Course curriculum

  1. 1

    • Welcome to the Roots Childbirth Curriculum VIDEO
  2. 2

    • A Perfect Design: It All Works Together (Includes VIDEO)

    • Cervical Effacement and Fetal Station

    • Stages of Labor and Delivery Overview

    • Normal Changes in the Pregnant Person

    • Remedies for Common Discomforts

    • Nutrition

    • Roots Food Journal

    • Screening and Testing for Gestational Diabetes

    • Exercise

    • Obstetrical Providers & Doulas

    • Birth Plans

    • PRE (Preparation) Labor

    • Pre Labor Challenges

    • Wrapping up Chapter 1 (Includes VIDEO)
  3. 3

    • Bishop Score (includes VIDEO)

    • Induction of Labor

    • Natural Cervical Ripening Methods

    • Common Labor Interventions

    • Informed Consent & Refusal (Includes VIDEO)

    • Early Labor

    • Common Early Labor Mistakes

    • Fear-Tension-Pain Cycle (Includes VIDEO)

    • Prayer, Meditation & Massage

    • Early Labor Challenges
  4. 4

    • Chapter 3 VIDEO

    • Pain vs. Suffering

    • Analgesia and Anesthesia

    • Active Labor and Transition

    • Baby's Descent

    • Birth: An Intimate Process

    • Law of the Ps

    • Comfort Measures

    • Positions for Labor

    • Partner Tips for Labor

    • Phases of Labor Chart

    • Active Labor Challenges

    • Cesarean Section

    • Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC)

    • Cesarean Birth Plan
  5. 5

    • Pushing

    • The Uterus (Includes VIDEO)

    • Progress in Pushing

    • Patience in Pushing

    • Delivery

    • APGAR Scoring

    • Routine Newborn Interventions

    • The Amazing Newborn

    • The Five S's

    • Breastfeeding 101

    • Car Seats

    • Postpartum

    • Parenting

    • The End (VIDEO)
  6. 6

    • Resources

    • Questions for Your Provider

    • Feeding and Diaper Chart

    • Perineal Massage

    • References