Class Details Laboring with Heart and Mind  Labor is not something that happens to you. You are an active participant and so is your baby. 8 Week sessions: Is our most comprehensive Childbirth Education Series. Introducing you to the many birthing options you have as a consumer. We approach Birth from an Emotional and physiological understanding. Putting into practice: Stages of labor, nutrition, relaxation, breathing, message, labor/birth positions and more. We explore Medical Interventions and offer alternatives for the normal progression of labor and birth. We round out the series with: Birth Videos, Nutrition, The Postpartum Family, baby products “expo-sed”, Baby Care Basics and Breastfeeding. Our goal is to give you the information you will need to Birth and Parent your child with confidence, understanding and compassion. 6 Week Session: Encompasses much of the information of the 8 week course, editing the depth of the information to suite the specific need of the Family. Super Saturdays/4 wk sessions: Best class for an extended refresher, homebirth couples and late term Moms and Dads. Super Saturday is 2 Saturdays (or Saturday and Sunday) with 6 hours of instruction on each day and a meal break. We outline basic Birth Anatomy, Relaxation, Massage, positions, and other comfort Measures. The risks, benefits and alternatives of hospital choices (procedures), and the Postpartum Family. The 4 week class meets four times for 3 hours each session. Refresher Only Just need a brush-up of comfort measure skills. We review the Stages and Phases of Labor and Comfort Techniques. This can be done in one or two sessions ( 4-5 hours of review and practice) Sibling Class This is designed with age appropriate content for your family. Class can include baby care basics, “water safety” for Waterbirth, “What’s Mommy Doing?”, and birth anatomy and videos for older kids. **Families can substitute this with the “Baby Care” section in the 8 or 6 week session, for no additional charge Topics covered in most* sessions include: Your body during pregnancy Your baby in the womb Stages/Phases of Labor and Birth The physical/emotional connection Message/counter-pressure Relaxation Hospital Choices The Postpartum Family Breast-feeding Baby Care Basics and much more *information is tailored to fit session lengths and client needs (i.e. the 8 wk session has more info than the the Super Saturday Session.) Currently accepting private clients. 8 week session: $295 6 Week session: $225 Super Sat / 4 week: $195 REFRESHER $100 SIBLING CLASS: $40** All families will receive a personal information binder.
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