Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome!
  • 2

    Birth Partner Communication

    • Birth Partner Communication
  • 3

    The Final Weeks of Pregnancy

    • Final Weeks of Pregnancy

    • Get Prepared

    • Hospital Bag Packing List

    • Braxton Hicks

    • Mucus Plug

    • Changes Happening at the Cervix

    • Waters Breaking
  • 4

    Stages of Labor

    • Stages of Labor

    • Early Labor

    • Birth Video: Early Labor

    • Active Labor

    • Birth Video: Active Labor

    • Transitional Labor

    • Pushing

    • Birth Video: Pushing

    • Delivery of the Placenta

    • Video: Physiologic Cord Clamping

    • Options for the Placenta
  • 5

    Comfort Measures

    • Comfort Measures

    • Video: Physical Comfort Measures for Labor

    • Birth Video: Comfort Measures
  • 6

    Medical Pain Relief & Interventions

    • Medical Pain Relief

    • Video: Epidural Anesthesia

    • Cesarean Birth

    • Induction of Labor

    • BRAIN for Decision Making
  • 7

    Labor + Birth Positions

    • Labor + Birth Positions
  • 8

    Understanding Your Options for Birth

    • Creating a Birth Plan

    • Birth Options

    • Final Words