Virtual Roots Childbirth Class
Comprehensive Childbirth class in the comfort of your own home, on your schedule, appropriate for any birth setting or birth plan.
No methods to learn. No mantras to memorize. Just meaningful childbirth preparation, giving you the practical tools and knowledge you can apply for any birth scenario. We understand that even with the best laid plans, birth can be unpredictable. With this inclusive and comprehensive curriculum, you will be fully equipped to navigate all of your options, weigh the benefits and risks of all interventions offered and advocate for true informed-decision making opportunities along each step of the way.
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Welcome to Roots Childbirth
Thank you for choosing Roots for your childbirth preparation. Here’s what to expect with this course.
Thank you for choosing Roots for your childbirth preparation. Here’s what to expect with this course.
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A Perfect Design
In this lesson we learn about the cascade of hormones that initiate the labor process and how each part (placenta, baby, mother and uterus) work together in a perfect design.
In this lesson we learn about the cascade of hormones that initiate the labor process and how each part (placenta, baby, mother and uterus) work together in a perfect design.
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Cervical Effacement and Fetal Station
In this lesson we learn the definitions of effacement and station and how each are important parts of the Bishops score assessment tool.
In this lesson we learn the definitions of effacement and station and how each are important parts of the Bishops score assessment tool.
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Explanation of the 3 stages of labor and the phases within those stages.
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Changes to the body during pregnancy
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Remedies for Common Discomforts
A list of non-prescription options to alleviate many of the most common pregnancy discomforts.
A list of non-prescription options to alleviate many of the most common pregnancy discomforts.
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Nutritional advice for a healthy low-risk pregnancy
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Wrapping up Chapter 1
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