Dec

2

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education Dec. 2-3, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

Nov

4

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education Nov. 4-5, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

Sep

2

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education Sept. 2-3, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

Aug

5

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education Aug. 5-6, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

Jul

22

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education July 22-23, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

Jul

1

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education July 1-2, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

Jun

3

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education June 3-4, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321

May

6

Tuesday

6:00 PM - 9:00 PM PDT

Childbirth Education May 6-7, 2025

Class
$160.00 18 spots open
Register

Organizer

St. Charles Family Birthing Center

Description

Childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding

The childbirth education package includes childbirth preparation, a newborn's world and breastfeeding. Delivery options and pain management techniques are thoroughly covered so that you are equipped to make decisions throughout labor.

Typically expectant parents attend the class eight to ten weeks prior to the due date.

Check with your OB/midwife for their recommendation. Classes are highly partner-focused and registration fees are per couple. We consider partners to be essential, as they provide support the day of delivery and at home as a new family.

PLEASE NOTE: This is a two-day class from 6-9 p.m.

What you will need:

  • Please arrive early - check-in time is 5:45 p.m. and class begins promptly at 6 p.m.
  • Bring snacks and beverages for yourself and partner and wear loose comfortable clothing

Fee: $160 per couple, and includes course books for each class.

Cancellation Policy: Refund minus Eventbrite fee if cancellation is made up to seven days prior to class. No refund to cancellations within six days of the class starting. You will not be considered registered until payment is made.

Venue

St. Charles Bend
2500 Northeast Neff Road
Bend, OR 97701
(541) 382-4321
Ashton Dodson-Lupton, CNM

Ashton Dodson-Lupton, CNM

Certified Nurse Midwife, Obstetrics/Gynecology
Accepting new patients
SCHS

For Appointments Call (541) 526-6635

Office Locations

Education

  • Graduate Education - Seattle University College of Nursing (2021)

Conditions Treated

Certified Nurse Midwife
Obstetrics/Gynecology
Postpartum Depression

Board Certification

American Midwifery Certification Board

Company Name

St. Charles Health System

PressGaney ID

1689240954
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Body

Most people who contract respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) experience mild, cold-like symptoms, but for infants and the elderly the common respiratory virus can be much more serious.

“It can be a really severe illness, especially for babies under 3 months. It’s a tough virus and the littler you are, the littler your airways are. It doesn’t take a whole lot of mucous and infection for that to cause significant issues,” said Dr. Suzanne Mendez, pediatrician with St. Charles Health System, who treats infants hospitalized with RSV every year.

Last winter, Dr. Mendez and her colleagues on the Pediatric unit at St. Charles Bend noticed something unusual: they weren’t treating very many infants with RSV. St. Charles pediatrician Dr. Rebecca Jennings evaluated the data and verified that this was more than just a feeling: very few infants were hospitalized for RSV from November 2023 to March 2024. In fact, it was the lowest RSV season since tracking started in 2018, outside of the winter of 2020 at the height of the pandemic.

While the number of RSV cases fluctuates every year, Dr. Mendez and her colleagues believe there was another factor that likely helped contributed to the decline in cases: newly available vaccines and antibodies for RSV that protected infants. In 2023, two new methods to shield infants from RSV became available: pregnant patients could get an RSV vaccine, which would give immunity to their babies when born; and monoclonal antibodies were available to give to newborns directly to protect them from contracting RSV. Both are reported to have high efficacy for preventing RSV in infants.

“I believe these vaccines are working and helping to protect our vulnerable population of infants,” said Dr. Mendez. “And anecdotally for this past year, none of the babies with RSV on the Pediatric Unit were born to mothers who received the vaccine, so it appears to be very effective at preventing hospitalization.” 

Dr. Sarah Hellmann, an OBGYN with St. Charles Center for Women’s Health, explains that about half of the pregnant patients she saw last year opted to receive the RSV vaccine and she’s hopeful that will increase this year as the vaccine and process become more widely known.

The CDC recommends a single dose of RSV vaccine for pregnant people from week 32 through week 36 of pregnancy for the prevention of RSV disease.

“You can certainly help protect babies with this vaccine,” said Dr. Hellmann, who shared that the RSV vaccine decreased the risk of severe cases of RSV in infants by 81% for the first 90 days of life.

RSV is one of several vaccinations recommended for pregnant patients to help boost immunity in newborns, including TDAP, COVID and flu.

“These vaccines are safe and decrease risks for babies,” said Dr. Hellmann.        

RSV vaccines are available now for pregnant patients at St. Charles Center for Women’s Health. Contact 541-526-6635 for details.

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