Welcome to Bon Secours' exciting educational program. Come learn about your body, your baby, and your family as we Love and Learn together.

Love and Learn is a program that we have designed especially for you—expectant, new, and experienced parents. Our series of classes help you learn what it means to be a parent of a new baby and teaches the skills every new parent needs. In addition, we offer further educational opportunities and support to help strengthen families of all designs in the community.

The Love and Learn program hosts a team of experienced instructors, including nurses and educators, as well as experts citywide to provide you with an expanded array of classes from newborn care to providing for your child's financial future.

Convenient Classes

Our classes are convenient to everyone, no matter where you live. We offer our classes at seven locations, including our four hospitals: St. Mary's Hospital, Memorial Regional Medical Center, St. Francis Medical Center, and Richmond Community Hospital; the Bon Secours Center for Family Health in Innsbrook; and education sites in Tappahannock and Kilmarnock.

Birth and Parenting Essentials

Our "Birth and Parenting Essentials" classes provides you with important instruction that every parent needs. Not just for new parents, we also offer classes for siblings, grandparents, and others in the community. In keeping with our commitment to the community, many of these classes are offered free of charge, such as:

• Healthy Conception, Healthy Pregnancy
• Congratulations! You're Pregnant!
• Breastfeeding Basics
• Siblings are Special
• And many more . . .

We also offer a host of other classes for FREE and Labor and Delivery classes for a modest fee.

All classes require registration, and we encourage you to register as soon as possible. To register, you can visit www.bonsecoursforwomen.com. If you have any questions about the Love and Learn program, call (804) 340-BABY.

Tours

We also invite you to tour our birthing centers. We want you to feel at home and that our hospitals are the perfect place to welcome your new family member. The tours familiarize you with our birthing centers and prepare you for your special day by providing information on what to bring to the hospital, check-in procedures, hospital registration, and visiting hours. We offer tours at St. Mary's Hospital, Memorial Regional Medical Center, and St. Francis Medical Center on select Tuesday and Sunday evenings each month. For specific dates and to register, go to www.bonsecoursforwomen.com or click here.

Baby Club

When you register to have your baby at St. Mary's Hospital, Memorial Regional Medical Center, or St. Francis Medical Center, you become a member of our Baby Club.

Whether this is your first baby or an addition to your growing family, the Baby Club offers you discounts or services such as:

• $100 discount on your hospital bill
• Advance hospital registration and rapid admission
• $10 discount on a Lactation Consultation at our lactation center, A Woman's Place
• Class discounts with Parenting Partners
• Discount coupon book featuring area merchants
• Loaner baby beeper prior to delivery (local service only)
• Free baby gift after delivery
• Emails about pregnancy and baby milestones
• A secure, free CarePage website during your pregnancy and after delivery

Children and Parenting Classes

Bon Secours has teamed up with Parenting Partners, who are experts in their fields, to provide classes on specific topics. Our Parenting Partners program offers more than 50 classes. These classes include:

• Happiest Baby on the Block
• Musikgarten
• Welcome Baby Home
• Stroller Strides
• Nursery Design
• Lamaze
• And many more . . .

In partnership with Commonwealth Parenting, we offer classes to parents with children of all ages. These classes explore and teach you to overcome the many challenges of parenting. You will gain knowledge and skills that increase your capabilities and confidence as a parent. From infants to adolescents, we have a class to help you raise a happier, healthier family. Classes are available to parents at a modest fee.

For children ages 4 to 7, we offer an educational field trip program called the Teddy Bear Clinic. This program is open to elementary schools and daycare centers throughout the community. At the Teddy Bear Clinic, your child will participate in activities to learn what to expect if they have to go to the hospital for a cut or a broken bone. Your child will also learn basic safety skills and what to do in an emergency. This program is offered at St. Mary’s Hospital and St. Francis Medical Center. For more information or to register, click here.

RAMOM and SAMOM

Richmond Area Mothers of Multiples (RAMOM) and Southside Area Mothers of Multiples (SAMOM) provide support and host activities for mothers of twins, triplets, and more. Both organizations provide support groups and assistance to families in preparing for, caring for, and raising a family with multiples. For more information on RAMOM, visit www.ramom.org; for SAMOM, visit www.samom.com.

Our educators and Parenting Partners are committed to your ultimate confidence and success. At Bon Secours, education is a priority.

For more info . . .

For more information about any of our Love and Learn programs and classes, visit www.bonsecoursforwomen.com, email us at loveandlearn@bshsi.org, or call (804) 545-1929.