Service Description

Our independent course, designed and taught by certified doulas / childbirth educators, is designed to provide families with the most current evidence-based information, empowering you to make educated and informed decisions for your birth. The class helps to prepare families physically, mentally, and emotionally -- not only for the birth, but for the subsequent postpartum period at home with the new baby. Course topics include: * Maintaining a healthy pregnancy (nutrition, exercise, prenatal holistic wellness) * Understanding the physiological birth process * Making thoughtful, informed decisions about childbirth * Writing a birth plan/preferences * Finding comfort during labor (positions, breathing, relaxation, visualization) * Interventions and variations in labor * Partner's role in childbirth * Postpartum tips and care * Breastfeeding basics and infant care