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Appalachian Midwifery
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I will lift up my eyes to the hills—Whence comes my help? My help comes from the Lord. Ps. 121:1-2
Serving South VA & WV
Natural Childbirth Education
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Childbirth Education
First Trimester
❥ Philosophies of birth Class one
~Medical Model Vs. Midwifery model
❥ Caring for Yourself and your Baby Class two
~Diet, exercise, meditation, education
❥ Second & Third trimester Class Third
~What to expect and signs of danger
❥ Psychological Aspect Fourth class
~Facing fear, and conflicting emotions
❥ The Unexpected Fourth Class
~When plan "B" must be implemented
❥ Signs and symptoms of labor Fifth Class
~Know when to call the midwife,
~Tools for coping with the hard work of labor
~Stages of labor Preparation
❥ Labor and Delivery Sixth Class
~Early vs active labor, transition to the second stage of labor,
~The great Push - Natural ejection reflex, positions of labor, positions for the push and delivery
❥ Postpartum Seventh Class
~Postpartum the immediate hours after delivery, newborn, mommy and breast care, healing
~Postpartum days and weeks, care of baby, care of mommy, care of breasts
❥ The Newborn Eighth Class
~Physical appearance, transition to life on the outside
~ Normal breathing pasterns, sleep and alert patterns
~ Feeding and elimination patterns, care of the penis
~ the five S-s how to calm your baby
❥ Breastfeeding
~Normal breast variations, normal colostrum to breast milk changes, breastfeeding positions, normal breastfeeding patterns,
Six weeks Post partum
❥ Return to sexual activity and fertility
~Feeling normal again and natural child spacing and fertility awareness
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30 Years Experience
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