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Dancing Star Birth Prenatal Classes
Crown

Per Family - $325 + GST

Thursdays, Sept 15th - Oct 20th

 In-person. Evenings, once a week, from 7 pm - 9:15 pm

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Location: Dancing Cat Yoga Studio, 704 6th St, New Westminster, BC.

Please follow all current health mandates when attending an in-person class.

What makes Dancing Star Classes a good choice for your childbirth classes?

  • Small classes of 6 couples to ensure a personal approach

  • Stages of labour & birth

  • Birth physiology, understanding how your body works

  • Learn & practice pain-coping approaches and techniques

  • Creating a supportive environment at home and hospital

  • Affirming partner’s role and needs

  • Birth plan outline specific to your location

  • Birth fears, cesarean birth, and informed consent

  • Medication options, hospital information, working with your medical team Baby care basics & breastfeeding

  • Postpartum health and transition to parenthood

  • Fun, skillful, knowledgeable facilitators

  • Special PDF Resource Guide with community coupon codes

  • Exclusive pain-coping audio track for practice at home

What Makes Us Unique?

Like most prenatal classes, we cover:

  • Stages of labour

  • Fetal positioning  

  • Comfort measures – TENS, tapes, visualizations, water, acupuncture  

  • Physical labour support – massage and positions

  • Timing – calling care providers, going to the hospital

  • Pain medications – options and procedures

  • Cesarean birth – what to expect

  • The first 24 hours

  • Breastfeeding

  • Babycare

  • Postpartum – mom’s recovery and healing

However, we also go further, and cover: 

  • Hormones of labour

  • Pain coping practices

  • Emotional labour support – communication and creating a connection

  • Pain medication – tips for partners, making the choice

  • Coping with anxiety and fear

  • Dealing with the unexpected

  • Building a positive dynamic with your care team

  • Culture of birth – dealing with judgement, opinions, and expectations

  • Cesarean birth – enhancing the OR birth experience

  • Postpartum – partner support

  • Inclusion and roles of the birth partners

  • Community resources

What is the Curriculum?

Class 1​

  • Where do you get your information from?

  • Medical Provider Overview 

  • Community Providers

  • Place of Birth - When to go to the hospital!  

  • Birth Movie

  • Comfort Measures

  • Pregnancy Tips

 

Class 2​

  • Early Labour / Physiology of Birth

  • Hormones of birth

  • Phases of Birth 

  • Comfort Measures - Breath Awareness, Sounds, Touch

  • How to be a supportive birth partner

  • Newborn Sleep

 

Class 3​

  • Early Labour​

  • What does it feel like?

  • What is happening in your body

  • What do you do during this phase?

  • What the partner can do during this phase

  • Active Labour

  • What does it feel like?

  • What is happening in your body

  • What do you do during this phase?

  • What the partner can do during this phase

  • Comfort Measures

  • Pushing

  • What does it feel like?

  • What is happening in your body

  • What do you do during this phase?

  • ​Comfort Measures - Hip Squeeze, Pressure Points, Doula Tricks​

Class 4​

  • First 2 hours after birth

  • Newborn  

  • Placenta  

  • First Feeds

  • First 24 Hours with your Newborn

  • Caesarean Birth

  • Postpartum Tips

 

Class 5​

  • Informed Consent 

  • How to communicate with your medical team

  • Using BRAIN

  • Number 1 Dancing Star Birth Rule

  • Pain Management

  • Non-Medical Comfort Measures

  • Medications: Nitrous oxide, Morphine, Fentanyl and Epidural

  • Birth Plans

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Class 6​

  • Comforting your Newborn

  • Diapering​

  • Babywearing

  • Bathing your baby

  • Preparing for your Newborn 

  • Feeding your Baby

  • Soothing your baby 

  • Breastfeeding Basics

  • How to breastfeed your baby

  • How to know if your newborn is getting enough?

  • First 6 weeks with your newborn

  • Community Support

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