Your Guide to Labor and Birth

Date: August 3, 2022

Time: 4:00 pm

Pregnancy is an exciting time and the birth of a child should be a joyful experience. However, we understand that often times that excitement and joy goes hand-and-hand with anxiety and fear, especially for first-timers.

We'd love for you to join us for our FREE Labor and Birth class, taught by our Child Birth Educator.  With the proper guidance, education, and support, those anxieties can be relieved and you can become more confident in your abilities during labor, postpartum, and the newborn stages.

We understand the importance of a support person during this time and we encourage you to bring your support person along to these classes.

**Please note that the 'Your Guide to Labor and Birth' class is 4 hours in length.**

What can you expect?

• Before you give birth
  • Making arrangements, taking care of yourself, coping techniques for labor discomfort, how to prepare your body for labor, and more.

• What happens during childbirth
  • Understanding labor, medical interventions, types of births, and more.

• After you give birth
  • Caring for your newborn, postpartum changes and self-care, breastfeeding, and more.

About the Educator

Kaitlyn Christian has worked in healthcare for 6 years. She has been a Registered Nurse for 2 years, working in Labor and Delivery for the entirety of her nursing career thus far. She has been here on the Women's Health Unit at Watertown Regional Medical Center since July 2021, and recently took over the role of Child Birth Educator.

Kaitlyn is passionate about patient education, finding that informed parents/support teams lead to better labor experiences. Her goal is to share knowledge, address fears, teach coping techniques, and prepare patients and their support persons for labor, postpartum, and newborn stages.