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Pregnancy classes and workshops

Antenatal classes, Breastfeeding workshops and Waterbirth sessions.

Due to the current situation with covid-19 and the safety of our women and the staff we are unable to offer face to face parent education classes. However, The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust currently offer two alternative virtual options :

  1. The Solihull Parent Education
  2. The Real Birth Company

All three options will give you a good understanding of labour and birth, when to come into hospital, coping in labour, including birth partner’s role, hospital bag, and informed decision making, practical baby care and it can all be done from the comfort of your own home. To book onto any of these course please contact your community midwife who can book you onto the courses and will be email the code and instructions for this course.

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Telford and Wrekin

Baby First Aid and Accident Prevention Courses:

 

Shropshire

Family Foundations:

Family Foundations is designed to help you build on your strengths to prepare for becoming parents. You and your partner will attend a series of classes designed with one overall goal; to help you create the best family you can so that your child has the best family possible.

There are 4 prenatal sessions (usually delivered between 20 and 30 weeks of pregnancy), followed by 3 postnatal sessions approximately 6 months after the birth of your baby.

The course is delivered by Family Foundations trained course facilitators.

Group discussions will look at feelings, thoughts, and communication. We will also be sharing video’s which will be points of discussion.

Using discussion and video clips all 7 sessions will be around the concept of putting your baby first.

Areas covered in the prenatal sessions are:

  • Session 1 - Building a family.
  • Session 2 - Feelings and conflict.
  • Session 3 - The parenting team.
  • Session 4 - Working it out.

Following the birth of your baby postnatal sessions will include:

  • Session 5 - New parent experiences
  • Session 6 - Security (Family security)
  • Session 7 - Putting it together. (Pulling all you have learnt together)

If you would like to attend the course please speak to your midwife who can complete the referral form.