Course Description

Body Literate Birth is thrilled to teach a BirthWorks International Childbirth Preparation Class. These classes are designed to instill confidence and trust in your ability to give birth, and to help you prepare both physically and emotionally for your birth experience. The course includes interactive activities, multi-sensory visualizations, lecture, media viewing, discussions, role playing, and more. 

 

You will learn about:

• How your body is designed to give birth and to keep you and your baby safe during the process

• What supports your body's innate birthing abilities and what may hinder it

• Medical interventions and their potential benefits, risks, and side effects

• Options for your birth and how to build a birth team that supports your goals 

• Informed decision-making

• Comfort measures during labor 

• Positioning your body and pelvis for an easier birth

• Pelvic/body/mind relaxation exercises

• Lifestyle elements (such as nutrition and exercise) that increase your chances of a healthy pregnancy/birth

• How beliefs and attitudes towards birth can affect your experience 

• Healing past emotional trauma to facilitate a normal birth

• The "innate fetal agenda": Your baby's needs right after they are born and how this impacts long-term health 

• Breastfeeding, the microbiome, and preparing for postpartum

• And more.

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Additionally, you will receive:

• A childbirth preparation workbook

• A packet of information about resources, including local birth place options, support groups, breastfeeding specialists, doulas, wholistic health (pelvic floor PT, chiropractor, exercise specialists), healthy eating options, etc.

• Access to the educator's book lending library for the duration of the course

• Opportunity to make friends and build community with fellow class participants, who are in a similar stage of life​

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Click here for frequently asked questions about the course.

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