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BEAUFORT, S.C. - The Marine Corps Community Services New Parent Support Program has been educating and preparing expecting parents for nearly 20 years through programs that focus on pregnancy and parenthood.
Baby Boot Camp, one of the programs available through MCCS, is broken down into six consecutive classes and serves to develop parenting skills and prepare new parents for the care of newborns.
“It is important to be educated and know what to expect throughout pregnancy,” said Debra Polk, registered nurse and Lamaze certified childbirth educator. “The more you know the more confident you will be.”
Baby Boot Camp encourages parents to realize the challenges ahead and to prepare for them.
“A common challenge that parents must overcome is realizing that both parents are equally important in raising the child,” said Polk. “Fathers often feel like they don’t help enough or they may feel uncomfortable. It is important that both the mother and father both become more knowledgeable.”
Throughout Baby Boot Camp parents learn about Lamaze and relaxation, which can be used to reduce stress and tension and to help cope with labor pain. Parents also learn about signs and symptoms of early labor, breastfeeding, nutrition, holding, changing, bathing and soothing a crying baby.
In addition to the Baby Boot Camp program, MCCS offers a variety of supportive and educational programs from the Breastfeeding Support Group for Moms to the Men’s Parenting Class, expecting parents can find the help they need.
For more information on MCCS programs visit their website at www.mccssc.com.
| Date Taken: | 08.09.2012 |
| Date Posted: | 08.09.2012 14:26 |
| Story ID: | 92927 |
| Location: | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, SC, US |
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