Navigating Your Birth- Childbirth Education Classes for 2025:

• Comprehensive 14-hour childbirth education course 

• Hands-on, informative and super fun; we have a blast and laugh a lot! Partners encouraged to attend.

• Cost of class is $400 per couple, includes book and comfort tools made in class

• On ‘services’ page, clicking on childbirth ed class button will take you to another site for curriculum and book information from the author herself!

• Each session meets on all 4 of days listed

• Please make sure you can also attend the back up date below

If you are interested please click on ‘Contact Us’ and fill out a submission form. I will get back to you!

NEW, shorter, condensed class sessions! Same great book, same thorough information; just taught in a condensed way.

Chapter topics are listed below. There will be a pre-class survey to assess what topics will be covered in more depth. Each class will be a little different depending on the participants and their desired needs. Same basic information and practice. The information is there in the book; but let’s practice. Let’s practice our breath, our meditations, let’s set our intentions and our mindset. This will be the focus. Sessions will take place on one day for 6 hours. Dates will be posted as soon as venue confirms. The 6-hour class will be offered every other month.

Saturday, April 26, 9am-1pm

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Chapter topics:

The Gathering-Comfort Tools for Labor, The Birth Ball, The Rebozo, Peanut Balls & Bolsters, Props and Gadgets, Using Water, Essential Oils, Use Essential Oils Creatively, Essential Oils Around Babies, The Hormonal Gathering, Birth Companion, Optimize Your Birth Hormones, Hiring a Doula, Who Will be at Your Birth?, Birth Team Roles, Tine Your Oxytocin, Fast Releasing Oxytocin Tips

Practicing Childbirth- Breathing Rehearsals, Guided Imagery, Focusing Exercise, Mini Mindful Meditations, Ways to Pay Attention, Training Your Intuition, Stories, Respect Birth

Body Wisdom: Your Body’s Blueprint- Knowing Your Body, The Piriformis Muscle, The Psoas, Muscle of the Soul, Your Core Muscles, Your Pelvic Floor, Be Pregnant, Stretch, Do Yoga, Contraindications to Poses, Develop Posture Practices, The Pelvic Tilt, Releasing Tension, Core & Pelvic Floor Connection, Poses, Seated Poses, Love your Back Poses, Balance and Strength Poses, Psoas & Piriformis Poses, Non-crunchy crunches, Squatting, Brisk Walks, The Forward Leaning Inversion, Love Your Bedtime, Make Time For You, Workout FAQs

Bones: The Baby’s Pathway- Your Amazing Pelvis, Four Pelvic Shapes, The Fetal Skull, Fetal Presentation, Fetal Vertex Positions, Occiput Posterior Position, Breech, Belly Mapping, Fetal Positioning/It Matters, Seven Cardinal Movements, Station/Not Dilation, Engagement vs. Lightening, Your Baby's Movements Through the Birth Canal

Giving Birth: The Mother’s Journey- Is it Baby Time? Cervical Changes & Dilation, Labor Patterns at a Glance, What do Contractions Feel Like? Timing Contractions, The Partner's Clock, If Your Water Breaks, Physiological Plateaus, Prodromal Labor, Prodromal Labor Activities, Early Labor, Resting Position, Using Water for Comfort, Support Positions, Massage Techniques, Active Labor, Mobility, Active Labor Positions, Second Stage/Pushing, Pushing Positions, Pushing Tips, Hospital Birth, The Hospital Bed, Lowering the Foot of the Bed, Keeping the Bed Whole, Position Techniques, Make More Room, When in Doubt, Lunge, Will I Tear? Perineal Massage, The Birth Partner's Role

The Welcoming: Your Baby’s New World- The Third Stage of Labor, The Undisturbed First Hour, Management of the Placenta, The Placenta is a Big Deal, Cutting the Cord, Apgar Score, Suturing, Postpartum Perineal Care, Baby's Physical Exam, Baby Care Tips, Newborn Procedures, Newborn Screening, Circumcision, Normal Physiological Jaundice, Other Newborn Procedures, Baby's Birth Plan Summary, Partner's Role With Baby, Breastfeeding Basics

Birth Interrupted- Your Emotional Journey, Labor Unknowns, Eating & Drinking in Labor, Stepping in on Birth: Intervention, Revisit Timing Contractions, Vaginal Exams Upon Admission, Listening to Baby, Epidural, Opioids for Pain Relief, Other Pain Relief Methods, Labor Induction, When induction is Clear Cut, When Induction is Not Clear Cut, When Induction is Necessary, Induction & Bishop's Score, Induction Rate, Listening to Mothers Report, Cesarean Birth, Reasons for Cesarean, Instrumental Vaginal Birth, Complications

Scribbling- The Sorting Hat, Write Your Birth Plan, Intentional Birth Plan Samples

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