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Childbirth Education
Classes Classes for expecting parents
Penny offers several types of birth classes:
- An 8 week series for
women/couples planning to give birth in a hospital
- A 6 week series for those who
are planning to give birth outside the hospital (home or birth
center). Sandy Szalay, April Bolding, and Penny alternate in teaching these
classes.
You will find a description of each
class offered below.
Home & Birth Center Childbirth
Education Series
See a detailed
description of this
class
See available class dates
(recommended: class that ends 2-5 weeks before your due date)
To sign up for classes, please
contact Penny's office at (206) 325-1419
or e-mail info@pennysimkin.com
Hospital Childbirth Education Classes
Sponsored by Great Starts, a
program of Parent Trust for Washington Children.
This class is designed for families
expecting their first baby or parents who have not attended
childbirth classes before or in many years. This complete course
includes:
- Information about normal childbirth
- Common labor variations and
interventions, including cesarean birth
- Information on medication/anesthesia
for pain relief and cesarean birth
- Breastfeeding
- Newborn care
- Labor coping techniques, comfort
measures, relaxation skills and breathing patterns are practiced
during class.
This class meets weekly for eight (8)
2-hour weekday evening sessions and once for a postpartum reunion.
Class Fee: $250/couple
To sign up for classes, please
contact Great Starts, (206) 789-0883 or to see class dates and/or
register online, click
here.
Sibling Class
Sponsored by Great Starts, a
program of Parent Trust for Washington Children.
A one-evening preparation class for
children who are about to greet a new baby into their family.
Parents are included in this class which encompasses information on
pregnancy, birth, and new babies presented at a young child's
learning level. This class is appropriate for ages 2 and older.
This class meets for one hour almost
every month at the Community Birth and Family Center in the Montlake
neighborhood in Seattle. A class within a month or so of your
due date is recommended.
Class Fee: $20/family with one child
and $5 for each additional child attending
To sign up for classes, please
contact Great Starts (206) 789-0883 or to see class dates and/or
register online, click
here. |
The Birth Partner, 3rd Edition
A Complete Guide to Childbirth for Dads, Doulas, and Other Labor
Companions
 The
definitive guide to helping a woman have a healthy and
emotionally fulfilling childbirth experience. The third
edition includes all the information that husbands, partners,
relatives, friends, and doulas have relied on for nearly two
decades and has been updated to include:
-Expanded information on "the 3Rs" (Relaxation, Rhythm, and
Ritual) for coping with the pain and unpredictability of labor;
-Non-drug techniques to relieve pain and
enhance the woman's sense of well-being;
-Up-to-date information on medications, tests,
technologies, and interventions, and how, when, and why they are
used;
-Information about the rapidly
increasing rate of both first and repeat cesarean deliveries;
-More about the growing popularity of
doulas, and the increasing presence of other partners and supporters
in the birth room. |
