Maternity
Welcome to our Maternity Program. We offer several classes to meet your needs.
Baby Sign Language Intorductory Workshop | Baby Sign Language Play Group | Fast-Track to Childbirth Preparation | Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Babies | Infant Care and Breastfeeding | Infant Massage | New Mom and Baby Yoga and Support | One-Session Childbirth Preparation | Six Week Childbirth Preparation | Whole Birth Yoga and Support
Taught by experienced instructors:
Julie Revolinski, R.N. Labor and delivery nurse for 15 years, employed by Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center. She is a mother of 1.
Sue McFall One of the "original" labor and delivery nurses of Sutter Maternity Surgery Center. 21 years of experience and mother of 4.
Megan Bunch, C.C.E. Teaching childbirth education since 2003. She is also a certified Doula and Prenatal Yoga instructor. She is a mother of 2.
Baby Sign Language Introductory Workshop
Baby sign language allows you to communicate with hearing babies long before they can verbalize their wants and needs. Research studies show that signing with babies accelerates language acquisition, reduces frustration, enhances a child’s self esteem and deepens the bond between parent and child. The one and a half hour workshop is designed to introduce basic baby signs that are based on American Sign Language (ASL) and is designed for expectant parents and parents with babies ranging in age from birth to 18 months. Fun activities and songs will show how easy it can be to integrate these signs into your everyday routine and jump-start your child’s verbal skills.
Taught by: Bill White, B.S. He is a baby sign language instructor for Mission College in Santa Clara and teaches at several facilities in the area. He is the proud father of two hearing sons, who both sign.
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Baby Sign Language Play group
It’s time to take the next step in the world of baby sign language. Stop guessing what your baby is trying to tell you and start spending more time fulfilling your child’s specific desires and needs. Join Bill White for six interactive one-hour play groups. In a playful environment, you will build your sign language vocabulary through songs, games and activities. Weekly themes include mealtime, animals, colors, family, safety and more! Babies’ minds are developmentally ready to start memorizing words and signs by 6 months of age, so you will want to have a solid signing vocabulary by then. Start building your baby sign language skills today.
Taught by: Bill White, B.S. He is a baby sign language instructor for Mission College in Santa Clara and teaches at several facilities in the area. He is the proud father of two hearing sons, who both sign.
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Fast-Track to Childbirth Preparation
This weekend class is offered once a month to expectant parents whose schedules don’t allow for the traditional six-week class. This series covers breathing techniques, relaxation methods, stages of labor and delivery, hospital procedures, postpartum recovery, and birthing options to prepare you and your partner for your upcoming birth experience. Infant care and breastfeeding information is not included in this class. A tour of Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center is not included.
Instructor: Megan Bunch, CCE
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Healthy Beginnings, Healthy Babies
Once a month, Sundays, 6:30-9:00pm 1st or 2nd Trimester - Co-sponsored by Health Net. Learn about prenatal care, lifestyle changes, fetal development, nutrition, normal physical changes, discomforts of pregnancy and the benefits of labor support. Taught by Cheryl Kopf, Lactation consultant at Sutter Maternity Surgery Center. Call 831-429-5780
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Infant Care and Breastfeeding
Learn about normal infant behavior, sleep wake cycles, swaddling, comforting, bathing and diapering. Health and Saftey issues - Selecting Appropriate Equipment. How to read and respond to your baby's cues. The basics of bottle and breastfeeding. Breastfeeding beyond the first week. The use of a breast pump and expressing and storing your milk. Taught by the Lactation Department of Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center.
Classes size is limited so please sign up early!
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Infant Massage
A two-hour class where parents and caregivers will learn techniques for reducing colic, gas, congestion and teething discomfort. Promotes bonding, mindful communication and sounder sleep; improves digestion; and helps baby learn to relax. Parents will learn to understand the baby’s nonverbal cues. A combination of Swedish, Indian and Reflexology techniques will be included.
Instructor: Shannon Innis, CIMI
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New Mom and Baby Yoga and Support
Welcome to the other side of birth with Robin Sale. The class will be a fun and relaxing
time to celebrate and commiserate, move, stretch, dance and sing with your baby. There will be lots of support, story swapping and sharing the amazing creative genius that only new mothers have. We will learn the tricks of the trade – making them up as we go along, of course.
Instructor: Robin Sale, CHT, founder of Whole Birth® Yoga and Support
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One Session Childbirth “JAM”
This three-hour class is designed as a refresher course for parents who have had a baby in the last three years. It covers the basics of labor and delivery, breathing and relaxation techniques, hospital procedures, pain management options and postpartum recovery.
Class held subject to interest. Call for class dates 831-479-6628
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Six-Week Childbirth Preparation
Comprehensive series covers breathing techniques, relaxation methods, stages of labor and delivery, hospital procedure, post-partum, birthing options to prepare you and your partner for your upcoming birth experince. Tour of Sutter is included. Taught by RN's from Sutter Maternity and Surgery Center
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Whole-Birth Yoga
Pregnancy is a transitional time for women, when many physical and emotional changes take place. Whole Birth Pre-natal yoga is about honoring these changes and learning to trust in our body’s innate birthing wisdom. Learn mindful awareness and breathing techniques to increase body awareness, pain management techniques, pre-natal bonding to connect mother and baby, and deep relaxation.
It is a yoga program for every body whether you have just learned you are pregnant, or are 8 months pregnant. The great gift of yoga is that it serves and nourishes us at every level of our being. Whole Birth Yoga allows ample time for support and the sharing of what’s joyful and what’s difficult about being pregnant. Through the integration of the Yoga practice with discussions that are rich, genuine and informative, you will have a yoga experience that will enliven all areas of your life.
Class size is limited so please sign up early!
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