Childbirth Preparation Basics - Duluth, MN

This is the in-person registration. If you'd like to register for the virtual class, please navigate back to the Classes and Events page and choose the online option.

Childbirth Preparation Basics is designed to help you and your partner prepare for the birth of your baby. 

Topics include:

• Signs and stages of labor
• Hospital admission & routines – medication options
• Vaginal and cesarean birth
• Comfort strategies for labor-management
• Welcoming your newborn – characteristics and care
• Postpartum care – life after baby

The class will be in the Mission Conference room at St. Mary's Medical Center in Duluth. Directions to the class are below:

• Park in the Green Ramp off 2nd street 
  
  • Walk across 2nd Street to the new hospital
  • Use the Main Entrance
  • Take a right at the registration desk toward the coffee shop
  • Turn left at the coffee shop and walk down the hall 
  • The Mission Conference room will be on the left
  • If you got to the cafeteria, you went too far
  • There should be plenty of staff around to ask directions   

Classes are held in-person but have a virtual option using Microsoft Teams. You will be sent an email invite with login information about 2 days prior to class.

Please feel free to call the Prenatal Office at 218-786-4478 or email Casie at [email protected] for more information concerning this class.