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Patients are looking for high-quality childbirth education from the comfort of home. Educators want to provide the benefits of an instructor-led class. So why not offer both in one?

When it comes to processing and retaining information, people have different styles, strengths, and preferences. Not to mention busy schedules, obligations, and priorities. Let’s start with a quick look at the three basic learning styles, then explore some of the best ways to help prepare patients for childbirth in today’s busy/crazy/connected world.

At some point, hospitals and birth centers will begin scheduling live classes again. Telemedicine visits will go back to being prenatal office visits. Although we don’t yet know what the post-pandemic “new normal” will actually look like, we do know that online childbirth classes will continue to be a valuable resource for educators, lactation consultants, and other health professionals.

For decades, it's been "normal" for soon-to-be parents to attend childbirth education classes at hospitals or birthing centers. But for expecting parents in 2020, nothing has gone according to plan. By mid-March, due to concerns about COVID-19, hospitals across the country were canceling in-person childbirth, breastfeeding, newborn care, and grandparenting classes. These developments left already anxious expecting families feeling even more so.