Hatch at Work™: What you'll learn

Course content

Hatch at Work™ is a digital prenatal course designed for birthing and non-birthing parents who  are planning to balance parenthood with a busy career. It prepares you for the physical, emotional, and professional aspects of becoming a parent. 

Module 1: Process of labour

• Signs of labour 
• When to go to hospital
• Dilation phase
• Pushing phase
• Tips for labour partners
• Sofie’s secrets: visualisation in labour

Module 2 - Coping strategies and pain relief

• Natural coping strategies
• Breathing
• Medical forms of pain relief
• Tips for labour partners
• Sofie’s secrets: breathing exercise 

Module 3 - Medical interventions 

• Episiotomy 
• Induction and augmentation of labour
• C-sections
• Assisted births
• What labour partners need to know (and ask) about medical interventions
• Sofies’ secrets: birth plan vs. birth wishlist

Module 4 - Immediate postpartum

• Physical changes
• Emotional changes and challenges
• Your baby
• What is postpartum like for the non-birthing parent? Tips to get involved and feel supported
• Sofie’s secrets: nutrition tips to speed up postpartum recovery 

Module 5 - Early days with baby

• Baby’s needs
• Babycare: baby's first bath
• Your recovery
• Common conditions
• Tips for partners
• Sofie’s secrets: exercise in early postpartum period 

Module 6 - Breast, bottle, and formula feeding

• Breastfeeding
• Formula feeding
• Mixed feeding
• Pumping 
• Tips for partners
• Sofie’s secrets: feeding tips  

Module 7 - Making working parenthood work

• Planning for parental leave
• Maximising your parental leave
• Transitioning back to work and organising support at home
• Combining work with infant feeding
• When and how to stop breastfeeding
• PDF checklists and guides

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