Lamaze MindBody Childbirth Education
Consistent with the Lamaze principles that birth is natural, normal and healthy, our childbirth education program will give you the tools to make informed, safe choices about your birth, support you during your pregnancy, and prepare you for birth and life with your newborn.
Classes are intimate and individualized for each group of new parents. Our classes will help parents-to-be uncover and release fears, set realistic expectations, and develop confidence about the birth.
Using carefully selected videos, learning activities, discussion, trance work, and hands-on exercises, you will easily acquire the knowledge needed to support one of the most important experiences you will ever have.
As a Lamaze MindBody Childbirth Education graduate, you will be ready to participate in your baby’s birth with joy and confidence.
The course includes
• adapting to the changes of pregnancy• anatomy and physiology of birth
• all about tests and technology
• signs and symptoms of normal and pre-term labor
• optimal fetal positioning
• coping strategies and comfort measures for labor and birth
• positions for pushing
• unexpected outcomes
• pain medication
• breastfeeding basics
• newborn care
Six, eight and ten week sessions, evening and week-end sessions, and group and private sessions available.