Labor's First Stage: Early Phase
The Building Blocks to a Healthy Birth
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Basic Info Form and Responsibility Acknowledgment
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Introductory Video (6:00)
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Welcome Packet and Building Community
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Choosing Your Clinical Support
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Writing Activity: Developing Your Birth Priorities and Creating an Effective Birth Plan
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Nourishment and Movement in Pregnancy (1:41)
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Anatomy, the Uterus, and the Cervix (40:43)
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Up To Date Research on COVID-19 and the Childbearing Year
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Wrap Up with a Birth Video: Noah's Gentle Birth
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Important Reminders!
Using Your Voice and Preparing for Labor
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Relaxation Exercise: Tension Release
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Moving Past Fear and Anxiety
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Understanding Pelvic Dynamics and Your Baby's Positioning in Pregnancy and Labor (21:09)
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Active Involvement in Labor and Birth Decision-Making
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Induction and Common Medical Interventions
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Choosing Your Non-Clinical Labor Support
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COVID-19 and Labor Support
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Labor Overview (12:58)
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Important Reminders!
This is Your Birth
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Relaxation Exercise: Directed Breath
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Labor Tools (6:00)
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Cesarean Birth (28:12)
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Blossoming Bellies 5/4/3 Rule (5:29)
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Labor's First Stage: Early Phase (18:49)
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Affirmations
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Labor's First Stage: Active Phase (30:17)
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Labor's First Stage: Transition Phase (22:32)
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Labor's Second Stage: Resting and Pushing (101:17)
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Labor's Third Stage (17:29)
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Special Considerations During COVID-19 Restrictions
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Wrap Up with a Birth Video: Birth Day
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Important Reminders!
Comfort in Vaginal and Cesarean Birth
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Understanding Perspective and Its Role in Labor Comfort (4:37)
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Comfort in Active Labor and Beyond (5:46)
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Comfort in the Second Stage (1:45)
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Labor and Birth 101: Keeping the Perineum Intact
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Birth Video: Everyday Miracles
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Comfort in Cesarean Birth
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Revisiting Your Birth Preferences
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Effectively Using Birth Plans
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Important Reminders!
Welcoming Your Postpartum
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Planning for a Healthy Postpartum
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Immediate Postpartum
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Postpartum After Cesarean (13:37)
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COVID-19 and Parent/Infant Separation
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Newborn Procedures
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Extended Postpartum (4:51)
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Infant Care Overview
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Breastfeeding/Chestfeeding 101 (5:31)
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COVID-19 and Lactation
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Visualizing Your Birth and Postpartum
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Thank You! and End of Course Survey
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Important Reminders!