Birthing Bravely Academy

Sneak Peek Into the Course

  • 1

    Introduction to Course

    • Welcome!

    • Birthing Bravely Workbook PDF to print
  • 2

    Lesson 1: Setting Up the Right Care and Support Team.

    • Lesson 1: Setting Up Your Care and Support Team

    • Homework: Setting up the Team

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    • Handout - Interviewing Midwives

    • Handout - Interviewing OBs

    • Handout - Interviewing Doulas

    • VBAC - Parent Handout

    • Pregnancy Handout

    • Quiz
  • 3

    Lesson 2: Informed Choices: Getting to the Bottom of Your Birth Preferences.

    • Lesson 2: Informed Choices and Refusals

    • Homework: What is Informed Consent and Refusal?

    • [M]otherboard Birth Preferences example

    • Birth Preference Examples

    • Birth preference DIY template example

    • Cesarean Birth Preferences Ideas

    • Example of DIY Cesarean Birth Wishes

    • Cervical Exams - Parent Handout

    • Fetal Monitoring - Parent Handout

    • OB Tools - Parent Handout

    • Pain Medication - Parent Handout

    • Quiz
  • 4

    Lesson 3: How to Support Birth Physiology

  • 5

    Lesson 4: Movement and Position Matters.

    • Lesson 4: Movement and Position Matters

    • Counter pressure and your pelvis

    • Homework: The Importance of Movement

    • Fetal Positioning - Handout

    • Labor Positions - Classroom Slideshow

    • Quiz
  • 6

    Lesson 5: Preparing for Birth and Early Labor

    • Lesson 5: Preparing for Birth and Early Labor

    • Birth videos to watch

    • Homework: ABC's of Birth

    • Handout - Signs of Labor Cheat Sheet

    • Stages of Labor - Parent Handout

    • Handout - Prodromal (Start and Stop) Labor

    • Handout - Precipitous (Fast) Birth

    • Quiz
  • 7

    Lesson 6: Active Labor What to Expect.

    • Lesson 6: Active Labor- What to expect

    • Visual guides to dilation and effacement

    • Handout - Comfort Measures

    • Handout - Labor Positions

    • Comfort Measures - Printable

    • Quiz

  • 8

    Lesson 7: Birth and Immediate Postpartum

    • Lesson 7: Birth and Immediate Postpartum

    • Closed Glottis Pushing VS. Open Glottis Pushing Video- Practice this

    • Delayed Cord Clamping Video

    • Handout - Birth Positions

    • Pushing and Birth - Parent Handout

    • Handout - The Big Stretch (Protecting the Perineum)

    • Handout - Magical Hour After Birth

    • Feeding Your Baby - Breastfeeding - Parent Handout

    • Quiz
  • 9

    Importance of pelvic floor health and perineal massage.

    • Pelvic floor exercises

    • Perineal massage video
  • 10

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