Education
Mindful Birthing Class Series
Evidence-Based Childbirth Education for families planning or considering a natural birth.
Weekly themes include: Choices, Creation, Connection, Trust, Acceptance, and Metamorphosis.
Held three consecutive Wednesday evenings from 6-8:30
*Begins on the 2nd Wednesday of the following months: Feb., April, June, Aug., Oct., Dec.
Class 1
Choices & Creation
Introductions: Names and other information Discussion: Long term impact of the birth experience on a woman and family
Birth Options: Understanding how birth works and making choices that support the process
Anatomy & Physiology of Late Pregnancy
All about labor and birth-how to know when you’re in labor, stages of labor, natural labor coping techniques
Class 2
Connection & Trust
Discuss both partners emotions & fears around labor and birth
Emotional needs of birthing women
Emotional response to pain
Importance of partner connection and support though the entire birth process
Connection with unborn baby on birth process
Importance of conscious communication with partner and birth team
Review stages of labor
Discuss common labor variations, stalling at various stages and non-medicated solutions
Back Labor
Class 3
Acceptance & Metamorphosis
The hospital: what to expect; electronic fetal monitoring; intravenous fluids; immediate procedures after birth for mom and baby.
Intervention Umbrella: induction & augmentation medications; pain relief with epidurals and narcotics;
Instrumental delivery
Cesarean birth
Becoming a Mother/Father
Postpartum recovery of mom and baby
Breastfeeding (positions, latch, diaper counts, pumping breast milk)
Newborn care, sleep patterns
Review all coping techniques
Reunion (Scheduled after all babies are born)
Potluck Meal
Birth stories
Group picture of all babies and families
Class Fee: $250/couple (+$50 discount to midwifery and doula clients)
Bring your pregnancy journal or a blank notebook to all our classes to start a log of your transformational journey through pregnancy into motherhood.
*Check the calendar page for upcoming class dates and times!*