Birthing With Purpose- childbirth education
This childbirth class is developed using my 18 years of experience attending births and with evidence-based research. It includes mindfulness meditation and the science of positive psychology. This is all combined into a comprehensive course to help you optimize your pregnancy, birth, and transition to parenthood with confidence.
Content Covered includes:
- signs of labor
- birth plan/ preferences
- anatomy of the pregnant person's body
- phases and stages of labor
- role of the partner/ primary support person
- birth lingo
- positions, massage techniques, and comfort measures for labor
- common interventions & self-advocacy
- how to push/ coached pushing vs. spontaneous pushing
- management of the 3rd stage/ your magical placenta and your tired uterus.
- getting to know new babies- what happens in the golden hour and the hours that follow
- postpartum recovery & support