Childbirth Education Classes
Every labor is unique - but by understanding the birth process and developing coping strategies for pain in labor you can have a more comfortable and satisfying birth experience. We don't teach one specific breathing technique. Instead we help you and your partner find and use tools from your everyday life that will translate during birth.
Classes are designed to present a wide range of labor-coping and labor support techniques. Women are encouraged to follow their instincts and to trust in the body's natural ability to birth. You will graduate with a true understanding of birth and a greater trust of the birthing process.
Typically we cover the following material:
- Overview of labor and birth: dynamics of normal labor
- Pain coping strategies and comfort measures
- Positions for labor
- Massage for labor
- The role of the partner/support person
- Interventions and complications
- Breastfeeding
- The postpartum body
- Transition to parenthood
$325.00
Private classes may be scheduled in your home or in our San Rafael office.
Group Class Schedule: Classes meet as weekend intensives from 9am -1pm on both Sat and Sun
March 3 and 4
April 14 and 15
May 19 and 20
June 9 and 10
July 14 and 15