INTEGRIS Health

This is a Saturday class

The “Understanding Birth” class is a class that meets from 9-3:30 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:

• whitney.marrero@integrishealth.org or 405-717-7860