Kaiser Permanente Orange County

Childbirth Preparation/Understanding Birth Course

Class # & To do Outline Homework
1 • Course Overview • Log into www.seewhatyouread.com
Register for: • Philosophies of Prepared Childbirth • Review what we discussed today, Read In your
 Breastfeeding with • Stages of Labor Understanding Birth Parent’s Guide:
Success • Anatomy, Physiology, and Terminology – Pregnancy Changes and Discomforts (pages 6-9 & 13)
 Baby Care Basics • Breathing and Relaxation Techniques – Birth and the 5 P’s (pages 16-17)
 Infant Safety & – Comfort Techniques (pages 34&35)
CPR *These skills are valuable for women who
 Maternity Tour
labor with or without medications and for • Practice the relaxation, verbal, progressive, imagery, focal
vaginal or cesarean births point, light/slow, firm gliding & deep touch/massage and slow
 Boot Camp for
breathing.
New Dads
 Boot Camp for
To begin practicing relaxation now, go to:
www.kpwomenshealth.org or www.kp.org and • Remember PRACTICE=CONDITIONED RESPONSE!
New Moms
 AAA Child search relaxation podcasts
Passenger or www.seewhatyouread.com
Safety
2 • Early Labor • Review what we discussed today, Read In your
• First Stage of Labor (Early, Active, Understanding Birth Parent’s Guide:
Transition • Onset of Labor and First Stage (pages 18-22)
Go to
• When to Go to the Hospital • Hospital Admitting Procedures (page 42-43)
www.kpwomenshealth.org
• Breathing and Relaxation Techniques • Comfort Techniques/ Labor Support (pages 32-38)
and download the “Baby
• Positions and Comfort Techniques
Steps/Maternity Tour”
• Pack your labor bag and overnight bag (page 30)
booklet
*These skills are valuable for women who
labor with or without medications and for • Practice the relaxation, verbal, progressive, imagery, focal
vaginal or cesarean births point, light/slow, firm gliding & deep touch/massage and slow &
patterned breathing.
KPOC Labor & Delivery Triage/Observation
Call before you come to the hospital • Remember PRACTICE=CONDITIONED RESPONSE!
714-644-5566
 3 • 2nd Stage-Pushing and Birth
Go to • 3rd Stage –Delivery of Afterbirth
www.kpwomenshealth.org • 4th Stage- Skin-to-Skin
and download the “Birth • Slow and Rapid Labors
Preference Workbook” • Induction and Augmentation
and bring it to class #4 • Pushing
• Relaxation, Breathing, Positions,
Comfort Measures
*These skills are valuable for women who
labor with or without medications and for
vaginal or cesarean births
4 • IV Medications
• Epidural Anesthesia
• Labor and Birth with Epidural
Practice Anesthesia
• Cesarean Birth
Practice • Birth Preferences Plan
Practice • Relaxation, Breathing, Positions,
Comfort Measures
*These skills are valuable for women who
labor with or without medications and for
vaginal or cesarean births
5 • Postpartum Mother Care in the Hospital
• Postpartum Mother Care at Home
• Postpartum Mood Disorders
Have a Happy • Family Planning
• Labor Role Play
Labor Day !!! • Graduation & Evaluations
Kaiser Permanente Orange County
www.kpwomenshealth.org
• Review what we discussed today, Read In your
Understanding Birth Parent’s Guide:
• 2nd and 3rd Stages of Birth (pages 24-26 & 37)
• Variations of Labor (page 38)
• Induction and Augmentation (page 41-42)
• Second Stage Interventions (page 48)
• Practice the relaxation, verbal, progressive, imagery, focal
point, light/slow, firm gliding & deep touch/massage and slow &
patterned breathing & pushing
• Review what we discussed today, Read In your
Understanding Birth Parent’s Guide:
• Decision Making & Birth Planning (page 40)
• Medications (pages 44-47)
• Cesarean Birth (pages 50-54)
• Complete your “My Birth Preference Plan” workbook and
take it with you to your next provider appointment
• Practice the relaxation, verbal, progressive, imagery, focal
point, light/slow, firm gliding & deep touch/massage and slow &
patterned breathing & pushing
• To Review what we discussed today, read In your
Understanding Birth Parent’s Guide:
– Postpartum (pages 62-65)
– Review Comfort Techniques (pages 31-38)
 Practice the relaxation, verbal, progressive, imagery, focal
point, light/slow, firm gliding & deep touch/massage and slow &
patterned breathing & pushing