How to Structure a Partner Birth Prep Session in Clinic

Participants who register for this course have the option to attend the course live-online and/or watch the recorded session later. The recording will be available to all registrants for a 6-week period after each session, and access is provided on the next business day. This allows participants who may not be able to attend live-online to still benefit from the course content.

Course Description:

This live 4-hour mini course/workshop is intended for healthcare and wellness professionals who work with pregnant individuals and are looking to educate clients and their birth partners to advocate for themselves and have a positive and supported birth experience. Participants will come away with a framework to help their client’s partners to become active participants in the birth process.

* Course registrants will receive a $50 discount code for the Labour and Birth Preparation for Clinical Practice course. Discount code is valid for 1 year. *

Course Objectives:

In this workshop, you will:

Learn how to educate the clients to recognize and address different nervous system states in the birthing person, including fight, flight, freeze, and fawn.
Learn how to educate the birth partner to positively impact the birthing person’s pain experience.
Learn how to concisely explain the stages of labour, pushing, and birth to clients.
Learn how to teach comfort measures for birth and labour positions for medicated and physiologic birth.
Learn how to teach the evidence around positions for and types of pushing.
Provide a variety of ways to help your clients/patients advocate for themselves during pregnancy and birth including education about different birth interventions and educating clients on advocacy and informed decision-making strategies.
Discuss current birth trends and myths about birth.

Audience: This course is open to all healthcare and wellness professionals.

Prerequisite: None

Time: 5:00pm-9:00pm ET (Toronto). Please convert to your local time zone.