Classes

Beginning With Birth: Childbirth Education

“Birth is cause for celebration! A time full of spirit, full of awe and amazement, full of gratitude. Birth is connection with creation.”

Beginning with Birth classes are for the new or ‘wisen’ parent, whether alone or with your partner. The will enrich your understanding of yourself, your pregnancy, your partnership, and your birth. Classes include special information on hospital births valuable to couples planning either a hospital or home birth.

Learn that birth is a couple’s experience…

…of Pregnancy
Eating for two, nutrition in pregnancy
Nourishing prenatal and postpartum herbs
Honoring pregnancy as a rite of passage
Natural remedies for common discomforts of pregnancy
Discovering how your baby grows inside the womb
Understanding pregnancy test and procedures
Exploring your choices in childbirth

…of Childbirth
Optimizing a natural birth and embracing your birth experience
Simple, effective, and comforting labor support techniques for partners
Creating a harmonious birth environment and helpful birth team in the hospital
Pain/Stress coping techniques for laboring women
Emotional elements of labor and birth physiology
Understanding hospital birthing procedures

…of Family
Deepening the connection with your baby, partner, family and community through birth
Bonding in the immediate postpartum
Information on breastfeeding, circumcision, colic, and other newborn care
Tools for building communication skills
Learn about a family herbal medicine chest
Lullabies for your newborn

Chama Woydak, a mother of two, has been an apprentice to birth for several years. Chama is a traditional herbalist, offers doula services for home and hospital, and is a certified AquaNatal instructor and a certified childbirth educator.