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Allina Health welcomes families to be part of the experience at its birth centers.

Pregnancy and parenting classes and support groups

It helps to know you're not alone. We encourage you and your family to gain support not only from our experts, but also from others going through similar experiences.

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Cambridge Medical Center

Expecting a child? Try this fast track

As a nurse, Kimberly Hinrichs does her best to help expectant parents prepare for the big event. But she couldn't help noticing that there were a lot of empty seats at the childbirth classes she oversees at Cambridge Medical Center north of the Twin Cities. So this year, she decided to try something new: a "Fast Track" class for harried parents-to-be. Learn more at allinanews.com.

Fast track classes at Cambridge Medical Center:

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Bringing up grandbaby: Child-rearing classses for grandparents

Today’s grandparents are getting schooled on the changes in child-rearing since they raised their own families. Get perspectives on the Expectant Grandparents class at United Hospital on allinanews.com.

Online and mobile tools

Woman places her hand on her pregnant belly as looks down at her iPad and uses the labor log in the Beginnings app.

You can use your iPad®, iPhone® or iPod touch® to follow baby's kicks and time contractions with the Beginnings: Pregnancy, Birth & Beyond mobile application. Download the free app from itunes.apple.com.

Beginnings: Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Learn what to expect during pregnancy, how to prepare for labor, what to expect during recovery and how to care for a newborn in the format that suits you.

Pregnancy & Parenting eMagazine

Receive the pregnancy, birth and early parenthood information that's right for you in a monthly email.

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Text4Baby

Use your cellphone to receive text messages to help you before and after baby arrives. Text BABY (or BEBE for Spanish) to 511411, or go to text4baby.org to sign up for this free service of the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition.


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