Woman & Infant Services Support
Prepare for your baby from the comfort of home with our new e-classes for childbirth education and breastfeeding. Our self-paced classes include videos, animations, interactive exercises and optional read-along material with audio.
Our Classes
Virtual Childbirth Education
- Safe exercises/body mechanics
- Stages of labor
- Medical procedures
- Birth plans
- Cesarean birth
- Comfort techniques
- What to pack for the hospital
- Newborn procedures
- Postpartum care
- Breastfeeding basics
CHILDBIRTH CLASS (4-6 hours)
All about pregnancy: Safe exercises and body mechanics, nutrition, discomforts and warning signs.
How labor works: Preparing for childbirth, signs of labor, stages of labor.
Birth stories: Real video library of different birth stories to help prepare you for your very own.
Comfort techniques: Labor support tips and tricks, breathing exercises, hydrotherapy techniques, labor positions, massage techniques and information on back labor.
Medical procedures: Decision making and birth plans, induction of labor, fetal monitoring, IV’s and other potential interventions.
Cesarean birth: Reasons for cesareans, benefits and risks, breastfeeding and cesarean birth.
Newborns: Newborn appearance and newborn procedures.
Postpartum: Physical changes, emotions, lifestyle changes and breastfeeding basics.
TO REGISTER, CONTACT:
Foundation Health Partners Administration
907-458-5310
FHPChildBirthEducation@foundationhealth.org
$55 for 9 months of access to childbirth class online content
For additional questions regarding the childbirth education class, contact FHPChildbirthEducation@foundationhealth.org
Virtual Breastfeeding Education
- Getting to know breastfeeding
- Getting the best start
- Latching on
- Breastfeeding positions
- When to feed your baby
- Getting enough milk
- Breast care
- Breastfeeding lifestyle
BREASTFEEDING CLASS (2-3 hours)
How breastfeeding works: 3D breast anatomy and milk production animation, colostrum, breastmilk qualities, why breastfeeding is important, American Academy of Pediatrics recommendations.
Getting the best start: Sharing breastfeeding plans with hospital staff, skin-to-skin contact, rooming-in, lactation consultants and pacifier recommendations.
Latching on: Reclined and upright positions, 3D animation comparing deep and shallow latches.
Breastfeeding positions: Laid-back, cross-cradle, football, side-lying and cradle hold.
When to feed your baby: Hunger and satiation cues, feeding patterns and guidelines, how to feed a sleepy baby and cluster feedings.
Getting enough milk: Signs of milk transfer, growth spurts, feeding and diaper log, stool and urine guidelines, weight gain, getting help.
Breast care: Normal breast fullness, hand expression and pumping, engorgement, nipple tenderness, mastitis and other warning signs.
Breastfeeding lifestyle: Partner support and involvement, feeding in public, self-care, substances to avoid, support groups and returning to work.
TO REGISTER, CONTACT:
Foundation Health Partners Education
907-458-5580
FHPeducation@foundationhealth.org
$20 for 9 months of access to online content
- Fetal Development
- Medical Care
- Nutrition
- Exercise
- Discomforts
- Hazards
- Emotions
PREGNANCY CLASS (2-3 hours)
Fetal development: Overview of trimesters, changes to mom and baby in each trimester, 3D animation of fetal development.
Medical care: Choosing a provider, routine appointments, ultrasounds, first trimester screening, glucose tolerance test, Group B strep test.
Nutrition: Extra calories, weight gain, healthy cooking and eating habits, USDA’s “MyPlate,” foods to limit or avoid, iron and folic acid, dental hygiene, prenatal vitamins, cravings, beverages, preparing to breastfeed.
Exercise: Guidelines, safe and unsafe activities, exercise warning signs, Kegel exercises, exercise tips by trimester.
Discomforts: Nausea, constipation, heartburn, faintness, round ligament pain, backache, swelling, insomnia, leg cramps, Braxton-Hicks contractions, general pregnancy warning signs, preterm labor signs.
Hazards: Alcohol, cigarettes and vaping, second-and third-hand smoke, marijuana, illegal drugs, medications, X-rays, hot tubs/saunas/tanning beds, tattoos and piercings, environmental hazards.
Emotions: Common pregnancy stressors, stress-relief tips, intimate partner violence, support, body image, relationship tips, partner emotions
Contact: Foundation Health Partners Administration
907-458-5310 FHPChildbirthEducation@foundationhealth.org
To register for one (or all three!) classes, contact:
Foundation Health Partners Administration
907-458-5310
email us
$55 for 9 months of access to childbirth class online content
$20 for 9 months access to breastfeeding class online content
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