Category: Teaching ideas for birth workers
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Teaching about breathing techniques for childbirth?
Most antenatal education formats virtual or in-person, include breathing techniques for childbirth. There are a range of different techniques used by different organizations or private facilitators.Breathing techniques are well known for being helpful in stressful situations and to help people relax. Harvard Health Publishing says: “Relaxation techniques: Breath control helps quell errant stress response”. Therefore, breathing…
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How to use your childbirth timeline banner?
Here are 11 ideas on how to use your childbirth timeline banner (or beadlines). If you are working in a group setting, I recommend you use the large childbirth/labour timeline banner and for 1:1 work, I recommend the smaller ones and/or beadlines. You can use and adapt any of the activities below to suit a group or 1:1 setting…
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Birth Bag – Teaching Ideas for Antenatal Classes
The Birth Bag – Teaching ideas for your antenatal classes. As a birth worker, doula, midwife, student midwife or perinatal educator we aim to prepare expectant parents for their birth experience. Part of their birth experience is packing their birth bag aka hospital bag. Birth Bag – Teaching Ideas for in-person Antenatal Classes Show and…
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Icebreakers for antenatal and parenting classes
Facilitating successful group antenatal and parenting classes in a group setting requires icebreakers. Icebreakers help the participants to engage in the content, get to know the facilitator and other participants as well as building a bond as a group. Icebreakers can be really simple, like asking a question to the group and ask each participant…
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Teaching about breathing techniques for childbirth?
Most antenatal education formats virtual or in-person, include breathing techniques for childbirth. There are a range of different techniques used by different organizations or private facilitators.Breathing techniques are well known for being helpful in stressful situations and to help people relax. Harvard Health Publishing says: “Relaxation techniques: Breath control helps quell errant stress response”. Therefore, breathing…
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Onset of labour – Teaching ideas and activities for birth workers
Onset of labour – Activities for Childbirth Education Classes. Some ideas for antenatal teachers, midwives, doulas and other birth workers. I think it is safe to say that almost every expectant parent is thinking about the onset of labour. How do we know? When do we go to the hospital? When do we call the…
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Facilitating antenatal classes online
What do I need and where do I start when facilitating antenatal classes online? How can I keep my clients actively engaged in during the classes and how can I make my online antenatal classes more interactive? What do I need to facilitate antenatal classes online? When facilitating your antenatal classes online, it’s important that…
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