COURSES FOR EXPECTING COUPLES:

“Freedom to Birth” (next series begins Tuesday, March 6, 2012 6pm-9pm)

  • 4 week course beginning Tuesday, Jan 31 6pm-9pm (1/31, 2/7, 2/14, 2/21)
  • $350 per couple ($300 early bird discount with registration prior to Jan 21, 2012)
  • Location: Kids at Work/242 W. 27th St. (b/w 7th and 8th)

“Freedom to Birth” is our signature childbirth education class which prepares couples to both gain an understanding of the physiological process of labor and to find ways to connect with their body, mind, and spirit in order to have the empowered birth of their choice.  Through a combination of the Lamaze childbirth education model, using evidence-based research to understand your pregnancy and the full experience of birth, and Karen Brody’s FEAR to FREEDOM method participants in “Freedom to Birth” will be offered a full range of knowledge and tools for making informed decisions and staying present in their experience.

Course will include the following information among other topics:

  • the anatomy and physiology of pregnancy and birth
  • understanding the stages and phases of labor
  • management of sensations of labor using natural and medical methods
  • how to have a natural hospital birth should you choose and how to know when the right time to choose an epidural might be
  • understanding modern interventions and prevention/delay of these in childbirth
  • how to prevent and what to expect from a cesarean birth
  • how to communicate with your partner and medical support team
  • breastfeeding 101 and the postpartum period
  • and so much more!

To register, please email birthfocus@gmail.com

You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.
~ Eleanor Roosevelt

COURSES FOR WOMEN ONLY:

“Birth Empowerment Circle” (next course: Feb 18, 2012 12pm-5pm)

  • January 28, 2012 12pm-5pm
  • $150 per person ($125 early bird discount for registration within one week of session)
  • Location: Kids at Work/242 W. 27th St. (b/w 7th and 8th)

This is a course designed specifically for women to connect with their feminine and intuitive side during birth. Using Karen Brody’s FEAR to FREEDOM method this course will offer the opportunity to connect a woman with her body and voice to create an action plan to have a more empowered, and present, birth experience.

The “Birth Empowerment Circle” includes:

  • journaling exercises to gain a greater understanding of the multitude of emotions experienced along this journey
  • “Mommy-centered” napping (using Yoga Nidra methods)
  • relaxation/visualizations for before and during childbirth as well as the postpartum period
  • movement and body exercises for the pregnant and postpartum body
  • breathing techniques to manage labor sensations
  • and so much more!

To register, please email birthfocus@gmail.com

 

INTERESTED IN BECOMING A DOULA?

DONA International Birth Doula Training Course

Dates TBD

 The whole point of woman-centered birth is the knowledge that a woman is the birth power source. She may need, and deserve, help, but in essence, she always had, currently has, and will have the power.
Heather McCue