Expectant Parent Classes

Babies may not come with instruction books, but it’s good to know there’s plenty of help available as you learn about your new baby. Our classes are led by trained professional staff who use seminars, class discussions, slides and video to help new parents get the skills they need to get started, and to help veteran parents brush up. Maury Regional Hospital offers expectant parent classes all year long. A schedule of classes is listed below. You'll need Adobe Reader, a free program available here to read and print the registration form.

What Can I Learn?

You can choose from nine classes, including Baby Basics, Labor, Delivery, Breast Feeding, Post Partum, Infant CPR, Just for Siblings, and Lamaze.

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Baby Basics

Baby Basics covers the basic care for newborns. This is an excellent class for first-time parents. Think of it as “Baby 101." Class topics include:

• Appearance & behavior of the newborn
• Immunizations
• Breast feeding basics
• Formula feeding
• What to expect for the baby during hospitalization
• General care of the newborn
• Safety issues

2008 Baby Basics Classes

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Breast Feeding

If you’re planning on breast feeding your baby, this session is for you. This class provides new parents the answers to common questions about breast feeding and addresses topics such as:

• Benefits of breast feeding
• Breast milk composition
• Beginning breast feeding techniques
• Milk supply and changes in milk composition

2008 Breast Feeding Classes

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Labor 

This class prepares you on exactly what to expect once the big day arrives. Topics include signs and stages of labor, true labor vs. false labor, what to bring to the hospital, breathing and relaxation techniques, and the role of your support person.

2008 Labor Classes

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Delivery

This class addresses the delivery process, vaginal delivery, Cesarean sections, and your options for pain management, such as epiderals and intravenous (IV) sedation.

2008 Delivery Classes

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Post Partum

Okay. The baby is born. Now what? The changes that affect you don’t end with delivery of your baby. Just as it took nine months to make your baby, it takes time for you to adjust to the physical and emotional changes that may take place after being pregnant. During this class, we will discuss these changes as well as intimacy and birth control, newborn safety and the role of family support during this time. 

2008 Post Partum Classes

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Infant CPR

These Saturday classes are held at 12:00 noon. Infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) teaches basic infant resuscitation to parents, grandparents and caretakers. We will be teaching techniques to resuscitate infants should they stop breathing or their heart stop beating, as well as relief of choking. The class is taught by a certified instructor and follows American Heart Association guidelines.

2008 Infant CPR

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Lamaze

Lamaze is a four-week course for parents who wish to have a natural, medication-free delivery. The course is taught by a Lamaze certified childbirth educator. Class topics include:

• Normal labor, birth and early post partum
• Positioning to facilitate the normal progress of labor and birth
• Massage techniques to ease the pain of labor and to enhance relaxation
• Comfort measures, such as hydrotherapy, the use of heat, cold and pressure
• Relaxation skills to use during labor and after pregnancy to relieve stress
• Labor support advice for the partner and professional

 

The course concludes with a fifth session on breast feeding.

2008 Lamaze Classes

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Siblings

New brothers and sisters are created when your next baby is born. We teach children about what their new baby brother or sister will look like, explain ways that they can be helpful to their parents when the baby arrives, and foster and reinforce their feelings of self-worth. In addition, children are able to tour labor and delivery, post partum and nursery areas.

2008 Siblings Classes

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For more information about expectant parent classes, contact the childbirth coordinator at the number below.

Childbirth Coordinator  
Maury Regional Hospital  
1224 Trotwood Avenue  
Columbia, TN 38401
931.490.7046