The prenatal care department of GC-IVF offers a program of psychological preparation for childbirth. It includes regular classes 2.5 hours long each. Every class consists of a lecture and physical exercises (yoga for pregnant women and relaxation).

The complete course of lectures includes the following topics:

• precursors to labor;
• labor scenarios (art-therapy);
• breathing in labor;
• labor: three stages of contractions;
• labors of childbirth (practice, imitation of labors);
• massage during the labor (a class for the pregnant woman and her partner).

How to assist the woman in labor and make the process easier:

• practical skills;
• newborn care;
• breast feeding;
• the first month of the new baby’s life (a letter to your baby);
• the first year of the new baby’s life.