Childbirth Classes
Did you know taking a quality childbirth class can decrease your pain in childbirth?
How does that work? I'm sure you've heard before that knowledge is power, and that's no different in childbirth. Learning about normal birth and practicing comfort measures decreases your fear, which means you can decrease labor stalls and tension, and therefore pain!
Are you hoping for a natural, hospital birth, or are you not really sure what kind of birth you want but want to make sure you know all of your options? This is the course for you! Whether you desire an unmedicated or medicated birth, you will finish this series confident in your choices and coping skills! This is an evidence-based series of birth classes in Mobile, AL, covering everything from labor and birth to recovery and breastfeeding. The series is a 6 week course designed to fit our active schedules! Class content is available in an online series of video modules blended with in-person practice sessions.
Module topics include:
- Approaching and Entering Birth with Confidence
- Stages of Labor and Birth
- Comfort Measures (including pain medication risks and benefits)
- Birth Planning Options and Interventions
- Baby Basics
- Taking Care of Yourself
- Breastfeeding: Minimizing Pain and Maximizing Production
The videos can be viewed on your own schedule, in your own home. In our online classroom, you will be able to interact with me and the other registered parents who are following along with you. Twice during the series we meet in person in Mobile, just south of I-10, for group activities and hands-on comfort and relaxation practice. Make sure to check out the doula client discount on classes at the bottom of this page! Please call or email me to register or to get more information. I would love to help you prepare for your baby's arrival!
Complete Series Class Schedule
New Year 2021 Series -$225 per couple*
- Friday, Jan. 15, online content begins
- Saturday, Feb. 13, 10am-12:30pm, in-person class
- Saturday, Feb. 27, 10am-12:30pm, in-person class
- Saturday, Mar. 6, 10am-12:30pm, tentative make-up date in case a class is postponed due to a doula client’s birth
Contact me if you would like registration information or have any questions.
Spring 2021 Series - $225 per couple*
- Friday, Mar. 12, online content begins
- Saturday, Apr. 10, 10am-12:30pm, in-person class
- Saturday, Apr. 24, 10am-12:30pm, in-person class
- Saturday, May 1, 10am-12:30pm, make-up date in case a class is postponed due to a doula client’s birth
Contact me if you would like registration information or have any questions. Class materials will be mailed out March 8.
Summer 2021 Series - $225 per couple*
- Friday, May 14, online content begins
- Sunday, June 13, 3-5:30 pm, in-person class
- Sunday, June 27, 3-5:30 pm, in-person class
- Sunday, July 11, 3-5:30 pm, make-up date in case a class is postponed due to a doula client’s birth
This series works well for baby's due late July through September. Anyone with a later due date who would like the course early is welcome to come! Contact me if you would like registration information or have any questions. Class materials will be mailed out May 10.
Refresher Class Schedule
For anyone who has birthed before!
- Sunday, February 7, 2021, 3-6pm
- Make-up date in case I need to be with a doula client, Feb 14 same time, negotiable according to your schedules!
This is a single, in-person class for anyone who has birthed before, whether this is baby number 2 or baby number 10! We review the stages of labor and birth and practice hands-on comfort measures as well as relaxation exercises. Contact me with questions or to register.