Week One Class Outline – Pregnancy Exercises, Comfort Positions During Pregnancy, Basic Pregnancy Anatomy and Pregnancy Affirmations
Introduction and Class Overview
Alphabet Icebreaker
Exercise During Pregnancy
Basic Exercises During Pregnancy
Fun and Fast – 5 minute activity – Stretching series
Positioning During Pregnancy
Handout – Optimal Fetal Positioning
Other Pregnancy Changes
Video Healthy Journey – Fetal Development and Three Trimesters
Handout – Fetal Senses and Development, Article by Angela England
Handout – Sex During Pregnancy, Article by Angela England
Overview of Labor w/Pregnancy Anatomy
Visual – Baby Demo Doll – Pelvis and Knit Uterus
Labor Pain Discussion – pg 32-33 – 20 minutes
Handouts – What Initiates Labor
Hormones Driving Labor and Birth
How Stress Impacts Birthing Outcomes
Your Beautiful Uterus!
Sources of Pain During Labor
Discussing Gate Control and Fear-Tension-Pain
Basic Comfort Measures and Positions
Handouts – Positions for Labor and Birth
Love Languages During Labor
Birth Partner Checklist – All Methods of Relaxation and Coping
Exercise – Men and Women Do Separately – Love Languages
Discuss importance of birth partner support
Discuss Positive Attitude
Handout – Affirmations List
NIce outline. I think it is very positive & thorough so far. Where do you get students? Aren’t you also a doula? Birth?
Kelly
Doula Surround
Students find me from different places! Some through friends, other students who have taken my classes, brochures at the chiropractor and at my massage clinic, etc. I’m still working at developing connections with the local doctors and midwives in the area, so hopefully those relationships will help students find me as well.