Health Tip: Taking a Birthing Class: MedlinePlus

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Health Tip: Taking a Birthing Class

Suggestions to help you prepare

By Diana Kohnle

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

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(HealthDay News) -- Taking a birthing class can offer expectant parents peace of mind and help them prepare for the birth of their baby.
The womenshealth.gov website offers these suggestions for parents-to-be:

• Check out a local hospital or birthing center to see if they offer birthing classes.
• Sign up for a birthing class several months before your due date, as they tend to fill up quickly.
• Make sure the instructors are qualified.
• Consider bringing to the class the support person who will be with you during labor, whether it's your partner, sibling or friend.
• In class, you will learn about strategies to help you during labor, early signs of labor and how to control pain.

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