Perinatal Education
Private Prenatal Classes
This class is 10 hours in length and can be split up into shorter teaching intervals that work best for you and your family.
What you will learn:
- Physical & emotional changes in pregnancy & postpartum
- Birth planning
- Nutrition & exercise
- Stages of labour
- Pain management in labour
- Interventions
- Breastfeeding
- Postpartum care
- Bringing baby home
Teaching topics can also be customized to fit you!
Investment: $395
Private HypnoBirthing Classes
This class is a five week class, each class in 2.5 hours in length.
Your instructor will lead you through exercises to identify & release fears regarding birthing and work to build knowledge, and confidence of the birthing experience.
- Unit 1: Building A Positive Expectancy
- Unit 2: Falling in Love With Your Baby/Preparing Mind & Body
- Unit 3: Advanced Visualization
- Unit 4: Overview of Childbirth, A Labour of Love
- Unit 5: Birthing: The Final Act, Bonding, Preparing for the 4th Trimester & Breastfeeding
Investment: $400 + $50 for materials (books & audio).
Birth Planning
In this private 2 hour class we will go over your birthing goals and wishes. We will talk about birthing options, interventions and formulate a written plan to discuss with your birthing team.
What you will learn:
- Importance of birth planning
- Birth options & interventions
- After birth options & infant care
Investment: $90
Breastfeeding Education
In this private 2 hour class we talk about how to plan and prepare for success in your breastfeeding journey.
What you will learn:
- What is the golden hour?
- Importance of skin-to-skin
- Antenatal hand expression
- The value of breastfeeding
- Components of breastmilk
- How to know if you baby is getting enough milk
- Importance of positioning
- Troubleshooting breastfeeding challenges
Investment: $90
Birth Planning & Breastfeeding Combo
In this private 4 hour class we will go over your birthing goals and wishes. We will talk about birthing options, interventions and formulate a written plan to discuss with your birthing team. You will also learn how to plan and prepare for success in your breastfeeding journey.
What you will learn:
Birth Planning
- Importance of birth planning
- Birth options & interventions
- After birth options & infant care
Breastfeeding
- What is the golden hour?
- Importance of skin-to-skin
- Antenatal hand expression
- The value of breastfeeding
- Components of breastmilk
- How to know if you baby is getting enough milk
- Importance of positioning
- Troubleshooting breastfeeding challenges
Investment: $160
Postpartum & Infant Care
In this private 3 hour class you will learn how to take care of yourself and your new baby in the postpartum period. This class can be done in home with the opportunity for hands on learning with your baby.
What you will learn:
- Emotional and physical changes in the postpartum period
- Importance of self care
- Newborn care
- The value of breastfeeding
- How to know if you baby is getting enough milk
- Importance of positioning
- Troubleshooting breastfeeding challenges
Investment: $130