Expectant mothers gain knowledge and skills on many issues from pregnancy to the postpartum period in pregnant education classes. At the Healthy Life Center in Serdivan district of Sakarya, expectant mothers become more conscious and ready for the birth process thanks to the trainings they receive.
Pregnancy schools and classes offered by the Ministry of Health in hospitals and Healthy Life Centers are appreciated by expectant mothers. This program, which is carried out with the understanding that every woman should receive adequate education on pregnancy, childbirth, newborn care and reproductive health, aims to ensure that expectant mothers have a conscious birth process. In the pregnant classes, trainings are given on topics such as normal delivery, pain management, postnatal care and adaptation to the motherhood process.
Setenay Özay and Gülşah Özel, who participated in the trainings given at Sakarya Serdivan Healthy Life Center, are happy to be aware of taking better care of their babies with the information they received. Midwife Hatice Kavas, who serves in the Pregnancy Class, gave information about the birth process to expectant mothers and fathers under the guidance of family physicians and obstetricians and said, “We provide training to our expectant mothers on physiological and psychological changes that occur during pregnancy, care of the baby after birth, nutrition, puerperium and family planning.”
“We receive both theoretical and practical trainings on many issues”
Setenay Özay, who participated in the Serdivan SHM Pregnancy Class, stated that it was her first pregnancy and that she did not have information in this direction before and said, “I have been coming here for three weeks. We receive both theoretical and practical training on many issues such as puerperium, child care, issues I should pay attention to during my pregnancy, what I should do after pregnancy, and suggestions about the nutrition of both me and my baby. This information was very useful for me. I want a normal birth and I had a lot of fears. Now I am more relaxed and I want to give birth normally if my health permits.”
“This is a beautiful feeling and I would like every mother to experience this feeling”
Gülşah Özel, who is in her second pregnancy, stated that she had participated in the Pregnancy Class trainings before and said, “I hope I will have a normal delivery for the second time. I received prenatal and postnatal trainings in the pregnant education class, and I also benefited from the dietician serving at the SHM. I learned how active breastfeeding is better, how we should wash our baby afterwards, how I should take care of my baby, what I will experience during the birth process and what kind of a process awaits me, and my first birth was comfortable in this way. This is a beautiful feeling and I would like every mother to experience this feeling. They say that my next births will be even more comfortable, I hope so.”
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