Labor & Comfort is a 90 minute long class where I cover: 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. This class is $100. All classes are taught via 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:
Wednesday June 11th, 6-7:30pm
Tuesday September 2nd, 6:30-8pm
Sunday October 5th, 4-5:30pm
Thursday November 6th, 6:30-8pm
Tuesday December 2nd, 6-7:30pm
What to Expect at the Hospital is a 90 minute class where I 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, and advocating for yourself in an induction. In Cesarean birth I cover: reasons for a Cesarean, what to expect in the operating room, support during Cesareans, ‘gentle Cesareans’, and more. This combination of 3 classes is $150. All classes are taught via 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 June 8th, 11am-12:30pm
Thursday September 4th, 7-8:30pm
Wednesday October 8th, 6-7:30pm
Sunday November 9th, Noon-1:30pm
Thursday December 4th, 6-7:30pm
Newborn care class includes information about skin-to-skin contact and bonding, standard newborn procedures at birth, normal newborn behaviors, newborn soothing techniques, dressing, swaddling, feeding, sleeping, bathing, babywearing, diapering, finger nail trimming, baby acne, and CPR, car seat safety. This 90 minute long class is $100. All classes are taught via 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:
Wednesday April 23rd 6:00-7:30pm
Monday June 9th, 6:30-8pm
Sunday September 11am-12:30pm
Thursday October 2nd 6-7:30pm
Wednesday November 12th, 6:30-8pm
Sunday December 7th, 11am-12:30pm
Lactation class is a 90 minute long class intended to help you set your expectation and prepare for feeding your baby with your body. We 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 taught via 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 June 5th, 6-7:30pm
Monday September 8th, 6-7:30pm
Sunday October 12th, 11am-12:30pm
Tuesday November 18th, 7-8:30pm
Wednesday December 10th, 6-7:30pm
Postpartum prep is a 60 minute class where I cover: the immediate postpartum, healing and expectations for both vaginal births and Cesarean births, what to expect in the first months after giving birth, and also what to expect in the first year after giving birth. We cover a wide range of topics including physical healing, emotional support, mood, hair loss, returning to physical activity, postpartum intimacy and sex, fertility, sleep, and making a postpartum plan, among other topics. I cover what products are actually helpful and all the supplies you do not need to buy. This class is $75. All classes are taught via 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 April 17th, 6:30-7:30pm
Tuesday June 3rd, 7-8pm
Wednesday September 10th, 7-8pm
Monday October 6th, 6:30-7:30pm
Sunday November 16th, 11am-Noon
Tuesday December 16th, 7-8pm