02. Guide to a Positive Labour & Birth
The most comprehensive and engaging antenatal class online.
LIFETIME ACCESS
Learn at your own pace, in your own time, for as long as you want.
About the Guide to a Positive Labour & Birth Course
A detailed guide to labour and birth preparation, in short easy-to-follow learning modules. All the key questions answered and all the essential information you need to go into your labour and birth feeling relaxed and capable.
What will I learn?
Childbirth education at your fingertips.
Other languages: to assist people from multicultural communities the video content within this course is also delivered in separate modules with Arabic, Mandarin and Vietnamese subtitles.
Hearing impaired: the video content within this course is also delivered in a separate module with English subtitles for the hearing impaired.
- How to prepare for labour and birth.
- Signs, symptoms and stages of labour.
- Options for managing pain.
- Common birth complications and interventions, including caesarean birth.
- How to care for your newborn, including safe sleeping recommendations.
- Understand the recovery process after birth - physically and emotionally, including postpartum exercise guidelines.
- How to nurture your emotional wellbeing.
- Tips for adjusting to parenthood, including how to stay connected with your partner.
- Real parents sharing their experience of labour and birth.
Course Content
Click on the modules below to find out what you'll learn at each stage of the course.
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Module 1
Preparing for Labour
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Lesson 1
How to Prepare for Labour -
Lesson 2
Support in Labour -
Lesson 3
How to Write a Birth Plan -
Lesson 4
Hospital Bag Checklist -
Lesson 5
Dad's Hospital Bag
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Module 2
Induced Labour
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Lesson 1
Why might my labour need to be induced? -
Lesson 2
How will my labour be induced?
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Module 3
Stages of Labour
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Lesson 1
When to Call the Hospital -
Lesson 2
Admission to Hospital -
Lesson 3
First Stage: Early Phase -
Lesson 4
First Stage: Active Phase -
Lesson 5
Monitoring Your Baby -
Lesson 6
Labour Positions -
Lesson 7
First Stage: Transition -
Lesson 8
Second Stage: Pushing & Birth -
Lesson 9
Third Stage -
Lesson 10
Immunisations & Newborn Tests
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Module 4
Managing Pain
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Lesson 1
Labour Pains -
Lesson 2
Pain Relief Options -
Lesson 3
Non-Medical Pain Relief
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Module 5
Assisted Birth
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Lesson 1
Birth Complications & Interventions
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Module 6
Caesarean Birth
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Lesson 1
What is a Caesarean? -
Lesson 2
Risks & Complications -
Lesson 3
How to Prepare for an Elective Caesarean -
Lesson 4
Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC)
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Module 7
Caring for Your Newborn
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Lesson 1
Newborn babies -
Lesson 2
Newborn hearing test -
Lesson 3
Jaundice -
Lesson 4
Newborn Feeding Cues -
Lesson 5
Normal Newborn Nappies -
Lesson 6
Safe Sleeping Recommendations -
Lesson 7
Do I need to swaddle or wrap my Baby? -
Lesson 8
How to safely wrap your baby
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Module 8
Recovery after Birth
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Lesson 1
When will I be me again? -
Lesson 2
Recovery after a Caesarean Section -
Lesson 3
Postpartum Diet Tips
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Module 9
Emotional Health
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Lesson 1
Understanding Perinatal Depression and Anxiety -
Lesson 2
How to Nurture Your Emotional Wellbeing -
Lesson 3
Baby Blues and Managing Your Expectations of Motherhood
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Module 10
Adjusting to Parenthood
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Lesson 1
How to Stay Connected with Your Partner -
Lesson 2
New Baby, New Mother: How to Navigate Early Parenthood -
Lesson 3
Managing Relationships -
Lesson 4
Good Enough Parenting -
Lesson 5
How to Set up a Support Network
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Module 11
Pelvic Floor Recovery
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Lesson 1
Recovering from Pregnancy & Birth -
Lesson 2
Pelvic Floor Recovery -
Lesson 3
Core Strength & Posture
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Module 12
Postpartum Exercise
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Lesson 1
Exercise Guidelines -
Lesson 2
Abdominal Separation Self Check -
Lesson 3
Pelvic Floor Exercises -
Lesson 4
Cardiovascular Exercises -
Lesson 5
Strength Exercises -
Lesson 6
Flexibility Exercises
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Module 13
Bonus Resources
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Module 14
Parent Stories: Labour & Birth
