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Labor & Delivery Tour (Lakeside)
with Laurie Shofner
Complimentary tours are available for current patients or those considering our facility for delivery.
Please register in advance for the tour.
Note: Only register one person. You may bring 1 support person.
Daytime tours are available on Mondays at noon, with the exception of holidays.
Please meet in the Lakeside front entrance waiting area for tours to begin. Tours typically last 30 to 45 minutes and may occasionally be canceled if the facility is full.
Understanding Birth (Edmond)
with Angela Kersh
This is a two night class series. Two nights in a row from 6-9pm. Monday, October 26 and Tuesday, October 27.
The "Understanding Birth" class will meet on the 4th floor Women's Center at INTEGRIS Health Edmond in the Education Room which is located outside the secured unit next to the waiting room. Instructors are skilled and passionate labor and delivery nurses who are employed by INTEGRIS Health Edmond Women's Center.
NOTE: Only register one person. You may bring 1-2 support persons.
Understanding Birth is a class covering the following information:
- Pregnancy: anatomy, preeclampsia & warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, emotions, and more.
- Labor: Pain theories, 5 P's of labor, signs labor is near, onset of labor, stages of labor, and the importance of skin-to-skin contact.
- Birth Stories: Stories show how the stages of labor unfold in real life, inducing examples of natural coping techniques, partner support, medicated pain relief, and cesareans (varies by format).
- Comfort Techniques: Birth preferences, labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, labor & pushing positions, back labor, and partner advice.
- Medical Procedures: Decision-making, induction, fetal monitoring, IVs, analgesics, epidural anesthesia, labor and pushing positions with epidural, augmentation, and second-stage interventions.
- Cesarean Birth: Reasons for a cesarean, types of cesareans, risks, anesthesia, 3D animation of surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth
Each woman will receive a corresponding guidebook that contains a free downloadable app complete with all the videos from the class as well as other helpful features.
An optional tour of the unit will be given following the second class from 9-9:30pm. If you are not deliverying at Edmond, or do not want to stay, you may leave when class is over.
This class requires a minimum of 4 participants to make. If the class does not make, a refund will be given of all the class fees minus a $7 service fee.
For any further questions about your class please contact Angela Kersh at 405-313-1832.
Labor & Delivery Tour (Baptist)
with Charlottee Houck
Complimentary tours are available for current patients or those considering our facility for delivery.
Please register in advance for the tour.
Note: Only register one person. You may bring 1 support person.
Daytime tours are available on Tuesdays at noon, with the exception of holidays.
Please meet by the elevator on the 4th floor for tours to begin. Tours typically last 30 to 45 minutes and may occasionally be canceled if the facility is full.
Body Ready Birth
with Whitney Marrero
With Whitney Marrero, Certified Body Ready Method Pro and Body Ready Birth Instructor
Oct. 27th & Oct. 28th from 6-9 pm, in Conference Room C
Body Ready Birth (BRB) is a cutting-edge curriculum that is designed to support you and your partner in becoming Body Ready for Birth. This class is great for anyone wanting to know how to help prepare their bodies for an easier, more efficient birth.
With this targeted curriculum, you’ll:
- Experience birthing positions before labor
- Build neural pathways from your brain to your body
- Create mobility in your pelvis
- Address common musculoskeletal issues that often slow down labor
- Prepare all 3 levels of your pelvis for birth
And your partner will:
- Learn exactly how to support you through every stage of labor — emotionally AND physically
- Practice hands-on techniques that bring real comfort and relief
- Suggest effective positions to help labor progress
- Feel confident and connected as an active part of your birth team
All so you can have your easiest possible birth — together.
There is so much you can do to prepare your body when you have the right knowledge and tools!
Note: Please call or email Whitney Marrero before registering for this class. Body Ready Birth workshop does require student pack materials from me and a release from your OBGYN stating you are safe to engage in light to moderate exercise. I will provide both of these to you after we connect.
Whitney.marrero@integrishealth.org or 405-717-7860
Labor and Delivery Tour (Canadian Valley)
with Whitney Marrero
Complimentary tours are available for current patients or those considering our facility for delivery.
Please register in advance for the tour.
Note: Please check your email the morning of the tour! If the unit is full, you will receive an email about rescheduling to a different day.
Only register one person. You may bring 1 support person.
Daytime tours are available on the first Monday of every month at 11:45 am with the exception of holidays.
Please meet in conference room C located in the Physicians Building.
If you have questions please email Whitney Marrero at whitney.marrero@integrishealth.org or call 405-717-7860.
Labor & Delivery Tour (Lakeside)
with Laurie Shofner
Complimentary tours are available for current patients or those considering our facility for delivery.
Please register in advance for the tour.
Note: Only register one person. You may bring 1 support person.
Daytime tours are available on Mondays at noon, with the exception of holidays.
Please meet in the Lakeside front entrance waiting area for tours to begin. Tours typically last 30 to 45 minutes and may occasionally be canceled if the facility is full.
Labor & Delivery Evening Tour (Lakeside)
with Laurie Shofner
Complimentary tours are available for current patients or those considering our facility for delivery.
Please register in advance for the tour.
Note: Only register one person. You may bring 1 support person.
Tour will begin at 5:30 pm in the first-floor conference room. It typically continues until 6:45, ending with a time for questions and answers.
Please meet in the Lakeside front entrance waiting area for tours to begin. Tours typically last 30 to 45 minutes and may occasionally be canceled if the facility is full.
Understanding Birth (Canadian Valley)
with Whitney Marrero
Nov, 3rd & Nov, 10th, 2026 from 6-9 pm, runs for 2 weeks.
The “Understanding Birth” class is a class that meets from 6-9 pm in conference rooms A & B in the Physician’s building.
Note: Only register one person for the class. You may bring 1 support person with you.
Understanding Birth will cover the following information:
- Pregnancy: anatomy, preeclampsia and warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, emotions and more.
- Labor: Pain theories, 5 P's of labor, signs labor is near, onset of labor, stages of labor and the importance of skin-to-skin contact.
- Birth Stories: Stories show how the stages of labor unfold in real life, including examples of natural coping techniques, partner support, medicated pain relief and cesarean sections (varies by format).
- Comfort Techniques: Birth preferences, labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, labor & pushing positions, back labor and partner advice.
- Medical Procedures: Decision-making, induction, fetal monitoring, IVs, analgesics, epidural anesthesia, labor and pushing positions with epidural, augmentation and second-stage interventions.
- Cesarean Birth: Reasons for a cesarean, types of cesareans, risks, anesthesia, 3D animation of surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth.
Each woman will receive a corresponding guidebook that contains a free downloadable app complete with all the videos from the class as well as other helpful features.
Please reach out to Whitney Marrero with questions: