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The Safe, Smart Place on Facebook
Get tips on how to be a safe, smart parent from the experts
at AAMC. Visit
facebook.com/SafeSmartU
and like our “Safe,
Smart U” page. For more information about the safe, smart
place to have your baby, visit
SafeSmartPlace.com
.
Spa Mama
This two-hour class focuses on
breathing and relaxation for
labor and birth. Learn positions
for greater ease during the last
weeks of pregnancy.
Fee.
Prenatal Yoga
Yoga postures and breathing
exercises will be practiced to
enhance a woman’s comfort
during pregnancy and birth.
Fee.
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding Basics
Prepare for a successful and
rewarding breastfeeding
experience. Learn how to hold
your baby, how often and how
long to feed, avoiding common
problems, and more.
Fee.
Breastfeeding and the
Working Mother
Learn secrets to maintaining a
good milk supply, choosing the
right pump and more.
Fee.
Birth and Baby
Support Groups
›
Breastfeeding Support
Group
›
Mommy & Me Playgroup
›
Back to Work and
Breastfeeding
›
NEW! Post-Partum
Depression Support
Group
Family Education
Car Seat 101
Expectant families learn how to
select a car seat, properly install
it and secure the child. You are
encouraged to bring your car
seat to class.
Fee.
Birth
and Baby
Birth Classes
Early Pregnancy
Two-hour class for mothers-to-
be during the first trimester.
Learn about the early weeks
of pregnancy, how your body
changes, nutrition, and prenatal
fitness.
Free.
Birth Class
(four-week series)
Various times—each session is
two hours. Fee.
Online Birth
Education Program
This new e-learning may be right
for moms who have given birth
before and need a refresher,
or for moms-to-be who have
time constraints or scheduling
conflicts or who are on bed rest.
Call
443-481-6122
for more
information.
Fee.
Cesarean Birth Class
Two-hour class especially for
families who are planning
or scheduled to deliver by
cesarean section.
Fee.
Marvelous Multiples
Especially for families expecting
twins, triplets or more.
Fee.
One Wonderful Day
Saturdays, 9am–5pm
An eight-hour class focused on
childbirth.
Fee.
Refresher Birth Class
Experienced moms and birth
partners review labor and birth
basics with an emphasis on
what might be different this
time.
Fee.
Newborn Care
Expectant parents learn to
bathe, diaper, and comfort an
infant, how to prepare formula,
how to tell when the baby
is sick, and when to call the
doctor.
Fee.
Grandparents Update
Styles change, trends come and
go, and caring for a baby really
is different these days.
Fee.
Sibling Preparation
For children 3 to 7 years old to
help them prepare for the arrival
of a new baby.
Fee.
Super Sitter
For those ages 11 to 15 to learn
how to be a great babysitter.
Fee.
Tours
Prospective Parent Tour
For couples thinking about
starting a family. See our
birthing facilities and learn why
AAMC is the safe, smart place to
have your baby.
Free.
Clatanoff Tour
One-hour tour of the birthing
facility for pregnant women and
their birth partners. Plan to take
the tour early in pregnancy.
Free.
Pediatric Surgical Tours
First and third Sunday of each
month, 3–4:30pm, Hospital
Pavilion South, Lobby
Prepare your child (and yourself)
for his or her surgery by attending
this age-appropriate inside view
of what will happen on your
child’s day of surgery.
Free.
Smart Woman Series
This informal health education
program for women provides
access to doctors and other
health experts during monthly
seminars in a fun networking
environment.
Free.
To register, visit
AAMCSmartWoman.com
or call
us at
443-481-6122.
Monthly seminars are held on
Thursdays from 6:30 to 8pm.
It’s All About Balance
Dec. 4
Pam Blum, fitness expert with
Evolutions, talks about how to
maintain balance, physically and
mentally. Wear comfy clothing to
stretch and practice some moves
for better balance inside and out.
Gut Reaction: Taking Care
of Your Digestive Health
Jan. 8
Adrian Park, MD, chair of surgery
at AAMC, and Courtney Doyle,
MD, surgeon, will discuss
symptoms and treatment
options for common digestive
health disorders such as irritable
bowel syndrome, reflux and
Crohn’s disease.
Baby? Maybe
Jan. 10, 10am
Learn how to have
a safe, smart
pregnancy from the
experts at AAMC.
We’ll cover smart
nutrition prior to and
during pregnancy,
tips for exercise,
budgeting for baby.
Free.
