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Preconception, Early Pregnancy Classes and Tours
Labor and Birth Preparation
Preparing for life with baby?
Family Education
Parent Classes
Support Groups
Preconception, Early Pregnancy classes and Tours
Maybe a Baby preconception
Deciding whether or not to have a baby? Come to this 90 minute free class at IU Health North Hospital to learn some steps you can take even before pregnancy to help ensure the healthiest start. A genetic counselor will be there to answer questions about nutrition, fetal development, prenatal testing, family and genetic history. Please register online. Call 688-2465 for questions.
This is a Preconception Class designed to help you learn steps you can take prior to pregnancy to help ensure the healthiest start. A genetic counselor will be there to answer questions about nutrition, fetal development, prenatal testing, family and genetic history. Please register online. Call 688-2465 for questions. [Back to Top]
Early Pregnancy
For lots of great information about having a healthy pregnancy, we recommend the following websites:
- March of Dimes
- Giving Birth with Confidence (Lamaze)
For information on pregnancy, birth and infant health topics, and to learn about upcoming classes and events, search "IU Health Chidlbirth Education" from your facebook page and "like" us!
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Methodist Birth Options
Whether you are expecting now or planning a pregnancy, join us in this free class to discuss the many options for birth that are available at IU Health Methodist Hospital. A tour of the maternity areas is included.
Join a labor and delivery nurse to discuss birth options, including water birth, available to you at IU Health Methodist Hospital. A tour of the maternity units is included. [Back to Top]
Expectant Parent Tour North
All parents-to-be and their families are invited to tour their birthplace. Your tour guide will answer all your questions about our facility.
It is no longer necessary to register for a scheduled tour.
Tours are available every Wednesday evening at 6P or 7P, as well as, the FIRST Saturday of each month at 1P and 2P. (During 2011 holiday times, no tours will be available on 1/1, 7/2, 9/3,11/23).
When coming to IU Health North Hospital, please enter through the Women's and Children's Services (South) entrance. Once in the hospital, please head to the Welcome Center in the Grand Atrium to check-in.
A tour takes about 45 minutes. For questions please call 688-2465. [Back to Top]
Expectant Parent Tour West
Health care providers recommend all first-time parents attend a childbirth class. A tour of the maternity unit is included in your childbirth preparation class.
All parents-to-be and their families are invited to tour the IU Health West Hospital birthplace. Your tour guide will answer all your questions about our facility.
Tours are held:
- Every Tuesday between 10am-noon
Every Wednesday between 6:30pm-8:30pm
- Every Thursday between 1pm-3pm
- The third Sunday of each month between 2pm-4pm
For Sunday tours, please call 217-3827 to register. No registration is necessary for Tuesday and Thursday tours.
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Expectant Parent Tour Methodist
All parents-to-be are invited to tour their birthplace. Your tour guide will answer all your questions about our facilities.
Health care providers recommend all first-time parents attend a childbirth class. All childbirth preparation classes at Methodist, IU Health University Hospital, IU Health West Hospital and North hospitals include a tour of the maternity units. If you have your class at another location, you may schedule a tour free of charge. [Back to Top]
Expectant Parent Tour IU
All parents-to-be are invited to tour their birthplace. Your tour guide will answer all your questions about our facilities.
Health care providers recommend all first-time parents attend a childbirth class. All childbirth preparation classes at Methodist, IU Health University Hospital, IU Health West Hospital and North hospitals include a tour of the maternity units. If you have your class at another location, you may schedule a tour free of charge. [Back to Top]
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Labor and Birth Preparation
Prenatal Yoga
Learn and enjoy the many benefits of a gentle yoga routine during the childbearing years. Taught by a certified instructor, this 6 week series will help prepare you for birth, and help you tone up after birth. Yoga can help reduce aches and pains related to pregnancy, and speed recovery postpartum. Props and mats will be provided, but feel free to bring your own if you have them. Anyone who would enjoy a gently yoga routine is welcome to register. [Back to Top]
IU Health North Hospital 7 week Lamaze (with tour, Newborn & Breastfeeding)
The goal of Lamaze class is to increase women's confidence in their ability to give birth. Women and their support persons will learn simple coping strategies for labor, including focused breathing, movement and positioning, labor support, massage, and relaxation. Also included is information on epidurals, c-section birth, immediate post-delivery care of mom and baby, and postpartum.
For your convenience, the Newborn Basics and Breastfeeding with Ease classes are included as classes #6 and #7 in this series and do not require separate registration.
