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• Dos and don’ts of pregnancy.
• Pregnancy tests –
benefits, downside, and optional tests. Later
date when it can be dealt with properly.
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Dos and don’ts of pregnancy.
• Pregnancy
tests – benefits, downside, and optional tests.
• Drugs and medications.
• Breast care
•Interactive discussion on facts and myths
of pregnancy and childbirth followed by
clarifications from the instructor.
•Stages
of fetal development.
- Talk on development
during each month with fetal pictures.
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Physical changes in mother and how to cope with
them.
- Emotional changes in mother and how
to cope with them.
•Common pregnancy
complaints
•Danger signs – when to call your
doctor in a hurry.
•Introduction to
exercise. Benefits in pregnancy and when it is
to be avoided.
•10 minute exercise session.
Outline a programme to be followed by the
participants at their residence. Refresher
sessions will be conducted at each session.
Breast-feeding.
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Introduction.
- Anatomy of the breast.
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How milk is produced and delivered.
- Diet
for breastfeeding.
- Understanding your bra
size.
- Advantages of breastfeeding to mom
and baby.
- Various breastfeeding positions.
- Analysis of their pros and cons.
- Is
my baby getting enough ?
- Breast v/s.
bottle (discussion)
- Problems with
breastfeeding .
- Weaning.
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Breastfeeding and the working mom.
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Expressing and storing milk.
- Techniques of
expressing milk
– manual, breast pumps
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Preparation of bottle – feeds.
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Breastfeeding and family planning.
Fetal
Development Facts
Emotional Changes
Physical Changes
Diet and Nutrition
New Born Care
Breast Feeding Facts
New Born.
New
Born. - Newborn appearance, reactions, feelings
and sleep patterns.
- Cleaning and
diapering.
- Bathing.
- Massage
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Swaddling
- General baby care.
- Common
newborn complaints.
- Baby diet in the first
year.
- Milestones- what to expect from your
baby.
- Doctor visits – questions to
ask.
- Importance of the vital
statistics.
- Vaccinations and their
importance.
Post-partum mom.
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Changes in the body.
- Mood changes-post
partum blues.
- Post partum diet.
- Post
partum care of stitches.
- Post partum
doctors visit. What to ask.
Regaining your
pre – pregnancy weight.
Post partum
exercise.
Contraception.
Labor
and delivery.
- Interactive session
inviting participant’s views on labor and
delivery.
- Stages of labor.
- What to
expect in the actual birth process.- Episiotomy.
- What is allowed during labor ?
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Comfort measures,
- Pain management
techniques – pharmacological and non –
pharmacological.
- Breathing and how it is
to be used during labor.
- Difficult labor
and how to cope.- Assisted deliveries.- Cesarean
birth.
Session will cover the labor
process, breathing and pain techniques and how
the husband can help the wife in the Labor and
Delivery process.
Post
Partum
This session is to be
conducted post partum. Any queries that the
participant may have relating to the topics
covered during the course can be answered. This
session is important as the participant has
the opportunity to talk about her birth
experience. It also provides an excellent
feedback opportunity for the instructor. The
participant can give suggestions if any for the
course content.
Post partum exercise and
diet routine is also to be reviewed in this
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