Are you an expecting or new parent? Douglas College offers a variety of classes to support you during this exciting and challenging stage of life.
Prenatal and newborn care classes (online or in-person)
Congratulations on your pregnancy! We offer both in-person and live online prenatal classes to suit your needs and all classes include bonus material, resources and videos on our Blackboard platform.
Classes are interactive and include lots of activities. Topics include, late pregnancy challenges, hands-on comfort and massage techniques for labour, medical procedures and decision-making, cesarean birth, breastfeeding/chestfeeding, the immediate postpartum and postpartum adjustments, newborn care and early parenting decisions.
A special emphasis is placed on the partner/support person's role in birth and parenting as you prepare to provide a safe and nurturing environment that will support your baby's physical and emotional development.
Prenatal guest speaker series
Navigating all the information on pregnancy and postpartum can be challenging. Online resources aren't always helpful, or accurate. Sometimes you wish you can just ask the experts yourself! We've created a prenatal guest speaker series so you can do just that.
Our online webinar style sessions help connect families looking for more information with the experts in different perinatal fields to educate and inform on specific perinatal topics. Come join a session, learn more about something important to you and have your questions answered. Each session will have a different guest speaker with a different expertise. Sessions are approximately one hour long and are hosted over zoom. Registration will be limited to allow for everyone to have the opportunity to ask questions.
Infant sleep education for parents
Taught and developed by a certified sleep consultant, Infant Sleep Education for Parents will help you to understand and effectively respond to your baby during the different stages of infant development. This is not a baby sleep training course but rather a way to help you develop strategies to support your infant.