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Childbirth Education
Labor & Delivery Tour (Edmond)
with Angela Kersh
Tours are available free of charge for current or prospective patients. Please register for the tour.
Tours are offered at 3:30 p.m. following the Saturday Understanding Birth class and during the week before other prenatal classes. You do not need to participate in a class to take the tour but you do need to register.
Tours are also given as part of the Understanding Childbirth Class. You do not need to register for a tour separately if you are taking this class at Integris Edmond and delivering at Integris Edmond.
Tours meet on the 4th floor Women's Center in the waiting room and start promptly.
Tours typically last 30-45 minutes and may occasionally be canceled if the unit is full.
Please register only one person in your party.
Adults only, please, no children under age 10. If younger siblings would like to be a part of a tour, please contact Angela Kersh directly to set up a private tour. 405-313-1832
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.
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 Tera Oss
This is a two night class.
The "Understanding Birth" class will meet from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. 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 approx 9:00-9:30. If you are not deliverying at Edmond, you may leave when class is over.
Please note that this is a two night class on Thursday, March 6 and 13. For any further questions about your class please contact Angela Kersh at 405-313-1832.
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.
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 Tour (Edmond)
with Angela Kersh
Tours are available free of charge for current or prospective patients. Please register for the tour.
Tours are offered at 3:30 p.m. following the Saturday Understanding Birth class and during the week before other prenatal classes. You do not need to participate in a class to take the tour but you do need to register.
Tours are also given as part of the Understanding Childbirth Class. You do not need to register for a tour separately if you are taking this class at Integris Edmond and delivering at Integris Edmond.
Tours meet on the 4th floor Women's Center in the waiting room and start promptly.
Tours typically last 30-45 minutes and may occasionally be canceled if the unit is full.
Please register only one person in your party.
Adults only, please, no children under age 10. If younger siblings would like to be a part of a tour, please contact Angela Kersh directly to set up a private tour. 405-313-1832
Breastfeeding Basics
with Angela Kersh
Breastfeeding is natural but it is a learned skill. Moms and partners will learn how milk is made, breastfeeding positions, what a good latch looks like, infant hunger feeding cues, how to know your baby is getting enough, and when to call for help.
Please only register mom, partners can come for free. Class meets one evening from 6-9pm or one morning/afternoon for 3 hours.
Class meets on the 4th floor of Integris Edmond in the Women's Center Education room. Ice and water availble, bring any desired snack.
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.
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 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.
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.