Antenatal
Classes
Let your parenting journey start out in the best way possible!
​Guiding parents-to-be through the birth process and those magical early days.

Early Parenting Workshop

A bit nervous about caring for the umbilical cord? Soothing your baby or giving them a bath? Or maybe you simply want to prepare yourself better by learning about everything from co-sleeping to breast-pumps.

PRICE: €60
LENGTH OF SESSION: 3hrs
NEXT DATES: August 31st
​TIME: 10am - 1pm
​LOCATION: Kenmare Family Resource Centre
  • Navigating the first 8 weeks with your newborn
  • DEMOs and Showcasing - explore and handle helpful items such as breast pumps, cloth nappies, baby carriers, and more.
  • Safe Sleeping - how to set up the baby’s sleeping area and how you can make bed sharing or co-sleeping safer
  • Feeding your Baby - the different options and how to choose what’s right for your family
  • Reading Cues & Soothing Baby - different tips and techniques for creating a strong bond with your baby
  • Practical Baby Care - basic newborn care tips, such as bathing, skin care, routines, etc.
  • Self Care After a Baby - how parents can help themselves be the best they can be by ensuring they don’t get burnt out

Mothers are encouraged to bring a support person along who will be there during the early days after baby is born. This can be the other parent, a partner, friend or family member who will be able to help the mother and baby. Cost of session is €60 per mother so any support person can attend completely free of charge.

Birth & Breastfeeding Workshop

Walking you through the process of birth, ways to give yourself the best chance at the birth you hope for and the ins-and-outs of breastfeeding basics.

PRICE: €60
LENGTH OF SESSION: 3hrs
NEXT DATES: to be announced
  • ​Oxytocin - what it is and why we LOVE it!
  • Signs of labour
  • Guesstimating Due Dates
  • Progress of labour
  • When to contact your doula
  • When to go to the hospital/contact your midwife
  • Comfort measures at each stage on the Path to Birth
  • Medicated and unmedicated pain relief options
  • Common procedures
  • The afterbirth
  • The first few hours - skin to skin
  • Breastfeeding physiology
  • When breastfeeding isn’t going right

Hospital Birth Prep Workshop
Preparing for a hospital birth? Get hands-on tips and tricks for achieving the birth you’re hoping for.

PRICE: €60
LENGTH OF SESSION: 3hrs
​NEXT DATES: to be announced
  • Overview of birth physiology
  • When to go to hospital
  • Hospital walk-through
  • Achievable comfort measures in the hospital
  • Your rights and preferences
  • Communicating with your care providers
  • Terms you might want to know