If you like the teaching versatility that PowerPoint offers, you will love this packaged presentation featuring 200 slides and 50 video clips. It’s bright, modern, colorful, and convenient - everything you need is on one easy-to-use disc. No need to carry around bulky flip charts - they’re in here, along with engaging video clips from our new DVD, detailed illustrations, discussion questions, and more.

Featuring:
Up-to-date ACOG labor guidelines
Recent AAP circumcision & SIDS policies
More realistic animation of labor and procedures
All-new families and footage
Brand new unmedicated birth story
Parent chapter handouts

Content Includes:
Pregnancy - fetal development, anatomy, discomforts, nutrition, general warning signs, preterm labor, hazards, Kegel exercises
Labor - pain theories, 4 P’s of labor, signs of pre-labor, onset of labor, stages of labor using 3D animation, emotions, skin-to-skin contact
Brandy’s Birth Story - an unmedicated vaginal birth story shows the stages of labor unfolding in real life, natural coping techniques, and effective partner support
Comfort Techniques - labor support, breathing, relaxation, massage, visualization, focal points, hydrotherapy, labor & pushing positions, back labor, advice for partners
Medical Procedures - birth plans, decision making, induction, augmentation, fetal monitoring, IVs, pain medication, second-stage interventions, nonmedical alternatives
Cesarean Birth - reasons for cesareans, risks, anesthesia, 3D animation of the surgery, recovery, reducing the risk for cesarean birth, family-centered birth tips
Newborns - newborn hospital procedures with an emphasis on skin-to-skin contact, first feeding, newborn appearance, senses, behaviors, safety issues like
Postpartum - physical recovery (involution, lochia, perineum care, warning signs), home recovery (baby blues, postpartum depression, healthy habits), breastfeeding (hunger signs, feeding frequency, effective latch, getting support)
Follow-Along Exercises - slow, paced, and patterned breathing, prenatal bonding, relaxation, active imagery, and labor rehearsals.