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Child Education Classes

Class Schedule

3rd Quarter
  • June 24
  • July 1 - 8 - 15 - 21

4th Quarter
  • September 23 - 30
  • October 7 - 14 - 21

Sign a friend/couple up to take prenatal classes with you and they get a 50% savings of $60.00.

Before or after your classes, enjoy the fine cuisines that the restaurants of the Kansas City River
Market have to offer.

Click here for the Kansas City River Market


Class Curriculum

Class One
Planning your birth
  • Preparing your home
  • Documenting your birth
  • Importance of support partner
Relaxation for labor and birth
Optimal fetal positioning


Class Two
Physiological labor
Common signs of late pregnancy or early labor
Dilation/Effacement/Station
How to time contrations

Massage and acupuncture (Guest Speaker)
Chiropractic care (Guest Speaker)


Class Three
Pain Medications
  • Herbs
  • Water or Hydotherapy (Water Birth Video)
  • I.V. Medications
  • Epidural ("Elk and the Epidural" Video)

Class Four
Pushing
Kegels
Perineal Protection
Postpartum (Guest Speaker)


Class Five
Breastfeeding
Labor rehearsal
Birth stories (Guest Speaker)

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