The course for English-speaking couples includes:
- 5 x 3-hour (45 minutes) classes with a midwife, physiotherapist and doula
- course materials
- Facebook closed group for course attendants and 3 specialists available during and after the course
Classes will be held in Pompon Bawialnia dla dzieci al. Armii Krajowej 6/1 Centrum AB
Our Team:
Anna Sochańska - a midwife who conducts an individual practice and assists in home deliveries, a lactation educator, and a graduate of "Holistic perinatal care".
Joanna Kozakiewicz - doula, Certified Breastfeeding Supporter, member of Polish Association of Lactation Consultants and DOULA in Poland Society.
Agnieszka Ptak - physiotherapist with many years of experience working with newborns, babies and children, and passionate about psychoprofilactic preparation for childbirth
The course details:
Meeting I (3hrs) - 10th February 2020 18.00 - 20.30
About the birth, naturally!
During the meeting you will learn:
- what is a birth cocktail, what is the role of hormones in childbirth
- what is and how to avoid the cascade of intervention
- what are the specific stages of delivery?
- is instinct our ally?
- how to relieve pain - vertical positions and relaxation
- does the episiotomy protects from tearing
- how to facilitate newborn adaptation to new living conditions - optimal cord clamping
- why the "skin to skin" contract is so important
- what is worth knowing about cesarean section
The meeting is led by Anna Sochańska
Meeting II (3hrs) - 12th February 2019 17.30 - 20.00
How to plan a good birth and postpartum full of support?
In the first part of the meeting you will get to know:
- how to cooperate with pain and use natural pain management techniques
- what is a role of a birth companion (partner, doula)
Planning you birth?
In the second part we will discuss:
- what birth options are available in Wroclaw and the region?
- what is a birth plan and how to prepare it?
- what has changed since the New Organisational Standards of Labor Care were introduced?
- is it enough to have your hospital bag packed to be prepared?
Be the Queen - how to let people take care about you during the first days after birth
In the third part of the meeting you will get to know:
- meeting postpartum challenges
- building your own “supporting village”
- Breastfeeding - how to make it work?
The meeting is led by Joanna Kozakiewicz
Meeting III (3hrs) - 17th February 2020 18.00 - 20.30
Breastfeeding - is it possible to do it naturally, comfortably and with pleasure?
- most comfortable positions for breastfeeding during the first days with a newborn
- how to judge if the baby is still hungry or not?
- how to start and keep oxytocin flow during breastfeeding?
- where to find help in case of problems?
The first and the second part of the meeting is led by Joanna Kozakiewicz
I am not afraid of the lactation crisis!
- step by step, how to effectively deal with breast engorgement, plugged ducts and mastitis
- what is lymphatic drainage?
The last part of the meeting is led by Anna Sochańska
Meeting IV (3hrs) - 19th February 2019 17.30 - 20.00
Newborn baby care
The first part of the meeting is led by Anna Sochańska
Child - a simple guide
- how is a newborn developing and what is necessary for proper development
- how to support your child's development through proper care and first fun
- we will practice bathing, carrying, nappy change and dressing up of a newborn the way that stimulates psycho-motor child's development.
The second and the third part will be held by Agnieszka Ptak
Meeting V 3hrs - 24th February 2020 18.00 - 20.30
In harmony with your body
During the meeting you will learn:
- changes in you body during pregnancy and birth
- what are the vertical positions and relaxation techniques that will help during delivery?
Meeting is held by Agnieszka Ptak
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash
