All childbirth, parenting and new baby classes at Northwest Hospital are offered on the Northwest Hospital campus by Great Starts. Pre-registration is required. Full payment is due at registration. Medical coupons can be used for the Seven Week Series and Labor & Birth Only classes. To register online, click on the link below each class, or call Great Starts at 206-789-0883.
Seven Week Series
This series of classes meets on seven weeknights, and includes:
- Preparing for labor and birth, including stages of labor, emotional and physical challenges during labor, how a support person can comfort the laboring mother, hospital routines, possible interventions and postpartum recovery
- Newborn care class
- Breastfeeding
- Reunion after all the babies are born
Cost: $170 per pair, or Medicaid coupon
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Labor & Birth Only – Saturday Series
This class is for parents who need a class to fit their busy schedule. The same labor and birth material that is covered in the full series, is consolidated into two Saturday mornings. This class does not include newborn care or breastfeeding. .
Cost: $120 per pair (mother and a support person), or Medicaid coupon
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Newborn Care Class
An important class for first-time parents, this course focuses on caring for the baby during the first few months of life. Topics include newborn characteristics, daily care, infant cues, sleep, health and illness, diapering, cord care, sleep and feeding habits, colic relief and changes that occur in newborn babies.
Cost: $30 per family
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Breastfeeding Basics
This class is designed to educate parents on proper feeding techniques and positioning, how often to feed, preventing and coping with common challenges and how partners can support breastfeeding mothers.
Cost: $30 per family
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Babysafe
This three-hour weeknight course is taught by a certified CPR instructor. Topics include infant development, SIDS risk reduction, injury prevention and care of common injuries. Infant choking rescue and infant CPR is demonstrated and practiced. This class does not include a certification card.
Cost: $40 per pair
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Conscious Fathering
For expectant or new fathers, this class provides information to help fathers feel more involved and confident in birth and child-rearing. Topics include how to connect from day one, keeping the baby as comfortable as possible and how to cope when “everything goes wrong,” plus how to meet the baby’s basic needs, as well as developing your own definition of the kind of father you want to be and determining how you want to interact with your child.
Cost: $30 per pair
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For any questions that are not answered here, or to register, please email greatstarts@parenttrust.org or call Great Starts at 206-789-0883.
