Last chance to sign up for the Jan 9th class!
HomeBirth Focused Childbirth Education Class
in Oakland for EDDs: February, March, April
Instructor: Esther Healey, Licensed Midwife, BAHC Member
When: 5 class series on Thursday evenings
Dates: January 9 – February 6, 2014
Time: 7:00p – 9:30p
Where: Oakland, near Lake Merritt
Fee: $150-$350 (8% of homebirth midwifery services fee: $350 max, $150 min)
To Register for the class send the registration form and the payment for the class to 336 East 15th Street #3, Oakland, Ca 94606
Esther Healey, CPM, LM
Bay Area Homebirth Collective midwife
Mandala Midwifery
www.MandalaMidwifery.org
Work: (510) 479-0905
Birth Services, Tub Rentals, Childbirth Education Classes
This class is filled of opportunities to learn techniques and tools that will support you and your partner (if present) in labor, birth and those first weeks of parenting. Using a host of modalities, there will be group discussions, experiential learning, videos, readings, strategizing, handouts, home exercises, exploration of fears and desires, and sharing of knowledge, from practical to etherial. The focus of this class stems from the intension of honoring this normal, physiological and emotional right-of-passage and fostering the natural hormonal unfolding of labor and birth. Come join us!
The class is a balance of:
-Experiential learning of an array of techniques you may use in labor
-Tools for partners to support mother for the remaining pregnancy, labor, and after the birth
-Informational coverage of:
*the “stages” of labor and what labor may look like
*what changes are made in the body during labor and postpartum
*what the baby goes through to be born
-Deeper discussions of common questions around standards of care (GBS, Vitamin K, Non Stress Tests, etc.)
-Opportunities to begin processing fears using specific techniques
-Setting intension for birth and postpartum
-Exposure to births from videos and stories
-What happens if complications arise and transfer of care is necessary (non urgent, urgent, emergency)
-Immediate postpartum and postpartum needs and expectations
-Expectations for newborn babies – what their needs are, and how can we as parents support them
-Breastfeeding techniques and expectations
-and, of course, more