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Welcome to the Baby Coaching Company.
We provide a range of classes to prepare you for the birth of your child. We aim to help both you and your partner to make confident,informed choices during your pregnancy,labour and birth of your baby.
- The Five Week Course. Weekly Classes(19.30-21.30)
This includes 4 weekly sessions during pregnancy and the fifth post-natal reunion class.
Course Content
Week 1
Meeting a new mother and baby and bathing a baby.
Coping with problems in pregnancy.
Becoming a new father-offering support for your partner.
Familiarisation with the birth ball.
Week 2
Stages of Labour.
Understanding the Birth Process.
Complications and medical intervention.
Role of the birth partner.
Week 3
Coping strategies for your birth.
Active Birth Techniques to enhance your pelvic potential.
Help to formulate your birth plan.
Assisted birth.
Caesarean Birth.
Home Birth.
Water Birth.
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Week 4
Life With a Newborn.
Comprehensive tuition in infant feeding.
Sleep.
Crying.
Colic.
Relationships.
Post-Natal Depression.
Week 5
Reunion of the group with your new baby.
First Aid and Resuscitation techniques for infants.
Relevant guest speakers most weeks.
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- Six Session Pregnancy Support Group
The course covers all the topics in the Five week course with added emphasis
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- Testing in Pregnancy.
- Informed Decision Making.
- Anxiety and Emotional Health in Pregnancy.
- Lifestyle in Pregnancy.
Please contact us for further information or with(completely confidential)
details of your individual or special needs.
Further options
- 2 Hour Birth Plan Preparation sessions in your own home.
- Residential weekend course at Norwood Hall, Southwell.
- Weekend Intensive Non-Residential Course.
- Individualised sessions in your own home.
- Birth Plan preparation in your own home including optional Home Birth preparation.
Your named midwife and GP will of course be your main carers; The Baby Coaching Company works only to complement their role.
Testimonials show that our clients value the classes and enjoy meeting new friends.
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Further option
ONE DAY COURSE - ‘Special Sunday’
Designed to meet the needs of:
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Prospective parents living in Nottingham and neighbouring counties-Derbyshire, Lincolnshire, Leicestershire
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Those seeking a high quality intensive one day ante-natal course in an picturesque and relaxing location(see ‘Location’ page)
Course Content:
• Coping with pregnancy
• Becoming a new father-offering support for your partner
• The role of the Birth Partner
• Stages of Labour
• Coping strategies for your birth
• Active Birth techniques to enhance pelvic potential
• Assisted birth
• Caesarean Birth
• Home Birth
• Water Birth
• Skin to skin contact
• Stem Cell Collection
HANDOUTS ACCOMPANY THE COURSE
10 till 4 o’clock
Course fee includes:
• Morning Coffee on arrival
• Lunch
• Afternoon Tea
• Fee: £45 per person/ £80 per couple
- Please note:
Those wishing to combine this course with our one day ‘Survival’ Sunday course (a natural continuum of pregnancy- labour- birth and early days with your baby) will benefit from our special offer fee of £150 per couple.
Why not bring a partner, friend, birth partner or grandparent?
- Saturday night accommodation available at Norwood Park-further information on request (please see ‘Stay with us ‘from More Details link at bottom of The Location page)
ONE DAY COURSE - ‘Survival Sunday'
All you need to get you through the first six weeks with your new baby
- Filling the gaps that early discharge from hospital or home birth may leave
- A day crammed with information.
Course Content:
- Your recovery
- Post-natal check-up
- What to buy?
- Registering your baby
- Getting out and about
- Relationships
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- Tests for baby
- Vitamin K
- Nappies
- Infant feeding
- Bathing your baby
- Crying and calming techniques
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10 till 4 o’clock
Morning coffee, Lunch, Afternoon Tea
Course Fee:
£45 per person
£80 per couple
- Please note:
Those wishing to combine this course with our one day ‘Special Sunday’ atenatal course (a natural continuum of pregnancy- labour- birth and early days with your baby) will benefit from our special offer fee of £150 per couple.
Why not bring a partner, friend, birth partner or grandparent?
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Marion and Jo.
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