Huntington Baby Classes | Huntington Hospital

Having a baby is one of the most exciting, life-changing moments you’ll ever experience. Huntington safe, family-centered care is focused on giving your baby the best possible start to life, and ensuring that you are prepared to care for your baby.

Huntington Hospital is excited to support you and your partner with FREE virtual prenatal educational classes taught live online, by certified providers through our partners at BabyLiveAdviceTM.

Infant CPR
Diabetes & Pregnancy
Pregnancy Nutrition

For assistance, call 800-998-7042

Class Descriptions

Childbirth Preparation

Feel ready to have your baby? Worried about what labor will feel like? Unsure about birth plans? Join us for our 3-part childbirth preparation series. Each class is 90 min long, includes a Q&A time with a birth educator and covers:

Class 1: Overview of Labor and Delivery
Class 2: Comfort measures and pain medications
Class 3: Interventions and C-sections and Recovering from childbirth

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Breastfeeding

Breastfeeding may be “natural” for babies, but for most new parents, it is a learned skill. Join our nationally recognized lactation consultants to learn all about breastfeeding, how to get off to a great start and how to address common challenges many new families may experience. This 3-part series offers 90 minutes of class time and includes opportunities to ask questions directly to a lactation consultant.

Class 1: Making Milk: How the Breasts Work to Make Plenty of Milk for Your Baby
Class 2: Breastfeeding Essentials: Position, Latch, and Common Concerns
Class 3: Sustaining Breastfeeding: How to Keep Breastfeeding Strong

Caring For Baby

Congratulations! Soon your baby will be here and will need your help with everything! In this class we provide you with early guidance on how newborns look and change in the first 12 weeks.

Class 1: Bringing your newborn home- the first 3 months
Class 2: Baby Behavior – how to “read” your baby + parenting skills
Class 3: Parenting, return to work and emotional wellbeing of you and baby
Class 4: Techniques to connect with, comfort, and calm yourself and your baby

Infant CPR

Every parent should know how and when to perform CPR because administering CPR improperly can be harmful to your child. The Family & Friends CPR Course teaches the lifesaving skills of Infants & Toddlers. Infant and child CPR using breaths and mild and severe airway block for children, and infants. Skills are taught in a dynamic zoom group environment using the AHA’s research-proven practice-while-watching technique, which provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible.

Diabetes and Pregnancy

This one-hour class will cover what’s going on in your body, the risks of leaving diabetes untreated, and what you can do best to take care of yourself and your baby.

Pregnancy Nutrition

Learn how to best support your health and the health of your developing baby through nutrition. This one-hour class will cover normal nutrition, vitamins, and supplements, what to avoid, and what to include. Bring your questions and our nutritionists will have the answers!

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