Education for the childbearing year: comprehensive application of psychoprophylaxis.
The childbirth educator's role is one of intervention in a "normal life crisis". Through comprehensive psychoprophylactic education and counseling throughout the childbearing year, rather than just in third trimester class, the childbirth educator can help parents accommodate this transitional phase of their lives.
D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007743:Labor, Obstetric; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education* / Q000523:psychology; D011247:Pregnancy; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000517:prevention & control