Antenatal class structure
Below are the titles of the antenatal classes and the topics that you will cover in each of these classes.
The antenatal classes are full of expert content and will be posted weekly when the class members are around the 24 week stage of their pregnancy. Members will receive the welcome class when they first join the club.
Welcome
- Welcome to your babyworld antenatal class
- Amber welcome
- Grania welcome
- Class information
- The first antenatal or "booking appointment"
- Checks, scans and screening tests
- Foods to take care with in pregnancy
- Foods you don't need to avoid
- Alcohol and medicines in pregnancy
- Smoking in pregnancy
- Common pregnancy problems
Class 1 - Preparing your Body
- Healthy eating in pregnancy
- Exercise during pregnancy
- Infections that may affect your baby
- Practicing breathing for labour
- Relaxation
Class 2 - Birth Planning
- Where to have your baby
- Communicating with the medical staff
- Anxiety about birth
- Premature Baby
- Unplanned homebirth or "precipitous birth"
Class 3 - Birth Preparation
- Getting the baby in the best position for labour
- Your birth companion
- Am I in labour?
- Monitoring the fetal heart in labour
Class 4 - Coping with Labour
- Coping with Pain
- Natural forms of pain relief
- Complementary therapies
- Common forms of pain relief using drugs
Class 5 - Birth Plans and Lists
- Making your birth plan
- Birth plan ideas
- Birth plan examples
- Homebirth list
- Hospital birth list
- After birth list
Class 6 - Labour
- The first stage of labour
- The second stage of labour
- The third stage of labour
- Established labour
Class 7 - Assisted Labour and Birth
- Going overdue
- Induction
- Assisted Labour
- Your perineum
Class 8 - Caesarean Birth
- Caesarean Birth
- VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Caesarean)
- Elective caesarean birth plan ideas
- After your caesarean
Class 9 - Your baby's here
- Newborn checks
- Your baby's appearance
- Bonding with your baby
- Newborn baby care
- Nappies
Class 10 - You and Your Baby
- Breastfeeding
- Bottle feeding
- Your body after birth
- Coping with the early days
- Postnatal Illness
