Elective inductions of labor (EIOL) are inductions of labor for non-medical reasons. EIOL for healthy people is a growing concern, causing issues not only for the pregnant family, but also for hospital systems. Childbirth educators and EIOL-specific education can help reduce this growing number. This session will discuss one childbirth educator’s professional experience in successful implantation of EIOL education and the proven results within a hospital system.

Participants may earn 1.0 Lamaze Contact Hour and 1.0 hour of CNE through the California Board of Registered Nursing (CBRN).

Gestational diabetes, PIH, anemia, and other pregnancy complications are happening more frequently, especially among disadvantaged groups. Nutrition may be one of the most effective preventive measures, but many – if not most – parents don’t feel like they understand what to eat during pregnancy, and feel overwhelmed trying to figure it out. Lamaze educators and other childbirth professionals are in an ideal position to distribute additional nutrition knowledge. In this session, learn how the Healthy Pregnancy Plate - a simple tool for parents to use when planning meals and eating habits, helps ensure adequate nutrition for pregnancy and postpartum. We will cover how you can quickly and effectively use this in your classes to support healthier pregnancies, better postpartum health, and giving babies a healthy foundation.

Registrants will gain access to a 20-minute pregnancy nutrition curriculum, presentation, and participant handouts that they can incorporate into their childbirth education classes.

Participants may earn 1.25 Lamaze Contact Hours and 1.25 hours of CNE. 

Catch up on the highlights from LamazeLIVE! 2024 with this bundle featuring thirteen recordings from the virtual conference. LamazeLIVE! 2024 was packed with excellent presentations on topics ranging from incorporating acupressure as a comfort measure, the biomechanics of a squat, Black centered maternity care, and more! Participants may earn 11.75 Lamaze Contact Hours, 1.0 L-CERP, and 10.75 hours of CNE for watching the recordings.

This bundle includes our three most popular classes, Safe and Healthy Birth: Six Simple Steps, Labor Pain Management: Techniques for Comfort and Coping, and Breastfeeding Basics. Through these three classes, you will learn:

• The six simple practices that research has shown to greatly improve birth outcomes for both mothers and babies.
• How you can choose the safest care, understand your options, and avoid unnecessary interventions that may not be the best for you and your baby.
• A variety of comfort measures and coping techniques you can use during your labor to decrease your discomfort and boost your confidence.
• Learn the top positions for pushing that open the pelvis and shorten your pushing time.
• How to get breastfeeding off to a great start.
• The benefits bodyfeeding can provide for you and your baby.

Knowledge is power! It's our goal to help you prepare for one of the most important days of your life - baby's birthday! This online childbirth class presents six simple practices that research has shown to greatly improve birth outcomes for both mothers and babies. These practices have been developed by Lamaze International and are based on recommendations by the World Health Organization. Lamaze has simplified the scientific facts into six healthy birth practices to make it easy for you to choose the safest care, understand your options, and steer clear of care practices or unnecessary interventions that may not be the best for you and your baby.

The Lamaze Healthy Birth Practices are the foundation of Lamaze. These Birth Practices are designed to help simplify your birth process with a natural approach that helps alleviate your fears and manage pain. Learn more about the best evidence around birth practices and how to push for your baby to get the safest, healthiest birth, including how medical interventions can impact your desire for a natural birth, the importance of your birth team, and information you may want to consider with your care provider before being induced.

After completing this online birthing class, learners will be able to:

• Discover how the Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices can simplify your labor and birth
• Find out how your care provider and support team can make a difference
• Learn about common medical interventions
• Alleviate fears and learn ways to manage pain
• Build your knowledge and confidence to make informed decisions

Labor and birth require a lot of physical and mental preparation. As you get ready for your upcoming birth, you will want to have a variety of comfort measures and coping techniques in your labor toolbox so that you and your support team can be as prepared as possible. Learning helpful labor positions and strategies to promote labor progress will allow your body to work with your baby toward a safe and healthy birth. Lamaze International has created this class to provide you with the information and skills you will need to minimize discomfort and labor confidently.

Using a blend of video, reading, and interactive activities, Lamaze International's online labor class walks you through the stages of labor, providing you with tips and coping techniques to help you each step of the way. Prepare yourself for labor by practicing our breathing techniques, labor positions, and guidance on how to prepare your birth team to better support you during labor. Research shows that women supported by doulas request pain medication less frequently and report greater satisfaction with their birth and their partner's participation, so this online class also covers important labor-related topics, such as whether a doula is right for you and how to choose one.

After completing this online labor class, learners will be able to:

• Use learned relaxation skills suitable for early labor
• Practice a variety of comfort techniques that minimize active labor discomfort
• Understand back labor and how to cope with back pain while encouraging baby to turn
• Plan for transition with effective labor strategies
• Learn the top positions for pushing that open the pelvis and shorten the pushing time

As comforting and healthy as breastfeeding/chestfeeding can be, it is not always easy in the first few weeks while recovering from birth. With the information in this class, you can prepare to get feeding off to a great start and look forward to the many benefits that breastfeeding can provide to you and your baby. This Lamaze International class will help familiarize you with other important information to better prepare you for life after baby, like how to know if your baby is gaining weight normally or get ready to return to work. Through interactive videos, images, slideshows, and carefully chosen resources, you will how to identify and respond to feeding cues, manage nighttime feedings, and how you naturally bond with baby through breastfeeding/chestfeeding.

After completing this online breastfeeding class, learners will be able to:

• Recognize the benefits of breast/chestfeeding to mother and baby
• Understand how milk supply works
• Learn about the mechanics of feeding, latch and positioning
• Recognize good feeding and if baby is getting enough milk
• Manage nighttime feedings
• Be prepared for what to do if there is a recommendation to supplement/pump
• Prepare for returning to work

With all of the experiences that pregnancy brings, labor is likely the one that makes you the most nervous, and the one that you have the most questions about. Your body is perfectly designed for this, and will naturally know what to do when it's time for your baby to be born. You can feel confident in your own abilities, and that, when the time comes, you will have the support you need. This free offering allows you to preview of our Labor Pain Management and Safe and Healthy Birth courses prior to purchasing.

Lamaze wants to empower you and help you prepare for one of the most important days of your life - baby's birth day! This online class introduces six simple practices that research has shown to greatly improve birth outcomes for both mothers and babies, in addition to evidence-based comfort techniques to help minimize discomfort and pain during labor.

After completing this online labor class, learners will be able to:

• Find resources to help prepare you for birth and labor 
• Understand the Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices to help support a healthy birth 
• Identify coping techniques you can use during early and active labor

The Lamaze Philosophies self-paced learning activity will provide learners information about the influence of history and culture on today's births, the ways in which Lamaze supports and promotes healthy birth practices, and strategies for helping women to develop confidence in their ability to give birth by disseminating evidence-based information.

Participants can earn 8.75 Lamaze Contact Hours and 8.75 hours of CNE upon successful completion.

This self-paced online activity will provide learners with the evidence behind the Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices and how to use these practices along with adult learning theories to provide evidence-based childbirth education classes.

Participants can earn 11.0 Lamaze Contact Hours and 11.0 hours of CNE upon completion.