
Have a Question?
For more information on Childbirth Education Classes email athompson@wisehealthsystem.com.For questions or concerns, please contact Fit-N-Wise Therapy and Rehabilitation at (940) 626-1360.
Benefits of Childbirth Education Classes
- Improve posture and body mechanics to prepare for physical body changes
- Know what foods are healthy and unhealthy for you and baby
- Improvement in overall maternal fitness and well-being
- Increase in energy
- Improvement in sleep quality
- Discuss fears and questions
About the Class: Early Pregnancy Education Series

Class Topics
- Exercising during pregnancy and nutrition
- Common types of pain associated with pregnancy and how to get relief
- Labor and delivery education, mental coping techniques
- Guest speakers including pediatrician and pediatric physical therapist
- Postpartum recovery and getting your body back in shape
Class Outline
Week 1
- Timeline
- Baby embryology
- Posture changes
- Exercise
- Nutrition
- Body mechanics
- Common types of pain associated with pregnancy
- Pain relief techniques
- Use of orthotics and bracing for pain and posture changes
- Birth plan
- Phases of labor
- Effacement and dilation
- Mental coping techniques
- Physical coping and pain relief techniques
- Baby positioning
- Positioning during first stage of labor
- Responsibilities of labor and delivery support person
- Pelvis mobility to prepare for labor and delivery
Week 4
- Second stage labor
- Vaginal birth with instrumentation
- Effects of hormones and anxiety on labor
- Labor induction and augmentation
- Medications for pain management
- Labor and delivery preparation
- Cesarean birth
- Guest speaker: pediatrician
- Postpartum recovery
- Postpartum exercises
- Guest speaker: Pediatric Physical Therapist – First Year of Life
We encourage your birth partner to attend the labor and deliver sessions, particularly weeks 3 and 4.
Class Schedule
2019 – TBD
Contact Us
Please contact Fit-N-Wise Therapy and Rehabilitation at (940) 626-1360 if you have any questions or concerns about our pregnancy education classes.