St. Luke's Hospital offers a choice of classes to help you prepare for your baby’s birth. We also offer tours of our Women & Children’s Center in English and Spanish. We encourage you to take advantage of the following educational opportunities. For further details and class schedules, contact us at (415) 626-2229 or via email.

Childbirth Preparation Class—St. Luke's offers you a choice of a three-series Tuesday evening course or a one-day Saturday course to help expectant parents prepare for childbirth. Class topics include:

• Physical changes during pregnancy and labor
• Relaxation techniques
• Breathing techniques based on the Lamaze method
• Cesarean birth
• Anesthesia during childbirth
• General decisions
  

OB 101 Class—For newly pregnant women, this two-hour interactive class provides an overview of pregnancy issues and prenatal care. An obstetrician will meet with the class to review developments during each stage of pregnancy and address important issues. For more information, call Katie at (415) 285-7788.

Breastfeeding Education Class—This class introduces the expectant mother to breastfeeding basics. You will learn about the benefits of breastfeeding, how the breasts make milk, and how to handle and position your newborn baby while breastfeeding. Our goal is to help you and your baby have the best breastfeeding experience possible. St. Luke's also offers one-on-one meetings with a lactation specialist if parents have questions or concerns after leaving the hospital. To schedule a lactation consultation, call our Breastfeeding Center at (415) 641-6869.

Maternity Tours—We provide monthly tours of our Women & Children’s Center in both English and Spanish. In this tour, you will see our labor-delivery recovery and postpartum rooms, learn more about our doula program and free prenatal yoga classes, and what to expect upon your arrival at the hospital.

Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga—Our free prenatal and postpartum yoga class includes meditation, visualization, breath practice and yoga poses to safely stretch and strengthen the body in preparation for labor, birth and recovery.

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Classes are located in the Solarium of St. Luke's Hospital (the very top floor of the hospital; use the elevator in the main lobby and go to the floor marked "S.") No registration is necessary for our yoga classes.

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