TOPIC 1: PREPARATION AND NUTRITION

• Types of placenta previa
• Prenatal exercises: sitting and standing, neck, chest, shoulder and arm, legs, back stretch, with Medi-ball, pelvic rock, sexy cat, etc.
• Moving around safely
• Acupoint massage: to aid lactation and reduce leg swelling
• Communicate with unborn child: a) Touch, b) Talk, c) Music, d) Light
• Weight gain in pregnancy
• Nutrition during antenatal and postnatal
• Supplement: calcium, iron, folic acid
• TCM approaches (Truth or Myth)

TOPIC 2: LABOR

• Growth of foetus
• Breathing technique: Deep breathing, Shallow fast breathing, Transitional breathing
• Total relaxation: Jacobson technique
• Shapes of the pelvis
• Pelvic floor exercises: Rapid muscle exercise, Kegel exercise
• Various breech positions
• Signs and symptoms of labour
• Foetal monitoring: reactive heart rate, early and late deceleration heart rate
• Stages of labour
• Mechanisms of labour
• Positions during labour
• Pain relief options: Gas and air, pethidine, epidural, massage and distraction, water therapy

TOPIC 3: NEWBORN CARE

• Infant health conditions: Infant regurgitation, infantile colic, skin allergies or rashes
• Bathing and Spa
• Umbilical cord care: umbilical cord infection or hernia
• 5 unique approaches to soothe the baby (5S): Acknowledgement, Burping, Still-hold, Prone position, Swaddling
• Different types of cries: hunger, loneliness, wind, soreness, teething
• Handling and holding of baby
• Diaper care: Diaper changing, prevention of diaper rash
• First aid: Infant choking and infant CPR

TOPIC 4: FEEDING & BREASTFEEDING

• Different types of bottles and teats
• Steps of washing feeding utensils
• Methods of sterilization: steaming, boiling, dry heat (UV) sterilizer
• Steps of handwashing
• Making a formula feed
• Benefits of breastfeeding
• Anatomy and physiology of lactation
• Factors for successful breastfeeding
• Types of nipples: flat, long, inverted
• Skin to skin initiative
• Baby’s hunger cue
• Suck training
• Positions of breastfeeding
• Differentiation of expressed breast milk
• Factors affecting lactation
• Breastfeeding problems: sore nipples, plugged ducts, bleb, breast abscess, etc.
• Management of breast engorgement
• Newborn Jaundice
• Newborn’s intake and output monitoring
• Herbs for milk production
• Breast massage
• Different methods of feeding: Bottle feeding, cup feeding and syringe feeding
• Expressed milk storage guidelines

TOPIC 1: PREPARATION AND NUTRITION

• Types of placenta previa
• Prenatal exercise: sitting and standing, neck, chest, shoulder and arm, etc.
• Moving around safely
• Acupoint massage: to aid lactation and reduce leg swelling
• Communicate with unborn child: a) Touch, b) Talk, c) Music, d) Light
• Weight gain in pregnancy
• Nutrition during antenatal and postnatal
• Supplement: calcium, iron, folic acid
• TCM approaches (Truth or Myth)

TOPIC 2: LABOR

• Growth of foetus
• Breathing technique: Deep breathing, Shallow fast breathing
• Total relaxation: Jacobson technique
• Shapes of the pelvis
• Pelvic floor exercises: Rapid muscle exercise, Kegel exercise
• Signs and symptoms of labour
• Foetal monitoring: reactive heart rate, early and late deceleration heart rate
• Stages of labour
• Mechanisms of labour
• Positions during labour

TOPIC 3: NEWBORN CARE

• Infant health conditions: Infant regurgitation, infantile colic, skin allergies or rashes
• Bathing and Spa
• Umbilical cord care: umbilical cord infection or hernia
• 5 unique approaches to soothe the baby (5S): Acknowledgement, Burping, Still-hold, Prone position, Swaddling
• Different types of cries: hunger, loneliness, wind, soreness, teething
• Handling and holding of baby
• Diaper care: Diaper changing, prevention of diaper rash
• First aid: Infant choking and infant CPR

TOPIC 4: FEEDING & BREASTFEEDING

• Benefits of breastfeeding
• Anatomy and physiology of lactation
• Factors for successful breastfeeding
• Types of nipples: flat, long, inverted
• Skin to skin initiative
• Baby’s hunger cue
• Suck training
• Positions of breastfeeding
• Differentiation of expressed breast milk
• Factors affecting lactation
• Breastfeeding problems: sore nipples, plugged ducts, bleb, breast abscess, etc.
• Management of breast engorgement
• Newborn’s intake and output monitoring
• Herbs for milk production
• Breast massage
• Different methods of feeding: Bottle feeding, cup feeding and syringe feeding