Birthing From Within – Childbirth Preparation
As a birth warrior, what do you look like? What sounds do you make? What is your battle cry? How do you show your fearless, fierce nature? Find the place within yourself where this courage lies.– Pam England
Are you expecting a baby and wish to prepare for birth and parenthood in a mindful, holistic way? Are you seeking more than the standard, run-of-the-mill childbirth education class?
Birthing From Within® classes encourage women and their partners to embrace childbirth as a meaningful and profound rite of passage. In essence, childbirth and parent preparation is about self-discovery, and through the teaching of pain-coping practices, interactive learning processes and creative self-expression, parents are able to prepare for whatever their birth experience has to offer.
Birthing From Within® Childbirth Classes involve:
- Creating a supportive birth space
- Effective pain-coping practices
- What labour might look like and the stages of labour
- Comfort measures & labour positions
- Helping partners feel prepared & confident
- Postpartum preparation, including tips on how to baby-proof your relationship
- Visualizations & experiential learning to overcome fears and unwished-for-events
- a number of different, creative modalities to integrate your learning
- inspirational and juicy stories that will provide you with insight on your birth journey
- Building bonds and supportive relationships with other expectant parents.
Each pain-coping practice and teaching in class is designed to empower parents to move through the unknowns of birth with confidence, love and compassion for themselves and each other. Couples walk away with many useful tools for labour and birth, confidence in themselves and the birthing process, whatever that may look like for them.
FEE: $250
What’s included:
15 hours of preparation (6 week series or weekend immersion)
A loan of the book: Birthing From Within by Pam England or Ancient Map of Modern Birth by Pam England
**Private classes are available upon request.
** Sign up for a BFW class and get 10 % off any other Hand to Heart Service.