Childbirth Education Classes – Group

Childbirth Education – Group Classes

Empowered Birth Choices

Natural Childbirth Preparation Class

Make Informed Choices. Cultivate Trust In Birth. Know Your Birthing Rights

 

A Four-Week Series of Online Natural Childbirth Education Classes for Pregnant  Persons and their Birth Partners

Una serie de cuatro semanas de clases de educación sobre el parto natural en línea para mujeres embarazadas  y sus parejas de parto.

Clases de preparación para el parto “Elecciones empoderadas para el parto”

Esta clase también se ofrece en español

To register: Email us at Doula@motherbabysupport.net or call (626) 388-2191 ext. 2


UPCOMING COURSES

 4 Sundays, April 3, 10, 17, 24, 2022 – 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm (PST)

4 Sundays, June 5, 12, 19,26, 2022- 2:00 pm to 5:30 pm (PST)

4 Sundays, September 4, 11, 18, 25, 2022 -2:00 pm to 5:30 pm (PST) (En Espanol)

This class is made possible by a grant from Prolacta Bioscience, Inc.

REGISTER NOW

This class will be held online on ZOOM

FOR MAXIMUM BENEFIT, WE RECOMMEND YOU ATTEND ALL FOUR SESSIONS IN SERIES 

Have questions? Fill out the “request to register” form, and someone will be in touch

Request to Register, or call (626) 388-2191 ( Ext. 2).

Login information will be provided for all who register in advance.

 


HOW TO PAY FOR CLASSES

Pay By Check or Money Order

Make checks payable to: “AWMNH“, Send to:

Happy Mama Healthy Baby Alliance
600 Lincoln Ave. #92495, Pasadena, CA 91109

Pay by debit card or credit card at PayPal

Use the drop down menu below to select “Group Childbirth Preparation Classes” then click on the “ADD TO CART” Button. You will then be redirected to PayPal’s secure website to pay using your PayPal account (if you don’t have one, you can set it up in minutes), or your debit or credit card.


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ABOUT THESE CLASSES
 

These classes are EVIDENCE BASED, and PROMOTE INFORMED DECISION-MAKING and EMPOWERMENT FOR BIRTHING PERSONS & THEIR PARTNERS

These classes will help you:

  • Take an active role in making informed decisions about your birth and newborn

    Learn from the comfort of your home. Classes are held on Zoom

  • Make informed choices based on knowledge of risks and benefits and alternatives
  • Feel confident you can use labor coping skills to manage discomforts of labor
  • Provide effective support to the laboring person
  • Get breastfeeding started right
  • Know how to breastfeed your baby
  • Understand the critical importance of infant-parent attachment
  • Prepare for postpartum so to have a smooth transition to parenthood

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

  • First time expectant parents & experienced parents needing a refresher course
  • Expectant parents planning to give birth in the  hospital, home, or birth center
  • Expectant parents considering having the baby at home or in a birth center
  • Expectant couples who prefer to learn on a live ZOOM session due to Covid-19 concerns

LEARNER OBJECTIVES

By the end of this course, pregnant persons and their partners will have increased:

1) Knowledge about options for childbirth, understand pros and cons of medical procedures, and will make informed choices during pregnancy and childbirth and postpartum.

2) Confidence to give birth normally by utilizing labor coping skills.

3) Confidence in their ability to provide support to the birthing person during labor.

3) Knowledge to breastfeed the baby or support the breastfeeding woman.

4) Skills to care  for the newborn.

5) Created a plan for postpartum recovery.

 

OVERVIEW OF COURSE

Class One: Understanding Pregnancy and Birth

In this session, you will learn about:

  • Fetal development, preventing preterm labor, and ways to reduce stress in pregnancy.
  • Coping with common discomforts of pregnancy
  • Eating right during pregnancy to grow a healthy baby.
  • How your body works during labor and birth. You will learn how labor begins and progresses, and when to go to your birthing place or call the midwife.

Class Two: Coping with Labor

In this session, you will learn about:

  • Ways to cope with labor such as breathing techniques, relaxation exercises, and the power of affirmation, prayer and energy work during labor.
  •  Positions for coping with labor and pushing.
  • How partners can help the birthing person stay focused and comfortable, trusting and open during the process.
  • How to bond with your newborn baby  through skin-to-skin care
  • How to surrender to birth and open to it with ease, fearlessness and faith.
  • Options for your placenta including placentophagy through placenta encapsulation, ceremony,  or hospital disposal.

Class Three: Making Informed Choices

In this session, you will learn about:

  • Your rights as a birthing person. You will be empowered to ask for what you want and stand up for what you  want during labor, or make an informed refusal.
  • How your partner can be an advocate for you and your baby.
  •  Medical procedures done in childbirth, their benefits and risks, advantages and disadvantages, so you can make informed choices.
  •  Pain medication options for labor and their effects on the labor, you, and your baby.
  • How to write a birth plan of your preferences for labor, birth, the newborn and the immediate postpartum period. 
  • How to lower your risk for emergency cesarean section.
  • How to increase your chances of a Vaginal Birth After Cesarean (VBAC).
  • How to have a family-centered, elective cesarean section.
  • The benefits and risks of different places of birth: hospital, home and birth center
  • The differences between Doulas and Midwives
  • Your values for childbirth and how to find a doctor or midwife who shares them.
  • How a Doula can make a real difference in your birth–and afterwards, too.
  • How Doulas support partners as well as birthing persons.

