Birth Prep Classes
At Santiam Hospital we strive to enhance the lives of families through educational support and community programming.
In an effort to keep our expecting families safe, all in-person classes for the foreseeable future will be on hold, and we are hosting virtual classes via Zoom. Contact Allison Gladney at agladney@santiamhospital.org or 541-390-7107 to schedule your classes!
Early Pregnancy Education Class
2021 Class Dates & Info
This FREE class is for expectant parents or those considering pregnancy. Discussions include physical changes of pregnancy and common complaints, exercise and body mechanics, emotional changes of pregnancy, nutrition, informed decision making, fetal development, and unexpected outcomes.
Cost: Free
To Register:
Child Birth Preparation Class
2021 Class Dates & Info
A 6-week Monday night class to prepare you and your support person(s) for labor, birth and postpartum. Discussions include birth physiology, comfort measures, natural childbirth, water birth, pain relief options, interventions, baby care, bonding and breast feeding.
Cost: $40
To Register:
Sibling Preparation Class
2021 Class Dates & Info
A 1-hour class via Zoom designed to prepare parents and their older children when a new baby is expected in their lives. It will help alleviate anxieties regarding the new baby and mother’s impending hospitalization, help give your child a sense of security and importance, and discover parental strategies for coping with an additional child in the family. Come learn how to create an experience of personal growth for both siblings and parents.
Cost: $15 first child, $5 each additional child
To Register:
Newborn Care Class
2021 Class Dates & Info
This class designed to build confidence in parenting your newborn baby. We will focus on baby’s first month: How to keep baby safe and healthy; hospital procedures and newborn appearance; baby communication and crying; feeding, bathing, sleeping; and sanity for parents!
Cost: $35
To Register:
Birth Center Tours
In-Person Tours
Are Unavailable
Memorial Service
This service is open to anyone who has been affected by the loss of a baby.
1st Friday
In April & October
Time
11:00am
Location
Lone Oak Cemetery
Stayton
Stayton
Inquiries
503.769.9247
Awards & Associations
About
Santiam Hospital is a not-for-profit, 40 bed acute-care hospital located in Stayton, Oregon, which is a short 12-mile drive east of Salem, and serves more than 30,000 people annually from the communities of Stayton, Sublimity, Aumsville, Mill City, Jefferson, and the surrounding areas.