Full kaia birth™ Course Outline
OUTLINE
- Evidence based childbirth course
- Professional printed booklet that we work through in class
- 2 full day classes with a Registered Nurse
- Birth preference + birth bag checklist + birth skills downloadable sheets
- Empowering your birth team with hands on relief, knowledge and support
- Ongoing guidance throughout your pregnancy
And so much more, below.
Module 1
What is birth? How can you prepare for it during your pregnancy?
Mind and Body Connection ~ how our brain and mindset prepares for birth + conditioning
Hormones; oxytocin and endorphins. What are they and how do they help us labour?
Instinct to birth: aiding and inhibiting. How to set up the perfect birth enviroment.
Preparing for labour ~ daily tips to prepare physically and mentally for labour
Positioning in pregnancy ~ helping guide your baby into position
Birth Goals ~ what does your dream birth look like to you?
QUIZ ~ test your knowledge!
Birth Video
MODULE 2
Your body and Labour
Pathophysiology of Birth, what is a contraction? Your cervix and your uterus.
Birth skills helping ease each stage, natural and medicinal pain relief
First Signs of labour
Membrane release, what to do next?
When to go to the hospital and how to navigate the ride
Stages of labour and what to do through them
Examinations ~ how can we tell your labour progression
Placenta delivery, active vs physiological
Delayed cord clamping, when to cut and why
QUIZ ~ test your knowledge!
Birth Video
MODULE 3
Pain relief, hands on birth skills, inductions and more!
Pain Relief: tens machine, water injections, breath work, acupressure, essential oils, birth music
Movement and Vocialisation in labour
Pain relief: gas and air, epidural, morphine + pethidine
HANDS ON - practicing and perfecting your birth relief skills
Inductions: physical examples for you to touch and feel with explanations of each form of induction
Common Interventions including caesarean sections
Decision making tips: risks vs benefits
Where to find evidence-based articles to help make your decisions
QUIZ ~ test your knowledge!
Birth Video
MODULE 4
Birth and Beyond.
Birth preferences, creating and discussing your options. A downloadable guide.
The fourth trimester, how to navigate the days after birth & how our partner can help us. Healing for mama.
Antenatal expressing, how & why to do it.
Essentials of breastfeeding guide and access to a recorded course with a lactation consultant and Kaia Birth Director
Golden hour, what can this look like and why is it important? How to achieve a beautiful golden hour if mum + baby are separated.
Wrapping your baby, why and how.
Bathing and umbilical cord care
QUIZ ~ test your knowledge!
Birth Video
Discussion time & Completion of course