To register for this class, please email BCCC@wakehealth.edu. We will contact you to schedule a class.
Taught by experienced nurses, this class is for families that have had a baby before but would like a refresher about the process of labor and birth. Please plan to take this class in your 3rd trimester of pregnancy, at least 3 weeks before your due date.
This class includes:
- Labor and birth of the baby
- Overview of the many variations of normal birth
- Coping skills and pain control options during labor
- Postpartum information
This class is offered both virtually with a live instructor and face-to-face.
Check out our class schedules below for all locations and for any questions please contact 336-713-MOMS or email BCCC@wakehealth.edu.
Parking and Directions
We recommend parking in Visitor Parking Deck B or C. Directions to the Birth Center Classroom from each of these parking decks are outlined below:- Once you park, take the elevators to Purple level and follow the signs to Ardmore Tower. This will take you to the Main (M) level of Ardmore Tower.
- You will enter in front of the Birth Center security desk, and will proceed through the double doors to the right of the security desk. The wall directly in front of you will have a large “Brenner’s Children’s Hospital” sign on the wall.
- Walk towards that wall and veer left past the gold staircase. The Ardmore Tower Visitor elevators will be in front of you.
- Take a right down the hallway towards the Cancer Center.
- There is a large mural on the wall to your right as you walk down the hallway. When you reach the corner of that mural, you will go left through the double doors and the Mother’s Nursing Nook will be on your right. The Birth Center Classroom is the door just next to the Nursing Nook.
- Once you park, take the elevators to the Orange level and follow signs to the “Link to Hospital”. It will take you down a long hallway that eventually leads to the Birth Center security desk. This is the Main (M) level of Ardmore Tower.
- You will go through the double doors just past the Birth Center security desk into Ardmore tower. The wall directly in front of you will have a large “Brenner’s Children’s Hospital” sign on the wall.
- Walk towards that wall and veer left past the gold staircase. The Ardmore Tower Visitor elevators will be in front of you.
- Take a right down the hallway towards the Cancer Center.
- There is a large mural on the wall to your right as you walk down the hallway. When you reach the corner of that mural, you will go left through the double doors and the Mother’s Nursing Nook will be on your right. The Birth Center Classroom is the door just next to the Nursing Nook.