Thank you for choosing Memorial Hospital. We are here to provide you with current, up-to-date, birthing resources, that are added support from your Birthing Hospital and Provider.
We offer in-person classes, online classes, and a mixture of in-person and online classes.
PRENATAL
CLASSES
Class Options
All of our Prenatal Classes are FREE!
Available for residents in the following counties:
Illinois - Randolph, Monroe, Washington, Perry, & Jackson
Missouri - Perry & Ste. Genevieve
1
In-Person Class
(4 Hour Class)
Location:
Memorial Hospital
Conference Room
1900 State Street
Chester, IL 62233
Taught by Jill Arbeiter, RN with over 43 years of experience and Julie Hartman.
Get answers to all of your prenatal, delivery, and raising baby questions:
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Maternal Nutrition
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Pregnancy Complications
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Infant Feeding
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Child Safety
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Growth & Development
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Discipline & Bringing Up Baby
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Cesarean Sections & Epidural Information
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Lamaze Breathing & Relaxation Techniques
2
Online Class ONLY
(6-8 Hrs. at Own Pace)
Course Details:
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Family access for 9 months
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Complete at your convenience
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Receive Certificate upon completion.
Take a class at your own time
and pace!
This interactive online course covers essential information on labor and more and highlights ways partners can help. You’ll also get a sense of what labor is really like as you watch several birth stories. You’ll even have an opportunity to create your own birth plan!
Includes access in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese.
3
Online & In-Person Class
(2 Hour In-Person Class)
With this class option you get access to the Online Class materials and have the opportunity to learn 1:1 from our skilled prenatal educator during the in-person class.
These in-person classes are scheduled as needed, so please complete the form at the link below to register and schedule your in-person class.
Childbirth Online Class
Allow 6-8 hours to complete.
Can’t fit a childbirth class into your busy schedule or prefer to learn online at your own pace?
We’ll bring the class to you!
Consider the Understanding Birth eClass your go-to guide for answers you can trust on childbirth. This interactive online course covers essential information on labor and more and highlights ways partners can help. You’ll also get a sense of what labor is really like as you watch several birth stories. You’ll even have an opportunity to create your own birth plan!
You can access the eClass from any computer or mobile device with an Internet connection. Allow 6-8 hours to complete.
eClass chapters:
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Pregnancy
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Labor
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Birth Stories
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Comfort Techniques
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Medical Procedures
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Cesarean Birth
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Newborns
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Postpartum
What’s included?
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Videos, animations, and optional read-along audio
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Quizzes, interactive exercises, notes pages, and extended activities
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Essential tools, including a birth plan checklist and contraction timer
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Audio library with soothing sounds, lullabies, and relaxation exercises
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PDF library, glossary, and web links
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Access in multiple languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Chinese, Arabic, and Japanese) with accessibility features
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Class completion certificate
Memorial Hospital is NOT a Birthing Center
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As a community service, Memorial Hospital provides birthing classes in-person and online free to community members in Randolph County, Illinois and the surrounding counties (Monroe, Washington, Perry, Jackson, IL as well as Perry and Ste. Genevieve Counties in MO.)
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This service is provided as a supplement to the services that you receive with your chosen Birthing Provider and Center.