Pre and Post Natal Education

Congratulations, you're going to be a parent! The Sport & Wellness Department offers a variety of prenatal opportunities including education classes, yoga and fitness programs. While the goal of each program is to help you focus on your pregnancy and upcoming labour and birth, they also have a social function, serving as a great place to meet other parents-to-be, an opportunity to share and ask questions as well as potentially creating a new network of friends for play dates and strolls in the park.

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Prenatal Class

For expectant mothers and their support person/coach.

Topics include:

Labour and delivery
Possible interventions - including Caesarian sections
Pain relief options
Stages of labour - how the partner can assist
Your newborn baby
Expectations about parenthood
Breastfeeding & Infant Formula

Saturday & Sunday
10:00am-4:00pm
Session 3:	May 25-26
Session 4:	June 8-9
Session 5:	July 13-14
Session 6:	August 10-11
Cost:	$150.00 +GST (price includes expectant mother and coach)

Importance of Breastfeeding

An educational, interactive, practical program for expectant mothers. As you prepare for the birth of your child, take the opportunity to educate yourself on the very important concepts surrounding one of nature's most natural processes:

Understanding the challenges

Biological nurturing

Importance of skin-to-skin contact

Physiological & Psychological benefits to breastfeeding

Recognizing problems & overcoming obstacles

Medication & mother's milk

Support groups- why are they important?

Myths cs. Evidence based information

Formula & monetary costs

Societies perceptions

How you and your baby can win

Monday
1:00pm-4:00pm, or 6:00pm-9:00pm
Session 2:	June 3
Session 3:	July 8
Session 4:	August 12
Cost:	$55.00 +GST

Breastfeeding Support Group

This support session is where moms get together and are able to share and help each other. Each week will contain relevant and up-to-date information on breastfeeding. Open discussion and full open forum.

Days: Mondays (no meetings on holidays)

Time: 10:00 - 11:45 am

Cost: FREE for Members and Non-Members