Birthing From Within childbirth classes offer a holistic approach to birth preparation. We explore all aspects of the labor and birth journey including the physical, emotional, and spiritual experiences and discuss the role each of these play in the process. Learn amazing tools for coping with the challenges of labor and birth and the postpartum time.
Birth as a Rite of Passage
In our Birthing From Within classes we work to build a non-judgmental and open environment to explore our feelings, attitudes and beliefs about birth. We use art (as a process for exploration not to create a product), story and metaphor to go deeper into our ideas surrounding birth and hopefully awaken and encourage our inner knowing about birth as a rite of passage.
Pain Coping
You will learn several pain coping techniques that are designed to cultivate mindfulness and awareness. When we are mindful and aware in each moment of our labor and birth our perception of pain or discomfort may not be as overwhelming and therefore easier to cope with. These pain coping techniques teach the mind to relax which will then allow the body to relax more and therefore open more easily.
Learn:
- About the process of labor & birth, stages of labor, positions for labor & birth & how to push a baby out.
- Helpful and supportive tools for partners to best support the laboring mama.
- How movement, massage and counter pressure, vocalization, water, changing positions, loving support and many more ideas can help you birth with ease.
- How to ask questions and get information so that you can calmly make informed decisions.
- How to draw upon your resources, ask for help and get support.
- How to surrender to the process.
- About postpartum care of baby and you! The journey to becoming a parent does not end at the birth. The first few weeks after baby arrives is a very tender and sometimes challenging time for new parents. We'll discuss ways to honor and support each other and your new family during this postpartum time.
Awaken Your Intuition
One of the mainstays of the Birthing From Within way of childbirth preparation is that our role is to be your mentor, not your teacher. A mentor is someone who helps to facilitate learning by sharing her knowledge and experience to spark creative problem solving and idea sharing among the participants. We want to bring to light the inner knowing that you already have about how to give birth to your baby!
Two Day Intensive
For those who work weekends or would not be able to come to four consecutive Saturday classes Inanna Doula Care offers two day Birthing From Within Intensives. We will meet for nine hours and cover all of the need to know essentials while packing in as much birthing from within goodness as we possibly can!
Birthing Again
These classes are for parents who are preparing to birth again. The main objectives for this refresher course are to process and learn from past birth experiences, remember and learn new tools for coping and relaxing through labor pain, preparing the older sibling(s), and reconnecting mother and father and familial bonds. So often when parents are pregnant again there is much less time for discussing this new birth and postpartum journey you are about to embark upon. This class allows you that time and the opportunity to meet other couples on the same path.