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After teaching childbirth education classes for 30 years, Elizabeth Ash has learned two essential things: Labor can be a pain. And pain management is better than ever.<\/p>\n

Ash is the childbirth educator for UCHealth Memorial Hospital, where nearly 4,500 babies are born every year. Most of her students \u2013 98 percent, she guesses \u2013 are first-time parents.<\/p>\n

In the classes, \u201cthey learn the Lamaze skills of relaxation and breathing techniques. They learn the terminology used in the hospital. They learn what options are available to them and the pros and cons of each,\u201d she said.”When their time to deliver<\/p>\n

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Liz Ash has taught childbirth classes for 30 years. She helps mothers learn Lamaze skills of relaxation and breathing techniques and erase the fear of labor and delivery.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Besides learning basic skills such as breathing, positioning and relaxation to help labor progress rapidly, the students also learn how to be comfortable during early labor, especially at home.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s perfectly safe to be at home in early labor,\u201d Ash said, \u201cand also to know when to go to the hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n

In class, they also talk about what typically goes on during labor and delivery, what techniques might be used, how they\u2019re being used and how it benefits them and their health and their baby\u2019s health, she said.<\/p>\n

Many mothers-to-be \u2013 especially first-timers \u2013 are afraid.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of fear is based on lack of knowledge. I want to make sure that when they\u2019re in labor, there are no surprises,\u201d Ash said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of my major goals is that they understand the process \u2013 although when you do enter the process, you never know exactly how it\u2019s going to unfold.\u201d<\/p>\n

She believes the hospital labor-and-delivery staff excel at explaining to the patient what is happening, \u201cbut when you\u2019re in labor, and if you have no knowledge beforehand, and if you\u2019re frightened,\u201d you don\u2019t always hear or understand what you\u2019re being told, she added.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s better to get the information ahead of time. So if something does present itself, you are hearing it with understanding,\u201d Ash said.<\/p>\n

The process of childbirth is as old as time, but the most remarkable change in the process in recent years has been in pain management.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s still not an easy process, but a little preparation and good pain management makes it less frightening and more rewarding,\u201d Ash said.<\/p>\n

As far as Ash can tell, the class \u201creally helps the dads understand what is going on, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

The hospital staff has told her that they can always tell which patients have been in her classes.<\/p>\n

Lauren and James Frohman took Ash\u2019s class in April 2015 and it was so helpful, they took a private class from her again in April of this year to help them through back-to-back babies.<\/p>\n

\u201cI thought that she really gave us a lot of knowledge, and she gave me so much confidence. She was so calming and reassuring.”<\/p>\n

When she had her first child, now 9, Frohman took a Lamaze class elsewhere \u201cand it was horrible. It didn\u2019t prepare me at all. But this class really, really helped. \u201c<\/p>\n

Ash\u2019s guidance \u201cmade it much more manageable.\u201d<\/p>\n

Two successful deliveries with no complications later, she and husband James have two baby girls.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could have done it without the class,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I wouldn\u2019t want to.\u201d<\/p>\n

She encourages first-time moms and their partners to take the course, because \u201cit helps you make good choices.\u201d<\/p>\n

And that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about, Ash said.<\/p>\n

Ash started her career as a childbirth educator with an undergraduate degree in health science. She was teaching a prenatal exercise class at the hospital and the director at that time said he wanted to start teaching Lamaze classes at Memorial. He asked her if she would become certified to do that. She did, and she doesn\u2019t plan to quit any time soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cI enjoy it. It\u2019s a happy time in people\u2019s lives. It\u2019s adults, so they\u2019re motivated. I\u2019m now at the point where I\u2019m getting a second generation. A patient told me the other day that her mom took classes from me.\u201d<\/p>\n

Childbirth classes taught by Ash are offered at Memorial Hospital Central in the rehabilitation gym and at Memorial Hospital North in the Pine Creek room. One-day classes are held Sundays from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at MHC and from 3 to 9:30 p.m. at MHN. Patients can take three consecutive evening classes from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Memorial Central on Mondays or Tuesdays. Classes cost $70 per couple. Participants can register online at HealthLink<\/a> or call 444-CARE (2273), option 3, to register over the phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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