Learn playful stretches and soothing ways to communicate with touch that will benefit the physical and emotional health of your infant. The full body massage, applied with or without oil, helps with the physical discomfort of colic, gas, congestion, and can help regulate sleep. Class is open to pregnant couples and single parents and families with babies 2 weeks to pre-crawling babies. (10 months)
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Learn vital skills to handle an emergency. This class covers recognizing an infant or child in distress, performing emergency measures to relieve airway obstruction in a choking infant or child, performing CPR on an infant or child who is not breathing or is without a heartbeat and identifying risks or preventable infant and childhood injuries. This is a great class for parents, family members and childcare providers.
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This class provides an overview of the stages and process of labor, breathing and relaxation techniques, support, medication options, variations in labor including Caesarean birth, and immediate postpartum care for mother and baby. This series is condensed to 3 weeks.
Please bring two pillows, a blanket and a snack to all classes. There is a $20.00 discount for women having their baby at the UCSF Center for Mothers and Newborns.
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