本课堂共三節課,每節两個小时.

课堂1:

 Nutritional and dietary advice during pregnancy

 How labour starts

 Labouring at home and when to come to hospital

 Positions for labour and birth – being active

 Perineum massage

 Normal birth

 Techniques for labour and birth

 Acupressure

 Massage

 Breathing and relaxation

 Birth requiring medical assistance

课堂2:

 Mind and body working together

 Understanding how the uterus works

 Fear the four letter word

 Hormones of labour

 Positive mindset and language

 Evidence-based techniques for birth

 Having the right tools for the job

 Breathing and relaxation techniques

 Acupressure techniques

 Birthing with confidence – more tools for birth

 Positions for labour and birth

 Movement and yoga

 Massage techniques

 Decision making tools

 Happy birthing day

 Making sense of labour and birth

 Stages of labour

 Birth partners role

 Meeting your baby

课堂3:

 Understanding how breastfeeding works

 Positions for breastfeeding

 Signs of successful breastfeeding

 Normal behaviours for breastfed babies

 Identifying possible breastfeeding problems and what to do

 Where to get help

 Dad’s role - a key to successful breastfeeding

 Diet, medications and alcohol with breastfeeding

 Feeling confident

 Calming an unsettled baby

 Communicating with your baby

 Parenting issues – including postnatal depression, returning to work, roles and identities

 Physiotherapy

 Changes and discomforts of pregnancy

 Back and pelvic pain: management strategies

 Exercises to help you stay fit and feel good in pregnancy, including a gentle exercise session

 Pelvic floor muscle function

 Fitness and exercise guidelines