Bump Ahead - Prenatal Childbirth Education Class
Build your confidence and learn about childbirth and the postpartum journey with our team at bb&b...
Option 1: 7 sessions carried out on Monday evenings from 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Option 2: Over a weekend from 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Preparing for the arrival of your new baby can bring about both excitement and anxiety. This comprehensive program will prepare you and your partner for the birth of your baby and the transition into early parenthood.
These classes are informative, inclusive and interactive and the program was created by a Registered Dietitian, Registered Nurse/ Lactation Consultant and Clinical Social Worker.
Some of the topics covered include:
- Prenatal Nutrition: essential nutrients, supplementation, navigating common ailments, eating safely and gestational diabetes
- Labour and Delivery: what to expect, interventions and options and how to prepare
- Perinatal mental health: baby blues, postpartum depression, coping strategies
- Postpartum: recovery and care, lactation, feeding your baby, newborn care
- Postpartum Nutrition: maternal diet, Breastmilk alternatives, infant growth monitoring
- Parental Mental health: The truths of parenthood, ways to cope, partner relationships ... and SO much more
Limited spots available.
Price: $385 per couple
*Contact us for single registrants (and if you are an independent parent)
Bump Ahead - Childbirth Education Class
Option 1: Weekend Course
Option 2: Weekly for 7 Sessions
We recommend that you start your class when you are between 24-32 weeks pregnant.
**Click on the Registration button if you would like to register, or if you would like to add your name to the list for future course dates & times**
Summer camps
speech & language pathologist led summer camps
Speech Explorers
Speech Explorers (Speech Sounds & Literacy Camp)
A fun, play-based summer camp designed to help young children strengthen their speech sounds, early literacy skills, social language and overall confidence in communication. The camp is perfect for children aged 3-8 years and the campers will explore new sounds, and language skills through interactive play, story time, movement, crafts, and structured speech practice.
Sessions:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - July 20 - July 23
All Ways to Say Camp is a supportive play-based camp designed for children aged 3-10 years who use Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC).
The unique camp celebrates the unique ways to communicate through speech, AAC, signs, gestures, pictures and more.
In a fun, inclusive environment, campers will build communication skills, confidence, friendships and independence while engaging in meaningful play and hands-on activities.
Sessions:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - July 27- July 30
Neurodiversity Summer Camp is a unique play-based camp designed for children aged 3-10 years who are neurodiverse and who will benefit from building social skills in a supportive and judgement-free environment.
Your child will improve their social and communication skills through play-based activities, interactive play, and support by a trained Speech-Language Pathologist.
Sessions:
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM - August 10 - August 13
Aphasia Support Group - Find your voice. Connect. Heal
Are you or a loved one recovering from a stroke or living with aphasia?
Join our supportive community where we share stories, rebuild communication skills, and grow together!
What to expect:
● Safe space to share experiences
● Functional speech and communication practice in the community
● Support from peers and professionals
● Resources to continue progress at home
Facilitators: The Aphasia Support Group is led by Breanna Wieler - Registered Speech Language Pathologist & Renee Zorz - Social Worker who has experience with facilitating Aphasia groups.
Who can register? Individuals belonging to any age-group, post-stroke victims, and people with Aphasia
Free to Attend
Unless otherwise stated the group meets at Bump, Birth & Beyond once per month at 7:00 pm.
Bump, Birth & Beyond (bb&b)
400 Main Street NE, Suite #110
Airdrie, AB T4B 2N1
low-risk maternity care
pregnancy, labour, birth & postpartum
Just like there is a shoe for every foot, there is a child birth education class for every person... ours just happens to be designed and delivered by our Registered Nurse/Lactation Consultant, our Registered Dietitian, and our Clinical Therapist!
We know you will enjoy the unique and informative lesson plan and likely make long-standing relationships with others at the same age-and-stage of their parenting journey, too!
Choose from 7-sessions offered weekly, or a weekend course. $385 per couple.
The team at Abeille Airdrie Midwives is delighted to host group prenatal care at 24-28 weeks of pregnancy.
These special 90-minute sessions include topics about preparing for labour, and birth, all while you build relationships with other pregnant people at the same age-and-stage as you!
Are you ready for a date-night with other people who are about to have a baby, too? This is one of the highlights of our midwifery client's prenatal experience.
Enjoy a night out at 525 Woodside Drive and taste delicious foods while you and your birth support person learn about what you can expect with a midwifery-led birth experience.
lunch & learn for your clinic & office
so much to offer your clients & patients
It can be challenging for you, your team, and your clinets/patients to know what health information is actually good for you, and not "just a fad."
Our Registered Dietitian is an expert at nutrition fundamentals and makes the complex topic of food science easy. Whether you are a part of a clinic, a school, a community organization, or a business, our Registered Dietitian has a program that will fit your needs and delivery evidence-based and accessible nutrition information to those who seek it.
individual & group exercise
exercise therapy
Packages include a fitness assessment, forms review, goal setting, program design, and follow-ups at home, or in the clinic
One-on-one session at home, or in the clinic. Includes a warm-up routine, exercise program, and cool down/flexibility exercises.
exercise therapy and programming for those who like to mix their social time with their sweat.