In Labor & Comfort I talk about pre-labor and early labor signs, cervical exams. membrane sweeps, identifying contractions, timing contractions, and labor coping techniques including: breathing, laboring positions, massage, and counter-pressure, among many others. We also talk about what to expect in labor, signs of labor progress, and indications that you should go to the hospital soon. This class is $100. All classes are virtual (Zoom) and recordings are available any time if you’d prefer to watch a recording or the live dates do not work for your schedule. The schedule of upcoming classes is:
Sunday December 8th, 11am-12:30pm
Tuesday January 7th, 6:30-8pm
Monday February 10th, 6:30-8pm
Sunday March 9th, 11am-12:30pm
Thursday April 10th, 6-7:30pm
In What to Expect at the Hospital we cover arriving at the hospital and triage expectation, monitoring and mobility in the hospital, laboring in a hospital, pain relief options including talking through what getting an epidural is like and how to aid labor progress with an epidural, augmentation of labor, pushing, assisted vaginal deliveries, vaginal tearing, and the immediate postpartum for both vaginal and Cesarean births. This class comes with two recordings that you can watch anytime you would like: Induction of Labor (45 mins) and Cesarean Birth (50 mins). In these classes, I cover reasons for an induction, what to expect in an induction, induction methods, advocating for yourself in an induction and reasons for A Cesarean, what to expect in the operating room, support during Cesareans, ‘gentle Cesareans’, and more. This class is $150. All classes are virtual (Zoom) and recordings are available any time if you’d prefer to watch a recording or the live dates do not work for your schedule. The schedule of upcoming classes is:
Thursday December 12th, 7-8:30pm
Wednesday January 15th, 6:30-8pm
Thursday February 13th, 6:30-8pm
Tuesday March 11th, 7-8:30pm
Sunday April 6th, 4-5:30pm
Newborn care classes include information about skin-to-skin contact and bonding, standard newborn procedures, normal newborn behaviors, newborn soothing techniques, dressing, swaddling, feeding, sleeping, bathing, babywearing, diapering, finger nail trimming, baby acne, CPR, car seat safety, and in private classes I can also cover infant massage, early infant potty training, and developmental stages in early infancy. This class is $100. All classes are virtual (Zoom) and recordings are available if you’d prefer to watch a recording or the live dates do not work for your schedule. The schedule of upcoming classes is:
Tuesday December 10, 7-8:30pm
Sunday January 12, 11am-12:30pm
Wednesday February 19th 6:30-8pm
Monday March 17th, 7-8:30pm
Wednesday April 23rd 6:00-7:30pm
Lactation classes are intended to help you set your expectation and prepare for feeding your baby with your body. We will talk about colostrum and initiating feeding, hand expression, the frequency and duration of feeding sessions, signs of success, the gear you need (and don’t need), positions for nursing, nighttime feeding versus daytime feeding, how and when to pump, milk storage and bottle feeding pumped milk, common feeding problems and solutions, what to do and not to do while nursing, weaning, and resources for getting help. This class is $100. All classes are virtual (Zoom) and recordings are available if you’d prefer to watch a recording or the live dates do not work for your schedule. The schedule of upcoming classes is:
Sunday December 15, 4pm-5:30pm
Monday January 20th, 6-7:30pm
Sunday February 23rd, noon-1:30pm
Thursday March 20th, 6:30-8pm
Monday April 14th, 7-8:30pm
Postpartum prep classes cover the immediate postpartum healing and expectations for both vaginal births and Cesarean births, what to expect in the first couple of months after giving birth, and also what to expect in the first year after giving birth. We cover a wide range of topics including common experiences, physical healing, emotional support, mood, returning to physical activity, postpartum intimacy and sex, fertility, sleep, and making a postpartum plan, among other topics. This class is $75. All classes are virtual (Zoom) and recordings are available if you’d prefer to watch a recording or the live dates do not work for your schedule. The schedule of upcoming classes is:
Thursday December 19, 7-8pm
Monday January 13th, 7-8pm
Tuesday February 25th, 7-8pm
Sunday March 23rd, 11am-noon
Thursday April 17th, 6:30-7:30pm