Get Prepared Plus!
Get Prepared Plus! is a comprehensive childbirth class series taught by Megan Newhouse-Bailey, CHES, CLD, CD(DONA), CCCE, HCHD.
Megan is a certified health education specialist, certified labor doula, certified hypno-doula, and certified childbirth educator at Get Babied! She is has attended pretty much every style childbirth preparation class on her journey to becoming a doula and childbirth educator. Megan has taken that knowledge and combined it with what she learned from her own birth experiences to create this course.
The course is very interactive. There are many activities and exercises that will help prep you for what you might experience during your labor and birth and help you make informed choices. We will do a lot of relaxation “practice” as well, so you have multiple tools in your labor tool box.
The class includes a workbook and a comfort measures quick-reference guide for labor. Class fee is $150 per couple.
Get Prepared Plus! is a 6 week comprehensive childbirth class and will cover:
-Why labor hurts and why it doesn’t have to
-How to teach yourself to relax in preparation for labor and birth
- Anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth
-Nutrition and exercise
-What to expect in late pregnancy
-The stages of labor
-Interventions and how to avoid them
-Birth planning
-Comfort measures
-Natural induction methods
-The postpartum period
-Basic baby care and breastfeeding information
