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Childbirth Class Saturday

Free

with Lisa Wright

Calendar Next session starts Apr 13, 2024 at 8:30 am
8 additional sessions through Dec 7, 2024

Plan on taking this during your last trimester.

This all day Saturday class is taught by a Certified International Childbirth Educator and it includes breathing and relaxation techniques, the labor partner’s role, the process of labor and delivery, medication choices during labor, the post-partum period care of Mom, and newborn care. A tour of the Family Maternity Center at Madison Memorial is also included.

(If you prefer, this same course is available in our Childbirth Series.  This same content is covered, but that option spreads them out into smaller class times over 4 weeks.)

Please bring to class a sack lunch and snacks for the day, two pillows for comfort, a labor coach, and wear comfortable clothes.

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**To avoid a duplicate registration, when asked “Who will be attending?” it is important that you only choose yourself. You will be asked to provide the name of your partner/support person on a subsequent screen**

Early Prenatal Class

Free

with Lisa Wright

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 15, 2024 at 2 pm
4 additional sessions through Dec 9, 2024

This class is taught once a month and is designed to give education to expecting mothers at their 12-24 weeks of pregnancy. 

It provides tools to help prepare for a great pregnancy by focusing on physical and emotional changes, nutrition and exercise and stress relief techniques.  This class is taught by an ICEA Certified Childbirth Educator.

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**To avoid a duplicate registration, when asked “Who will be attending?” it is important that you only choose yourself. You will be asked to provide the name of your partner/support person on a subsequent screen**

Breastfeeding Class

Free

with Lisa Wright

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 17, 2024 at 7 pm
8 additional sessions through Dec 4, 2024

The Breastfeeding Class is taught by an Certified Lactation Counselor to expecting parents. This one evening class will help educate expecting parents about the art of breastfeeding and its benefits for mom, baby, and dad. Learn how to have a positive experience and get breastfeeding off to a good start with proper latch-on techniques, nursing positions, engorgement prevention, and expression & storage of breast milk.

**This course is for adults only, please find a sitter if you have younger children.

This course is taught at the Madison Memorial Training Center located at 393 E. 2nd N. (EAST ENTRANCE), this is NOT located at the main hospital.

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**To avoid a duplicate registration, when asked “Who will be attending?” it is important that you only choose yourself. You will be asked to provide the name of your partner/support person on a subsequent screen**

HypnoMothering

$37

with Lisa Wright

Calendar Next available session starts May 13, 2024 at 2 pm
3 additional sessions through Nov 25, 2024

HypnoMothering is a single session, 2.5 hours long.

This is for Mom’s only.

This class is designed to give new Mothers tools to face the new challenges of Motherhood. It will help you calm anxieties and help you deal with the stresses that come along with Mothering. This class gives you tools to deal with the emotional side effects of having a new baby. It teaches you how to get the most of limited sleep by using hypnosis to provide rest in the absence of sleep, enhancing bonding, developing maternal instincts, finding focus and mindfulness amidst the myriad of feelings that come with being a new mother. It is the way to find the calm in the new baby storm.

 

This class is held at the Madison Memorial Hospital Education Department at 393 E. 2nd N. RExburg Idaho.  We are NOT at the main hospital

HypnoBirthing

$162

with Lisa Wright

Calendar Next available session starts Apr 14, 2024
1 additional session

This is a five-week course with sessions lasting two and a half hours each. This is ideal for those who are looking for a natural approach to childbirth. This class will teach techniques for relaxation and visualization.

You will learn how to develop a calm approach to pregnancy that will enable you to work in harmony with your body and your baby and prepare you for a shorter, safer, easier, and more comfortable birth for you and your baby.

This class can be taken any time after 20 weeks of pregnancy and is taught by a Certified HypnoBirthing® Practitioner who is affiliated with the HypnoBirthing® Institute. A tour of the Family Maternity Center at Madison Memorial Hospital is also included.

Please wear comfortable clothes and bring two pillows and a birthing partner to class.

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**To avoid a duplicate registration, when asked “Who will be attending?” it is important that you only choose yourself. You will be asked to provide the name of your partner/support person on a subsequent screen**

Childbirth Class Series

Free

with Merri Ann Bowler

Calendar Next session starts Apr 2, 2024 at 7 pm
8 additional sessions through Dec 3, 2024

This is the childbirth class taught in a multi-day series.  It is important that you be able to attend every session in order to get the information and experience you are expecting from a childbirth class.

Class Outline:

  • Breathing and relaxation techniques
  • Birthing partner’s role
  • Process of labor and delivery
  • Medication choices during labor
  • Post-partum period care of Mom
  • Newborn care.

A tour of the Family Maternity Center at Madison Memorial is also included. 

Please wear comfortable clothes and bring two pillows and a birthing partner to class.

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**To avoid a duplicate registration, when asked “Who will be attending?” it is important that you only choose yourself. You will be asked to provide the name of your partner/support person on a subsequent screen**





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