Bumps, Birth and Beyond (BBB) - is a three-week antenatal education package offered to all parents to be. The course comprises of 3 x 2-hour sessions delivered over three consecutive weeks. It is advised you attend around 30- 32wks pregnant.
Week 1—Midwife delivered session covering:
- Birthplace options and tour details to view same
- Physiology of labour, birth and immediate post-birth period
- Recognising the signs of labour, who to contact and when
- Coping strategies for labour, and ways to encourage normal progression—including natural and pharmaco- logical pain relief options
- Awareness of common deviations from normality in labour and how they are managed
- ·Relaxation techniques
- Options for the immediate post-birth period (e.g. skin to skin, Vitamin K, initiating feeding)
- Postnatal self-care—wound care, perineal hygiene, pelvic floor exercises
- Postnatal care provision
Week 2—Health visitor delivered session covering:
- The role of your health visitor
- Safer sleeping
- Bonding and early attachment
- Emotional wellbeing
- Feeding support and advice
- Baby clinics and how to access help
Week 3—Children's centre staff delivered session covering:
- Practicalities with a newborn
- Early parenting journey
- Local services and classes
- Bonding and early attachment
*Due to current COVID-19 restrictions, face to face sessions are not currently being offered. Options for antenatal education are currently online and include free or additional cost courses.
FREE Online courses:
In Our Place—https://inourplace.heiapply.com/online-learning/
Better births—https://www.lancashireandsouthcumbria.icb.nhs.uk/our-work/betterbirths/CareGivers/preparing-birth-and-parenthood