Course Curriculum

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    New Bonus Chapter : Pregnancy Week by Week

    • 1st Trimester - Weeks 1-12

    • 2nd trimester - Weeks 13-27

    • 3rd trimester - Weeks 28-42

    • Womb In Bloom: Your Week By Week Pregnancy Companion
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    Chapter 1: Planning my Child's Birth - Where, Who and Why?

    • Where do you want to give birth?

    • Who is on your Birth Team?

    • Asking Why? Why do I need this Procedure or Intervention?

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    Chapter 2: What do I need to know to have a Healthy pregnancy?

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    Chapter 3: When labor and birth happen, how do I deal with it?

    • Pre-labor

    • Early-Labor

    • Active-Labor

    • Labor-Transition Stage

    • Labor-Second Stage

    • Labor-Third Stage
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    Chapter 4 : When I have labor pains, How do I manage the Pain?

    • Dealing with Labor Pain

    • Coping techniques: Breathing

    • Coping With pain: Comfort Measures

    • Summary of Comfort Measures

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    Chapter 5: What If I need Labor Interventions?

    • Pain Medications

    • Epidural and Spinal Block

    • Fetal Monitor and Catheters

    • Induction, Episiotomy, and Assisted Vaginal Delivery by Forceps and Vacuum.
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    Chapter 6: What if I need to have a Cesarean Birth?

    • Reasons for Cesarean

    • Preparation for Cesarean Birth

    • Care after Cesarean
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    Chapter 7: After Birth, What Next? Caring for Yourself.

    • Caring for yourself

    • Dealing with Postpartum Blues, Postpartum Depression, and/or Psychosis
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    Chapter 8: After Birth what next? Newborn Care.

    • Newborn Care - Skin to Skin, Appearance

    • Newborn - Hospital Procedures

    • Newborn Screenings

    • Jaundice

    • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome SIDS and SUIDs, Shaken Baby syndrome SBS, and Tips for Safe Sleep

    • Baby Care - Helping Baby to Sleep, Diapering, Bathing, Immunizations and Car seats
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    Chapter 9 : How to Breastfeed?

    • How is Mother's Milk Produced?

    • How to help Latch the Baby On to the Breast Correctly and Naturally?

    • How to Burp the baby, What is Cluster feeding, and More breast feeding Techniques. What If I need to Bottle Feed?

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    Chapter 10: Cheat sheets, Reminders, tips (Downloadable PDFs)

    • Humsa Prenatals-Foods and Exercise

    • Humsa Prenatals- Stages of labor

    • Humsa Prenatals Birth Plan

    • Humsa Prenatals- Feedings and Diapers

    • Humsa Prenatals - Important Links