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Education and Support
Click on the class titles below for more information regarding the specific class, or to register online.
| At Our Baby's Birth | | A one-session class designed to help parents and children make decisions about participating in the birth. Take anytime during pregnancy. Call for schedule. 360-738-6363 | | Breastfeeding Basics and Beyond | | This course is designed to provide the expectant woman and her support person(s) basic information necessary to initiate and sustain breastfeeding. Topics covered include preparation, getting started, solving challenges, resources, support, and mother-baby separation.
Take anytime during pregnancy. New classes start every other month.
Class sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital and Bellingham Technical College.
$25.00 (Price of the course is for both people)
Registration required.
Web site: Bellingham Technical College
360-752-8350 | | Cesarean Education | | A one-session class designed for those anticipating a cesarean delivery. The class explains hospital admitting, birth preparation, options, and expectations.
Take anytime during pregnancy. Offered every other month in the evening.
360-738-6363
| | Childbirth Preparation: Pregnancy and Childbirth (& Refresher) | | 5 sessions, plan to start in your sixth month of pregnancy
This condensed series provides information on pregnancy, labor, and birth, including comfort measures and labor support and is a great refresher option. Postpartum topics covered include newborn care and breastfeeding, parenting adjustments and resources. A post-birth reunion is included.
Bring several pillows and a blanket or soft mat to class. The recommended handbook, "Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Newborn" revised 2008, is available in the Bellingham Technical College bookstore. Class sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital and Bellingham Technical College.
Registration required.
Cost is: $80.11(Price of the course is for both people)
Web site: Bellingham Technical College
360-752-8350
Childbirth Education Scholarship Application (Word document) | | Childbirth Preparation: Preparation for Childbirth and Parenting | | 8 sessions, plan to start in your sixth month of pregnancy
This traditional course covers late pregnancy, the process of labor and birth, labor coping skills (with many in-class practice sessions), newborn care and breastfeeding, postpartum, and early parenting. Weekly classes help connect families with peers, and a post-birth reunion is included.
Bring several pillows and a blanket or soft mat to class. The recommended handbook, "Pregnancy, Childbirth & the Newborn" revised 2008, is available in the Bellingham Technical College bookstore. Class sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital and Bellingham Technical College.
Registration required.
Cost is: $119.07(Price of the course is for both people)
Web site: Bellingham Technical College
360-752-8350
Childbirth Education Scholarship Application (Word document)
| | Childbirth Preparation: Weekend Condensed | | 2 sessions, plan to start in your seventh or eighth month of pregnancy
This condensed format will provide an overview of late pregnancy, the birth process, labor coping skills, newborns and breastfeeding.
Saturday class time is 8:30 am-5:30 pm. Sunday class time is 12:30-5:30pm.
Bring several pillows and a blanket or soft mat to class. The recommended handbook, “Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn,” revised 2008, is available in the Bellingham Technical College bookstore and should be read prior to this weekend course. Class sponsored by St. Joseph Hospital and Bellingham Technical College.
Registration required.
Cost is: $92.15 (Price of the course is for both people)
Web site: Bellingham Technical College
360-752-8350
Childbirth Education Scholarship Application (Word document) | | Childbirth Refresher | | If you have taken a childbirth preparation course for a previous pregnancy, we recommend that you sign up for the Pregnancy and Childbirth course, the Childbirth Preparation: Weekend Course, or the HypnoBirthingTM course.
Cost varies based on which course you choose.
Call 360-752-8350 for schedule or visit the Bellingham Technical College (BTC) website: http://www.btc.ctc.edu
Childbirth Education Scholarship Application (Word document).
| | HypnoBirthingTM | | 5 sessions - Start in 6th or 7th month of pregnancy
HypnoBirthing prepares women and partners for natural, physiologic birth. Using techniques like visualization, guided imagery, and special breathing patterns, women learn to remain in control and aware while deeply relaxed, to eliminate fears and to build trust in their inherent ability to give birth. Required handbook and CD are included. This is a self support class, so is not eligible for First Steps waivers.
Registration required.
Cost is: $175 (includes materials)- Price of the course is for both people
Web site: Bellingham Technical College
360-752-8350 |
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