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.

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.

This is a two night class series. Two Tuesday nights, one week a part from 6-9pm.

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.

Refund Policy

Tours are available free of charge for current or prospective patients. Please register for the tour.

Tours are offered at 11:45 a.m. the first Wednesday of every month.

Please register only one person in your party.

Class instructor JeannaLynn May, RN-BSN, CCE, brings more than 24 years of experience in labor and delivery, postpartum care and childbirth education. A board-certified childbirth educator and life coach, she has served families at INTEGRIS Health Canadian Valley Women’s Center since 2002, bringing a deep-seated, genuine passion to her classes and the families she serves.

If you have questions, email jenna.may@integrishealth.org or call 405-717-7860.

This holistic Understanding Birth class meets from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. in Conference Room A and B at INTEGRIS Health Canadian Valley Hospital. 

This course includes eight weeks of classes plus one bonus physical therapy class and a mock delivery in an LDRP room. Moms are encouraged to register during 14 to 16 weeks into their pregnancy.

NOTE: Only register one person. You may up to two support persons.

Understanding Birth covers the following topics:

• Pregnancy: anatomy, preeclampsia and warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, emotions, healthy nutrition, physical changes and challenges, etc.
• Labor: Pain theories, 5 Ps of labor, signs labor is near, onset of labor, stages of labor, the importance of being relaxed and having a relaxed support system, skin-to-skin contact with mom and dad/support team, etc.
• Birth Stories (varies by format): Stories show how the stages of labor unfold in real life, introducing examples of natural coping techniques, partner support, medicated pain relief and cesareans.
• Comfort Techniques: Birth preferences, labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, back labor, partner advice and when and how to push. We focus on being able to RELAX!
• Medical Choices/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 and types of cesareans, anesthesia, 3D animation of surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth.
• Initial Newborn care: Practicing together changing diapers, dressing, how to hold a baby, how to transfer with confidence from one person to another, bathing and Q&A.
• Beginning Breastfeeding: How to get a good latch for a proper transfer of milk from breast to baby, teaching dad/support person the positions – then, letting them teach moms, establishing a positive mindset around breastfeeding, some challenges, the advantages for both mom and baby, Q&A.
• Postpartum: This is important time. Too often we overlook or minimize this time, forcing moms to take on too much too fast which interferes with their recovery, healthy breastfeeding and heathy relationships!

Class instructor JeannaLynn May, RN-BSN, CCE, brings more than 24 years of experience in labor and delivery, postpartum care and childbirth education. A board-certified childbirth educator and life coach, she has served families at INTEGRIS Health Canadian Valley Women’s Center since 2002, bringing a deep-seated, genuine passion to her classes and the families she serves.

If you have questions, email jenna.may@integrishealth.org or call 405-717-7860.

NOTE: Only register one person. You may bring up to two support persons.

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.

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. Do not register for this tour if you are taking an Understanding Childbirth Class.

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

Join us for the ABCs of CPR for infants 12 months and less. This basic class taught by an experienced LDRP nurse will focus on cardiac arrest and choking. Please enroll only one person from each family. Class includes a participant book. Each family will have one mannequin to practice on during class. Participants may bring 1 other with them. This is not a certification class. 

Note: Register only one person, second person is free.

Class will meet on the 4th floor at Integris Health Edmond in the patient education room. Class lasts 45 minutes to 1 hour. Older siblings are welcome to attend as well as newborns! For further questions please contact Angela Kersh at 405-313-1832