Birth Center Tour - Swedish Medical Center - Seattle Birthing Classes

Birth Center Tour

Swedish Medical Center invites you to take a closer look at our Childbirth Centers at the Swedish/First Hill and Swedish/Ballard campuses, and our comprehensive range of support services. We offer both introductory tours for those who are still choosing their hospital and pre-birth tours for those nearing their due date. See below for a complete description of each tour.

Introductory Tour is designed for people who are contemplating preganancy or are early in pregnancy and still considering which hospital or doctor to choose. Let us show you why Swedish welcomes more babies into the world than any other hospital in the state, while also treating each birth as a uniquely personal event. You will enjoy a walking tour of our childbirth center, have plenty of time for questions, and receive information on choosing a Swedish doctor or midwife.

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Childbirth Preparation - Swedish Medical Center - Seattle

Welcome Baby Package

Swedish Medical Center offers a wide variety of classes and seminars to help you through your pregnancy and the first few months after your baby's birth.  Their Welcome Baby Package allows you and one support person to take a group of pre-natal classes at a special rate.  Please note that payment for this package is non-refundable after the first class is completed.  Specifically the package price includes:

• Best Beginnings Early Pregnancy Class
• Childbirth Preparation classes: choice of one: Series, Seminar, Refresher, Planned Cesarean Birth Class, Preparing for Multiples
• Baby Your Body and Prenatal Exercise
• Coping with Confidence
• Postpartum Preparation
• Newborn and Parenting classes including: Newborn Care, Breastfeeding, Newborn Preparation, Conscious Fathering
• Infant Safety Classes: Infant Safety and CPR, Car-Seat Installation and Safety
• Grandparents Class
• Sibling Preparation

Rescheduling of classes will be granted only when Swedish Birth & Family Education is notified 2 business days prior to the beginning of any class, series or course. Missed classes or no-shows require additional payment to reschedule. Registering for more than one class of the same name will result in your being dropped from both classes.  Please do not register for the same class more than one time using the Welcome Baby Package coupon code.

Fee: $250/couple Once you have registered for the Welcome Baby Package you will receive an email containing a coupon code that will allow you to register for eligible classes without additional payment.  Please check your email for this coupon code and enter it in the "Apply Coupon".  You will then press submit to confirm your registration.

Childbirth Services Class - Swedish Medical Center - Seattle

Have a Happy Birthday Introductory Tour of Childbirth Services at Swedish

Are you thinking of becoming pregnant or did you just hear the good news? Are you looking for the right doctor or midwife? Contemplating your choices? Let Swedish show you why more babies are born here than any palce else in the state. At our Have a Happy Birthday Introductory Tour you will learn about your birthing options at our First Hill and Ballard Childbirth Centers so that you can choose the experience that works best for your personal style. No matter which option you choose, you'll enjoy jacuzzi tubs, stereo systems with iPod jacks, and a la carte food servce.

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Early Pregnancy Class - Seattle Parenting Class at Swedish Medical Center

Best Beginnings - Early Pregnancy Class
Welcome to one of the most unpredictable, awe-inspiring and joyful experiences tempered with a little apprehension and anxiety that you will have!  Best-Beginnings is a comprehensive overview of the first 6 months of pregnancy.  This class will cover the physical and emotional changes of pregnancy, give you insight into fetal growth and development, help you to understand what to expect from your prenatal caregivers, what pre-natal tests are routine or recommended and give you lots of important information on how to plan for a healthy pregnancy through nutrition, exercise and self-care. This class will conclude with an introductory tour of the Swedish First Hill Birth Center and services offered at all campuses. Class is taught by certified childbirth educators from the Swedish Birth and Family Education Program. You will receive a free copy of Pregnancy, Childbirth and the Newborn by Simkin, Whalley and Keppler as part of this class. 3 hour class.

Fee:  $25 per couple (Included in Welcome Baby Package)

How to Properly Install a Car Seat - Seattle Parenting Class - Swedish Medical Center

Car Seat Safety and Installation 

Car safety seats can be confusing! Come to our car seat safety and installation class to learn how to keep your baby safe during travel.  Our Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician will teach you how to choose the right car seat for your baby, how to install it properly with either the seat belt or the newer LATCH system, and what is required by Washington's child restraint laws.  It's a very practical, hands-on class. You will have the opportunity to ask lots of questions, harness a baby doll into a car seat, and install a car seat onto our demonstration seat.  If you already have your car seat, you are welcome to bring it to class to practice on - but this is not required.  You can practice with our seats and you may prefer to wait until after class to choose a seat. Your instructor will have lots of suggestions about which features are important both for your child's safety and for your convenience.  Don't wait - learn how to keep your child safe from the first ride home!
2.5 hour class.

Included in Welcome Baby Package 
Fee:  $35/couple