Childbirth education helps you learn about choices in labor and birth.
Giving birth is a life-changing event that requires mental, physical and emotional energy.
You probably will experience pregnancy and birth only a few times in your life. You will be surrounded with opinions and stories from many sources, including the internet. Taking my high-quality childbirth education workshop is an important step in deciding what you might want during your child’s birth, and preparing you for what you might encounter.
I bring my training as a birth doula and home-birth midwife to my workshops. My years working with adult learners has informed the way I like to work collaboratively.
Together we will explore the range of options that you have and the variety of situations you might encounter. I will show you ways to sort through information and misinformation by giving you sources for evidence-based information so you can make your own decisions.
This is your birth! The more you learn about birth, the better prepared you will be.
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Classes:
I offer a 6- hour weekend “express” class for busy parents at Cultivate and Nest in Hadley, western Massachusetts and a 12-hour class at the same location and in my home in Northampton, Mass. on 2 Sundays in a row. To arrange a private class, call me at 413 695-3553.
My classes are energetic and fun. No matter the length of time, you will:
- Learn information in visual, interactive ways to stimulate your learning
- Engage in hands-on exercises that you will remember in labor
- Learn a technique to help make important decisions
- Explore ideas about parenting and compare notes with others
Every class covers 5 Modules
- Preparing you, your body & your mind for pregnancy and labor
- Caring for yourself and your baby in pregnancy
- Learning pain-coping techniques for a typical labor
- Understanding decisions, interventions and complications for some births
- Learning how to care for yourself and your baby after birth
Module Outline for Childbirth Education
Next Express Childbirth Education Class:
At my home; contact me for more information
Total of 6 hours of class; $125 per family unit
Individual families and groups
Contact me at 413 695-3553