Partners Birth Preparation Workshop

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BIRTH DOULA SUPPORT: This workshop makes the Birth Doula's job easier -- appropriate for first time or many-time moms, VBACs, hospital births, homebirths, etc. Great refresher for anyone who is going to give birth and a wonderful compliment to any childbirth education class.

*This Comfort Measures Labor & Coaching Workshop is the prerequisite course for Weekly Labor Rehearsals

When the mind is calm and free from fear, the body is able to give birth with greater ease. Prepare your Partner and yourself for the very necessary and very beneficial transition of baby's arrival: LABOR!

Where ever you plan to give birth (home, hospital or birth center)
- you will go into labor. Regardless if your plan is to give birth naturally, with medication or an epidural, you will need to find a way to work together and navigate through some or all of your labor.

This workshop will give you an opportunity to discover and practice what labor positions work best for you and your birth companion.

At our Partners Birth Preparation Workshop, you will learn to find comfort throughout your labor and birth. Your partner will be able to better serve you and help you reduce the stresses of unwanted/unneeded worry about what your body is going through as you prepare to bring your baby into the world.

We will cover the stages of labor and what to expect during each phase. Learn to recognize the physical, emotional, physiological and needs of the laboring woman as she travels her journey.

If you are not having a home birth, you will be able to better assess when to leave for the birth center / hospital (when to transport her) and what to do during the transport to avoid unnecessary pain.

We will examine the universal needs of laboring women, holding space for Her to find Her bliss (yes! Even in labor!).

You will learn how to avoid unnecessary pain during labor including:

what will most likely best serve the laboring woman in the different stages of her labor.
how the partner can best support the laboring woman while keepng his or her energy up.
techniques to relax mentally, physically and emotionally while in labor,
positions and movements that encourage labor's progress,
visualizations, massage techniques, hydro therapy techniques, Robozo techniques,
breath awareness, how to encourage your body's natural endorphin levels to rise,
how to labor comfortably whenever your labor starts, where ever you may be!
time permitting, we will cover Emergency Childbirth (the "standard procedure" of what to do) in case she has a fast labor while you are enroute to your place of birthing...
...and more!

What Else Will Be Covered at the Birth Preparation Workshop?

In addition, you will learn partner poses and massage.These exercises help strengthen and relax your body and sooth your mind during the birth process. Practicing what you learn here will create opportunities to connect deeply with your Baby and Partner. Another invaluable tool you will learn here is connecting with Self. You will learn to Trust your body, Trust Yourself and Trust Birth.

Couples will also learn exercises and practices that can be done at home in the early weeks postpartum to support physical and emotional recuperation from birth.

Please eat a light meal at least one hour before class, and bring a snack and water.

Attire/Bring: Exercise / Yoga / Casual Wear. Please bring Yoga mat (If you own one) and 2 - 4 of your fluffiest pillows.

Due to the limited space in our studio space, our Labor Workshops close quickly. You must sign up in advance to secure your place in the Birth Preparation Labor Workshop. Sign Up Here

Monthly Partners Birth Preparation Workshop Schedule

...Coming Soon!