to labour
- What to do if your water breaks
- Cesarean section
- VBAC advice
- Birth options
- Birth plan examples
- Spiritual preparation #3
- Closing prayer
CLASS #4:
- Opening prayer
- Intimate design
- Natural labour positions
- Massage and relaxation
- Labour tips for partners
- Home and water birth set up
- Newborn interventions
- Creating an after birth plan
- Spiritual preparation #4
CLASS #5:
- Opening prayer
- Breastfeeding
- Circumcision
- What's normal for a newborn?
- Taking baby home
- Harvey Karp's 5 S's to soothe a crying baby
- Birth of a mother
- Birth of a father
- Postpartum depression
- Becoming a parent
- Closing prayer