About this Event
Meet other expectant parents and get your questions answered by an experienced midwife/lactation consultant. Take this class anytime during the second half of pregnancy. Class includes a tour of the Birth Center at Lakeview Hospital and information about how to schedule a tour at other HealthPartners hospitals.
Class topics include:
- Anatomy of pregnancy and birth
- Preparing for labor
- When to come to the hospital, and what to expect when you arrive
- Stages of labor and birth
- Medical interventions that you may be offered
- Discussing options with your healthcare team
- Comfort and relaxation techniques for prenancy, labor, and parenthood
- Benefits and side effects of pain medications
- How your partner/support person can help
- Challenges, complications, and unexpected outcomes
- Vaginal birth, cesarean birth
- Postpartum recovery
- Newborn care
- Newborn behavior and communication
- Ways to support your baby’s physical, social, and emotional development
- Sleep safety
- Referral to a Car Seat Clinic
- Mental health of new parents
- Easing the transition to parenthood
- Connecting new families with community resources
- Other topics of interest, determined by class participants
Note* This class meets Friday evening and Saturday
Click on Select a Date to choose your weekend program.
Friday, 6pm to 8:30pm and Saturday, 9am to 3pm.
Hardenbergh Conference Room of Lakeview Hospital.
Instructor: Karlyn Peterson, Certified Nurse-Midwife, International Board Certified Lactation Consultant
facilitator for Baby Café at Lakeview Hospital (breastfeeding support group)
Choose a 2026 weekend:
February 6 & 7
April 17 & 18
June 12 & 13
September 18 & 19
October 16 & 17
December 4 & 5
Cost: $75 per couple
For questions, contact [email protected]
This class is also offered in a 4 week series.
This instructor also offers a breastfeeding class.
Event venue & nearby stays
Lakeview Hospital, 927 Churchill Street West, Stillwater, United States
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