Online Postnatal Classes
Expert Led Postnatal Education In the Comfort of Your Home
Postnatal Classes
We aim to provide you with all the facts on the areas that concern you most and Dr Carly and the team are here to help!
Our easy to follow courses and sessions will provide you with all the essential guidance to those issues that keep new parents awake literally.
From Sleep, to Feeding, Bathing and Hygiene, and of course not forgetting Health and Well Being of New Parents and Baby First Aid. We break it down in easy to follow steps using real parents with real experiences all backed up with leading paediatric expertise.
All your questions answered, all your concerns addressed. We will provide a mixture of unrivalled expertise and knowledge gained from first hand parental experience.
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Postnatal Course Structure
Sleep
- Positioning of baby within crib
- Sleepwear / swaddling / sleeping bags
- Bedtime routines – bed sharing
- Sleep training – bedtime, self soothing, controlled crying, putting baby down awake
- Mothers / parents sleeping – sleeping when baby does, sleep deprivation
- Different sleeping patterns, light sleep phases, inability to sleep, sleep cycle,
- Day time napping, length, timing
- Establishing routines
- Managing expectations & coping
Feeding
- Establishing & benefits of breastfeeding
- Colostrum
- Position and posture for easier feeding
- Mum’s breastfeeding diet
- Latching on
- Day/night feeding, length of feed
- Falling asleep during feeds
- Winding, burping your baby
- Breast pumps & pads
- Breast problems – soreness, blocked ducts, engorged, leaking, cabbage leaves
- Mastitis – what it is and how to cope
- Boosting milk supply, milk storage, freezing milk
- Bottle feeding/overfeeding
- Dropping feeds – later stages
- Weaning / stopping breastfeeding
- Moving to formula, top up feeds, food allergies
Bathing & Hygiene
- Nappy changes
- Baby’s first poos
- Meconium
- Cotton wool & water v wipes
- First bath & bath types – baby bath, in a big bath, temperature
- Cord stump
- Bath time safety
- Water confidence
- Having fun at bathtime
- What to do if your baby dislikes water
- Topping and tailing
- Skin care and moisturising
- Nails, scratch mittens
- Nappy rash
- Cradle cap
- Use of oils, soap and talc
- Hairwashing
Health and Wellbeing of New Parents
- Mother’s postnatal body
- Recovering from a difficult birth
- Bonding
- 6 week check & what to expect
- Post vaginal birth
- Post caesarean health
- Mother’s tummy
- Pelvic floor exercises
- Exhaustion
- Starting to exercise
- Dealing with sleep and sleep deprivation
- Time for you, partner time
- Diet
- Role of health visitor
- Dealing with stress and anxiety
- Post natal depression
- General signs of illness
- Jaundice, thrush, scalding, burns
- Choking
- Allergies, allergic reactions, vaccinations & immunisations
- Heel prick test
- Belly button and cord
- Bowel movements, constipation and indigestion
- Breathing difficulties, seizures and convulsions
- Chicken pox, croup, colic, cradle cap
- Conjunctivitis, colds and infections
- Medication, calpol, ibuprofen
- Dairy intolerance
- Fontanelle
- Ears & hearing problems
- Eczema, whooping cough
- Diarrhoea, fever
- Vomiting – projectile
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Midwife Run Postnatal Education In the Comfort of Your Home
Online Postnatal Classes – COVID UPDATES
Starting a family is an amazing experience and from the date your journey begins we will be a part of it with you. Our online postnatal classes will discuss the latest COVID research and advise on any sign that you should be aware of. We also regulary send email updates so after you book one of our classes your email will be the place to check for any changing information.