Class Four: Postpartum Adjustments, The Amazing Newborn and Breastfeeding

A Postpartum Doula can make a big difference when learning how to breastfeed

In this session, you will learn:

  • About the amazing newborn, medical procedures (male circumcision,newborn screening test, etc.) and newborn care (swaddling, soothing, bathing, etc.)
  • How the breasts make milk
  • How to know if baby’s getting enough milk
  • How to increase your milk supply
  • How to deal with common issues of breastfeeding such as sore nipples or low milk supply
  • How to pump and store your breastmilk and returning to work or school as a breastfeeding mother
  • About sex & intimacy after childbirth
  • Methods of family planning
  • How to create a “Reproductive Life Plan”.
  • Ways to help older siblings adjust to the new baby
  • Types of postpartum mood disorders and where to get help if needed.
  • How to prepare a “Postpartum Plan”
  • The benefits of a hiring a Postpartum Doula

 


PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

We educate about and promote:

  • Informed consent and refusal in maternity care–not only is it responsible and ethical, women who felt they had decision-making power during birth had improved self-esteem and bonding with their babies.Mother with Infant Daughter
  • Alternative choices in childbirth such as homebirth, waterbirth, birth centers and midwife assisted birth
  • Physiological childbirth–it’s natural and normal, and results in healthy outcomes for mothers and infants.
  • The lifelong importance of maternal-infant attachment.
  • Breastfeeding–it protects and improves maternal and infant health for a lifetime and is also eco-friendly.
  • Awareness of spiritual and emotional aspects of birthing.
  • Awareness of the influence of the woman’s social environment on pregnancy, birthing, and breastfeeding
  • Family involvement in the birthing process.
  • Complimentary modalities for pregnancy and childbirth: acupuncture, chiropractic, herbology, etc.
  • Attachment parenting and Biological Nurturing  as the most sensible way to develop happy and secure children.

 


ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS

 

J. Tranae, BS, CD, CPD

I am a Birth and Postpartum Doula, and a graduate from Towson University (Towson, MD) with a degree in Biology and a dual minor in Molecular Biology, Biochemistry, and Bioinformatics (MBIII) and Women Studies. During my research and preparation for birth work, I fell in love with holistic birthing methods. I have been a doula since 2011. I  have assured and assisted VBAC moms, teen moms, and moms who have opted for a traditional hospital birth atmosphere as well as water birth practices. I have been a Volunteer Doula with this organization since 2011.

I don’t have any children at this time. I prefer to help bring life into the world.  I am currently in midwifery school, pursuing becoming a California Licensed Midwife. 

I have been fortunate to be mentored by some of the very best and established doulas, midwives and OB/GYNs in California. My skills are to efficiently direct your senses from the discomfort of labor via my massaging techniques, touch, and use of sound, and changing of positions to aid in the progression of your labor.I would be delighted to help support your preferences and assist with your emotional, informational, and physical support during pregnancy/ labor and postpartum.

 
 

Lisa Mejia, BA, CPD

Lisa Mejia

Instructora de español. Esta clase se puede impartir en inglés o español.

Empatizo fuertemente con la misión de Happy Mama Healthy Baby Alliance de servir principalmente a las personas negras y otras personas de color y de menor estatus económico debido a su grave maltrato a manos de profesionales médicos en el campo y como personas con más probabilidades de experimentar mortalidad infantil y materna, sufrir depresión posparto y tener una falta de acceso para ayudar con estos problemas.

Yo he sido testigo de la lucha de depresión posparto con mi propia madre con el nacimiento de su hijo menor y la falta de acceso que tuvo a ayuda. Yo igual luché con la depresión posparto y tuve un año difícil después del nacimiento de mi hija. El sentimiento abrumador de soledad y deseo de apoyo me hizo dar cuenta de lo que una persona en este rol puede ayudar a alguien que enfrenta esas mismas luchas. Quiero apoyar a los padres y a las personas biológicas en su función parental y ayudarlos a cuidarse a sí mismos también. Tanta atención como el bebé necesita a la persona biológica y pareja necesita la ayuda también.

El papel de un padre nunca será fácil, pero con un poco de ayuda, crianza y guías podemos hacer que sea una experiencia maravillosa para todos. Como doula posparto capacitada por DONA, estoy aquí para ayudarle a tomar las decisiones correctas para usted y su familia proporcionándole información basada en evidencia y asistencia sin juicio y opinión innecesaria. Sería mi alegría ayudarles hacer esta transición hermosa!

 


Cancellation Policy

 Cancellation must be made in writing by deadline (5 days prior to start of course). Tuition will be reimbursed less $50.00 administrative fee if notification received by this date. After this date, there will be no refunds, with the exception of COVID-19-related illness, which will be decided on a case-by-case basis. However, in extenuating circumstances such as documented illness or emergency, the tuition is fully transferable to another person or training (this course or another topic); credit is good for the amount of training. If course registering into is higher price, the additional balance will be required. If it is a lesser price, there will not be any refund of balance. Credit will be honored for one year from the training. If not used by that time, the credit will expire.

 


Questions? Want to Register? Contact:

Lisa Mejia, BA, CPD

Community Childbirth Education Coordinator

(626) 388 – 2191 ext. 2

Email: Lisa.Mejia@motherbabysupport.net