Private Childbirth Education Classes

Whether you plan on a homebirth or a hospital birth, medicated or unmedicated, every woman should go into birth knowing what her options are, and with knowledge on her side. This class series is designed to explore what birthing path is right for the individual. With this class series you will leave informed, empowered and prepared to face whatever curve balls labor and delivery might throw at you!

This comprehensive holistic class (suitable for hospital, home or birth center families) is designed to give you information about all aspects of pregnancy, birth and postpartum, including:

• finding your  confidence in birth
• optimal fetal positioning
• breathing & relaxation skills
• natural pain relief options
• pros and cons of interventions medications and tests
• the physiological birth process & tips for each stage
• how to give excellent labor support (coaching)
• creating your birth your way (birth plans)
• cesarean birth & reducing the risk of it
• adjusting to new parenthood
• basics of postpartum mom & newborn care, and breastfeeding

Class One - Understanding Labor An overview of the process of labor, what women are looking for during labor, and what supporters or partners can provide
Class Two - Labor Toolkit  An understanding of how women feel during labor, and coping strategies that may help

Class Three - Making Decisions  Identifying decision making strategies to provide you with tools for making choices during pregnancy, birth and parenting

Class Four - Breastfeeding & Parenting  An overview of how breastfeeding works and overcoming common problems, feelings in the postpartum period, and tools to help with parenting.

 $30/hr with a 3 hour minimum.

Existing Doula Clients receive a discount on these services. Contact me for more information!

Babywearing Class and Demo

Babies spend 9 months inside of our bodies, close to us, comforted by our movement, being totally in-tune with our bodies and our rythms. One of the most soothing things for babies is movement, because it's all they have ever known. The practice of babywearing is an age old practice. Babies need physical contact just as they need food, air, warmth, and shelter. Babywearing helps parents and other caregivers give babies all the closeness they need, while still having hands free for other tasks. This class will be taught in your home and will last approximately 1 hour. I will bring several carriers from the four basic types so that you can try them on.

$20/$10 for existing clients

Cloth Diapering Class

Of all the things we throw into the garbage, the second largest contributor to our landfills is diapers. But, cloth diapering can seem a daunting task. Thankfully the cloth diapers of today are a far cry from the flat diapers and pins of the olden times. Learn the different styles, the benefits, the care and usage of the cloth diapers of today. It is easy to cloth diaper! I will bring several different kinds and styles so that you can see and touch them. This will be a 1 hour class in your home.

$20/$10 for existing clients

Belly Casting

Creat a beautiful keepsake of your wonderful pregnant form! A bellycast is a replica of your pregnant form created sometime in the final months of your pregnancy. Created with plaster, the whole process takes less than an hour. We can cast just your belly, include your breasts, your arms, a full torso, the option are limited only by our imagination! I then take the casting home, prepare it, sand it down, and return it to you blank, so that you can decorate it however you please. I would like to plan this before your 37th week.

$55 just belly/$40 for existing clients

$65 belly and breasts/$50 for existing clients

$80 full torso/$65 for existing clients