Price £500
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The Birth and Beyond course covers all you need to know for the birth and the weeks afterwards. A comprehensive combination of ante-natal and post-natal courses, it is an indispensible aid to expectant mothers and fathers.
Learn about a whole range of topics from labour to breastfeeding and bathing to nutrition. Whether you would like to learn about how to structure your baby's day, or whether to feed on demand or pro-actively this is the course for you. Full of useful information that mothers and fathers have found indispensible. The full agenda is listed below.
The course consists of 8 classes for mothers, and fathers have a choice of attending up to 4 classes.
The advantages of this course include:
 Some of the information pertaining to this course is not relevant to fathers, such as breastfeeding, and they do not need to attend those classes. - Many mothers' courses only offer one evening for the fathers. With the Birth and Beyond course they have a choice of attending up to four so that they can get fully involved.
- We appreciate that some fathers only want to attend one or two classes. They can chose which ones they want to attend: some may be more interested in the birth, others could be more concerned about what happens after. The benefit of this course means that they have the choice, dependant on where their interests lie.
- With this course, mothers get to spend part of it on their own, enabling them to discuss matters that are only of concern to them.
The picture on the right shows the Chelsea classroom
In developing this course we have also gone into more detail on the first few months after the baby is born and we now take mothers up to 12 weeks after the birth. This is central to our aim, which is to prepare mothers and fathers for parenthood as well as for the birth.
All attendees will receive a folder of information and course notes.
The course is run at Notting Hill Gate, Wandsworth and Chelsea from 6.30pm - 8.30pm in the evening.
Course Agenda
Getting Ready
The last trimester and normal problems of pregnancy
Exercise during pregnancy
Pelvic floor exercises and their importance
Preparing your nursery
What to take to hospital
When to go to hospital and what happens when you first arrive
The First Month - (Fathers' Class 4)
Having help, maternity nurses or night nannies
Dealing with sleep deprivation
How to structure your day
Crying, colic and reflux
Visiting your baby clinic and baby’s red book
Practical skills – cord care
Labour - (Fathers' Class 1)
Arriving at hospital
1st stage of labour, what happens and how it feels
Pain relief on offer, the pros & cons
2nd stages of labour, how to cope
Staying active and breathing
Informed choices – getting the information to make the right decisions
Breastfeeding
How things work and physiology
Importance of the early feeds - supply and demand
Positioning and fixing
Problems you may encounter
Expressing and bottle feeding
Postnatal issues with breastfeeding
More on Labour & Caesareans -
(Fathers' Class 2)
The role of a birthing partner and their responsibilities
3rd stage of labour
Abnormal labours and intervention
Caesarean section, elective and emergency
Birth plans
The Second Month
Out & about in the early weeks
Baby’s day – the sleep, feed, awake cycle
Pro-active versus baby-led parenting
Growth spurts
Practical skills – bathing and topping and tailing
The First Few Hours & Days - (Fathers' Class 3)
Your new baby – what to expect
Apgar score & Vitamin K
Skin-to-skin contact and the first feed
Leaving hospital
Common problems in the early post-natal period
Home visits by midwife and Guthrie test
Practical skills – nappy changing and swaddling
The Third Month
Working towards a routine
Dropping feeds
Awake times & activity periods – baby entertainment
Dealing with bad sleeping habits and stretching babies night time sleep
Practical skills – swaddling
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Birth and Beyond