Class 2: Understanding Medical Interventions

This class discusses the commonly offered medical interventions during hospital births and teaches you the benefits, risks, and likely consequences of each. It also discusses induction of labor, pain management options, and the common interventions applied to Baby immediately postpartum.

While this class is geared toward hospital births, some clients planning homebirths choose this class so they are better informed should they need a mid-labor transfer to the hospital.

This class does not discuss prior births, so VBAC mamas may want to add a 30-60 minute one-on-one session, in addition to this class, to learn what the research tells us about how care providers modify their treatment for mamas undergoing a trial of labor for a VBAC. There is a lot of interesting research about how prior C-Sections impact care providers’ risk evaluations and subsequent medical recommendations and interventions during a trial of labor for a VBAC.

Format:

Once you request this class, you will receive an email with instructions for payment.

The content includes:

• This 1 hour and 20 minute class with Back To You founder, Traci.

• A coordinating pdf with notes so you can follow along with the video and refer back to the written form at later dates.

• A Back to You handout about newborn interventions typically done in the first hours and days after birth.

• The latest research about epidurals from a leading perinatal publication for birth professionals, Evidence Based Birth

This pre-recorded class costs $70, or it can be done in-person for $85/hour.

Additional one-on-one time for virtual Q&A is $75/hour and can be added any time.