The Prenatal Education Program at Mount Sinai Hospital offers a number of prenatal classes to meet your needs. All of our classes are taught by experienced maternity nurses.

Please book your classes early in your second trimester as they fill up quickly. Plan to take your classes between 30 and 37 weeks. You can book over the phone and charge the classes to your credit card, or you can pay in person with cash or a debit card. Confirmation and details about your class will be e-mailed to you once you have registered.
 

Registration

1. Check the class dates and availability in the class schedule links below.
2. Email us at prenataled@mtsinai.on.ca and let us know which classes you are interested in and a registration form will be emailed to you. 
3. Alternatively you can call us at 416-586-4800 ext. 2307 and your call will be returned within 3-5 business days. 

 
Cancellation Policy: Due to the high number of registrations, we will not be able to accommodate rescheduling of class date once course registration and payment is complete.

Cancellations received more than 10 business days prior to the start of the class will receive a course refund, minus a non-refundable $30.00 administration fee. No refund will be issued if a cancellation is received 10 business days or less prior to the start of class.

List of Classes

• Prenatal Series (weekday or weekend)
• Preparing for Multiples Class Series
• Multiples Lunch 'N Learn
• Labour and Birth Refresher Course
• Child Emergency Workshop
• Early Pregnancy Information Session
• Breastfeeding Lunch 'N Learn
• Prenatal Hospital Tour

Prenatal Series

Our popular Prenatal Series is recommended for expectant families to attend early in their 3rd trimester. This series is offered in two different formats: four weekly evening sessions or two full-day weekend workshops. A tour of the hospital is included with both.

Four-week evening class series

Classes are held once a week over four weeks. The educator will lead discussions on the following topics:

• the process of labour and birth
• strategies for coping with labour pain
• medical interventions that may be needed during birth
• mother and baby care
• breastfeeding
• needs of the changing family
  

Weekend series — at Mount Sinai

For people with busy schedules, we have consolidated the prenatal series over two full days. Classes are offered on a Saturday or Sunday over two consecutive weekends or on a single weekend. The class content is the same as the Weekly Evening Series; the first day focuses on labour and birth information, and the second deals with mother and baby care, life with baby, and breastfeeding.

This program is designed to meet the special needs of parents expecting a multiple birth. The format is similar to the regular prenatal series but is one week longer and focuses on issues specific to parents of multiples.

Topics include:

• preparing for birth
• comfort measures and pain management
• vaginal and c-section birth
• breastfeeding multiples
• getting organized at home

A tour of the hospital is included.

For more information about services for parents expecting multiples go to www.tpomba.org.

Multiples Lunch 'N Learn

A nurse discusses a variety of topics related to parenting multiples. The classes are an informal exchange of information and are not intended to replace the "Preparing for Multiples" series offered by the Prenatal Education Program.

For more information about services for parents expecting multiples go to www.tpomba.org.

Labour and Birth Refresher Course

This class is intended for women and their partners who have participated in full prenatal classes with a previous pregnancy and are looking for an update. Topics include a review of the labour and birth process, comfort measures, pain management, medical interventions and preparing the sibling(s). Partners are encouraged to attend.

Child Emergency Workshop

The Child Emergency Workshop is run in partnership with Link to Life™ Seminars Inc. This class offers a basic infant and child fist-aid course and is held three times a month on Wednesdays from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The cost is $30 per person plus GST. Please call Link to Life™ at 416-398-5033 for more information or to register.
 

 

Early Pregnancy Information Session

Our new Early Pregnancy Information Session is for women in early pregnancy who are giving birth at Mount Sinai Hospital. The sessions are designed to allow interaction and group discussions on topics such as:

• Common symptoms and physical changes in early pregnancy and suggested coping strategies;
• Hospital and community services available to women and their families during pregnancy;
• Diet and nutrition during pregnancy;
• Use of medication, over-the-counter drugs, environmental exposures;
• Routine prenatal care and options for prenatal screening. 
    

Breastfeeding Lunch 'N Learn

A lactation consultant provides the chance to expand on breastfeeding-related topics covered in the Prenatal Series, and the chance for experienced mothers to update their skills.

Prenatal Hospital Tour

The Maternal Infant Program at Mount Sinai Hospital offers the Prenatal Information and Hospital Tour for expectant parents. Please plan to take your tour 4 to 6 weeks before your due date, and book early as tours fill up quickly. 

The hospital tour will introduce you to the services offered at Mount Sinai and help prepare you for your hospital stay. You will visit the Labour and Delivery Unit, Mother-Baby Unit and the Breastfeeding Centre. Please come with your list of questions.

For information on what to do and where to go when you arrive at the hospital for delivery, download our tour and information guide (34 KB pdf ).

For more information, please call 416-586-4800 ext. 2307.

For more information about any of these classes please e-mail us at prenataled@mtsinai.on.ca.