Promoting Healthy Pregnancies Through Perinatal Groups: A Comparison of CenteringPregnancy(R) Group Prenatal Care and Childbirth Education Classes.

CenteringPregnancy(R) group prenatal care is growing in popularity and has commonalities with childbirth education classes. In order for leaders of childbirth education classes to best serve their clients' needs, it is important to be aware of new, emerging models of prenatal care such as CenteringPregnancy. This article provides an overview of CenteringPregnancy and similarities and differences between CenteringPregnancy and childbirth education classes.