**If interested in attending only the 1st 5 sessions on labor preparation, please call the IU Health North Hospital Childbirth Education office at 688-2465.** [Back to Top]
5 week Lamaze series
The goal of Lamaze classes is to increase women's confidence in their ability to give birth. Women and their support persons will learn about the process of labor and birth and coping strategies for labor. Also included is information about epidurals, c-section birth, postpartum and the early newborn period. Registered nurses who are certified Lamaze instructors teach all classes. A tour of the maternity units is included.
First time parents should take this class along with the Early Pregnancy Class (schedule this as your first class), Breastfeeding and Newborn Basics classes, plus any other optional classes desired. [Back to Top]
Fast Track Childbirth Preparation
First time parents should take this class along with the Breastfeeding and Newborn Basics classes, plus any other optional classes desired. Women and their support persons will learn about the process of labor and birth and coping strategies for labor. Also included is information about epidurals, cesarean birth, immediate recovery for mother and baby, and postpartum care. A tour of the maternity suites is included. All material is covered at a quicker pace. Parents will need to do reading and relaxation practice on their own. [Back to Top]
Teen Prenatal class
This is a 5-week series (one night a week) of classes geared specifically for teen parents. It provides information on maintaining a healthy pregnancy and coping with labor and delivery. Also included is discussion on the care of mother and baby in the weeks after birth. You are encouraged to bring your partner, mother or a friend, but you are welcome to come alone. Teen classes meet at Raphael Health Center, with the last class at IU Health Methodist Hospital for a tour. If possible please take the Early Pregnancy Class (schedule this as your first class), at no charge held at the Ruth Lilly Health Education Center. [Back to Top]
Hypnobabies Childbirth Preparation
Enjoy the beauty and power of birth. Hypnobabies is a complete childbirth education course that also teaches Gerald Kein’s famous Painless Childbirth techniques to mothers so that they can enter hypnosis, deepen it themselves and remain mobile during labor, completely comfortable at all times. Taught by an experienced nurse/childbirth educator who is a certified Hypnobabies instructor, this 6 week class will give parents the tools they need for a satisfying birth experience. For more information about this class, call us or go to http://www.hypnobabies.com/. [Back to Top]
Next Time Around
Are there things you’d like to do differently with this birth? Do you want to ensure that this experience is as wonderful as your other(s)? Join an experienced maternity nurse to discuss planning your birth. Designed for couples who have taken a childbirth class with a previous baby, this class reviews labor and delivery topics, such as breathing, relaxation, other labor support comfort measures, labor positions, pain medication, anesthesia and cesarean section. [Back to Top]
Advanced Labor Support
Do you want to go "natural" - without drugs? Do you want to be on your feet and active in your labor as long as possible? This class is for you. This class provides more extensive information about breathing and relaxation in labor, massage, acupressure, and other techniques. **We recommend you schedule this class after you have completed a series or fast track childbirth preparation class** [Back to Top]
Cesarean Birth
This class is for women who are scheduled for a cesarean birth. This class will answer you and your partner's questions and make you more comfortable with the surgery by discussing the indications, procedure, delivery, immediate recovery, postpartum, and at-home care. [Back to Top]
Marvelous Multiples
IU Health offers this extensive class, presenting a curriculum written by a national expert on multiples. Come learn what is unique about your multiple pregnancy and delivery. Learn strategies for caring for multiples at home. Tour of Newborn Intensive Care unit is included. Take this class early in your pregnancy, at least by the 6th month. We also recommend you sign up to take Newborn Basics, for additional information on baby care.
Take early in pregnancy, at least by your sixth month. Come meet other couples expecting multiples and learn together how to deal with the challenges of a multiple pregnancy. A tour of the Newborn Intensive Care unit is included. Learn coping strategies to use in caring at home for your multiple babies. Taught by a Registered Nurse who is the mother of twins. [Back to Top]
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Preparing for life with baby?
Breastfeeding With Ease
Take this class along with your childbirth preparation class (included in the 7 week series) to learn how to make breastfeeding a positive experience for you and your baby. We give you practical information about positioning and latch-on, and also discuss common concerns and problems related to breastfeeding. Attend this class with your partner. All classes are taught by registered nurses that are certified as lactation counselors or consultants (CLC, IBCLC). [Back to Top]
Back to Work Breastfeeding
Take this class about 4 weeks before returning to work to help you and your family prepare for this next step.
Based on class members' needs, topics may include: breast pumps and supplies, milk storage and pumping, baby and mother transition and timing, working with your employer and daycare provider, and best tips for success! Babies welcome! [Back to Top]
Newborn Basics
This class will give you the opportunity to learn about caring for a new baby in the first month of life. A registered nurse will discuss baby care topics such as bathing, holding, feeding, comforting the crying baby and more. If you are attending class after your delivery, you are welcome to bring your baby to class with you.
