
Weekly Antenatal Class
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

1-Day Antenatal Crash Course
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