Online Class: Understanding Birth

From the comfort of your own home, you can experience comprehensive - and convenient! - childbirth education. This online "Understanding Birth" class takes 4-6 hours to complete and prepares expectant parents to have healthier and more satisfying birth experiences. Engaging video, life-like 3D animation, and personal birth stories give parents the knowledge and confidence they need to make informed decisions about their labor and delivery.

Once you register and pay online, Sacred Heart's childbirth education team will activate your account and provide you with access to this program. (Please allow 5 business days for account activation.) You can view the content as many times as you would like within 60 days of account activation. For questions, please call 850-278-3995.

CONTENT INCLUDES:

Pregnancy: Fetal development, anatomy, discomforts, nutrition, warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, emotions, strength and stretching exercises, and more.

Labor: Pain theories, 4 P’s of labor, prelabor signs, onset of labor, stages of labor, and the importance of skin-to-skin contact.

Birth Stories: How the stages of labor unfold in real life, natural coping techniques, medicated pain relief, and partner support.

Comfort Techniques: Labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, labor & pushing positions, back labor, and partner advice.

Medical Procedures: Birth plans, decision-making, induction, fetal monitoring, IVs, pain medication, augmentation, second-stage interventions, and nonmedical alternatives.

Cesarean Birth: Reasons for a cesarean, risks, anesthesia, 3D animation of surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth, breastfeeding, family-centered birth tips.

Newborns: Newborn hospital procedures, skin-to-skin contact, first feeding, newborn appearance, senses, behaviors, SIDS, abusive head trauma (shaken baby syndrome).

Postpartum: Involution, lochia, perineum care, rooming-in, baby blues, postpartum depression, healthy habits, breastfeeding, hunger signs, feeding frequency, effective latch, and getting support.

A refund will be given if a cancellation request is received 2 business days (48 hours) prior to the start of the class. A full refund will be given for any class cancelled by the site.