Classes for Expecting Parents

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Childbearing is an exciting time of growth, change, and personal choices for you and your family. To help you prepare, we offer perinatal education on a variety of subjects related to your pregnancy.

Qualified educators who are certified in each of their specialty areas teach our classes. These classes are designed to assist you and your loved ones in meeting the upcoming changes in your lives and to make choices from the many options available to expectant parents.

Our classes prepare you to get the most out of the wonderful experiences that await you.

Class Suggestions
First Time Parents Second Time Parents Adoptions Multiples Birth Special Circumstances Private Classes
  • Prepared Childbirth Series
  • Super Childbirth Prep
  • Mindfulness and Meditation for Birth
  • Breastfeeding
  • What to Expect as a New Parent
  • Carseat Safety
  • Postnatal Safety
  • Mindfulness and Meditation for Birth
  • Comfort and Coping Skills
  • Postnatal Class
  • Sibling Prep
  • Breastfeeding
  • What to Expect as a New Parent
  • Carseat Safety
  • Postnatal Class
  • Expecting Multiples
  • Super Childbirth Prep
  • Mindfulness and Meditation for Birth
  • Prepared Childbirth Series
  • Breastfeeding
  • What to Expect as a New Parent
  • Carseat Safety
  • Postnatal Safety
  • VBAC
  • Cesarean Section

Classes

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Frequently Asked Questions

What classes are best to take before the baby is born?

  • Prepared Childbirth Series (six-week course or condensed super-Saturday (one-day))
  • Breastfeeding
  • Young Moms (12–19 years old)*
  • What to Expect as a New Parent
  • Labor and Delivery
  • Sibling Preparation

Private one-on-one classes are available.
*Call to schedule a young mom's class

What classes are appropriate after the baby is born?

  • Baby Sign Language

What classes are available for baby's older brother or sister?

  • Sibling Preparation

We are having twins/triplets/quadruplets; is there a special class for us?

  • Expecting Multiples
  • Breastfeeding
  • Carseat Safety

We are having our second baby; is there a class for us?

  • Comfort and Coping Skills
  • Breastfeeding
  • Carseat Safety

Are there classes available after our baby is born?

  • Postnatal Class

Are university employee discounts available?

  • University employees receive a 25 percent discount off the total fee. Submit your UID and the department you work in and you will be prompted a promocode to enter at checkout.