Childbirth Education Classes

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Specific to Community Birth

  • Classes are designed to prepare couples specifically for out-of-hospital birth and planned natural birth. I offer classes several times per year, to my clients, or to clients who are planning community births with other midwives.

  • Normal pregnancy and birth physiology is centered in all class material.

  • Uniquely inspired by Cultural and Medical Anthropology, the content of the classes explores birth, postpartum and newborn care as a deeply intimate experience profoundly connected to culture, nature, and personal history.

  • Topics covered include:

    • Why setting matters to birth

    • Coping mechanisms for labor, such as rest, positions, herbs, support and hydrotherapy

    • How partners can show up and support during labor

    • Physiologic stages and common events of labor

    • Baby’s journey through the pelvis

    • What happens if community births need to relocate to the hospital

    • Why bonding with your newborn matters, and what it looks and feels like

    • Family bed sharing and baby wearing

    • Preparing to breastfeed

    • Healthy relationship tips for new parents- supporting each other in new roles

    • Optimizing postpartum recovery

  • Typically, I teach two sessions of 3-4 hours each, for a total of 6-8 hours of learning.

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