Newborn Express
Attend a Newborn Basics class in the morning, to learn how to care for your baby in the first month of life.
After a lunch break, return to learn infant CPR and choking rescue, following the American Heart Association guidelines.
Then, learn techniques for soothing a crying baby by watching the Happiest Baby on the Block DVD and have an opportunity to play the Parent Talk ™ board game while you wait to have your carseat checked by our nurse who is a certified carseat technician.
Bring your carseat secured in your vehicle, and a doll or stuffed animal. Don’t forget to call to schedule your carseat check, offered at the end of the day between 2:00 and 4:30 pm.
Call 962-1478 for this.
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CPR/First Aid
This class is taught by a registered nurse who is an American Heart Association CPR instructor. Learn basic first aid for your child's early years, receive information about compiling a family first aid kit, and learn about home safety. This is a "Family and Friends" class; you will learn choking rescue and CPR for infants and children. This is not a certification course. [Back to Top]
CPR
This class is taught by a registered nurse who is an American Heart Association CPR instructor. This is a "Family and Friends" class for the general public and a card is not issued. You will learn choking rescue and CPR for infants and children.[Back to Top]
Happiest Baby on the Block
Happiest Baby is a research-based program designed to provide parents hand-on training on how to soothe a fussy baby. Each participant will receive a parent's kit that includes a DVD, CD of soothing sounds and a swaddling blanket. To learn more about this program, go to www.thehappiestbaby.com [Back to Top]
Bow-Wow & Baby
Want to learn how to prepare the family dog for the arrival of your new baby? Come learn from a certified dog trainer. Tips will be discussed about preventing jealousy and assessing canine behavior. You will learn how to help your dog adapt to the sights and sounds of a newborn. This class may be most beneficial if you and your partner schedule it early in your pregnancy. However, it can be attended at any time. This class is also recommended for grandparents, babysitters, or anyone who owns a dog that will be around children. [Back to Top]
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Family Education
Especially for Children
Helps children prepare for their new role of big brother or sister. Using newborn dolls we provide, this class is filled with activities to help explain how siblings may feel and how they can safely play and help with the new baby. Children are assured that they are very special people in their families and will remain loved as much as ever after the birth of the baby. [Back to Top]
Sibling at Birth
This class is strongly recommended for children ages 3 to 14 years old who will be present at the birth of the new baby. Children attending the birth must each have their own support person at the class and at the delivery. Children will see a video of an actual birth and will visit the hospital's Labor and Delivery unit to become acquainted with the equipment used during labor and delivery. [Back to Top]
Grandparenting
Free class for Grandparents-to-be, this class will discuss the important role of grandparents, present current birthing and newborn care and feeding practices. Find out how best to help your adult children in their new role as parents. [Back to Top]
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Parent Classes
Mommy and Baby Yoga
Taught by a certified yoga instructor, with special training in working with mothers and babies, you will stretch, tone and relax while interacting with your baby. This is a 6 week class, meeting Saturday mornings. Learn and enjoy the many benefits of a gentle yoga routine during the childbearing years. Taught by a certified instructor, this 6 week series will help prepare you for birth, and help you tone up after birth. Yoga can help reduce aches and pains related to pregnancy, and speed recovery postpartum. Anyone who would enjoy a gently yoga routine is welcome to register. [Back to Top]
Welcome to Fatherhood
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Support Groups
Breastfeeding
Take this class about 4 weeks before returning to work to help you and your family prepare for this next step.
Based on class members' needs, topics may include: breast pumps and supplies, milk storage and pumping, baby and mother transition and timing, working with your employer and daycare provider, and best tips for success! Babies welcome! [Back to Top]
Dad2Dad
No cost for this program. Come learn together with other fathers tips on how to care for your new baby, maintain a strong relationship with your partner, and balance work and family.
For questions, call IU Health North Hospital at 688-2465. [Back to Top]
Mother Connection
This postpartum support group meets with a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to discuss topics of interest to mothers of young babies, and have a great time meeting other mothers. Group meets once a week 12:30 - 2:00 pm at IU Health West Hospital on Mondays, and at IU Health North Hospital on Tuesdays. Call 962-1478 for a schedule and directions. [Back to Top]
Toddler Time
Discuss topics such as potty pitfalls with a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner while you meet other Moms. Group meets weekly from 10 - 11:30 am. on Mondays at IU Health West Hospital, and Tuesdays at IU Health North Hospital. Call 962-1478 for a schedule and directions. [Back to Top]
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