How would you like to feel more confident and prepared for the birth of your child? Are you and your partner nervous for the big event? This seven week series has you covered!

• How your body and baby work together during labor and birth.
• The stages and phases of labor.
• Recognizing the signs of labor.
• Effective labor support.
• Labor coping skills and comfort techniques.
• Pushing skills and strategies.
• Patient rights and decision making skills.
• Possible variations of labor and birth.
• Choices in pain relief.
• Birth interventions and hospital procedures.
• Labor induction and cesarean birth.

What about after the baby is born? Would you and your partner like a heads-up on what to expect from your newborn, recovery and breastfeeding? We’ve got that covered, too.

• Normal newborn appearance.
• Bonding with your baby.
• Basics of baby care and baby safety.
• Infant sleep.
• How breastfeeding helps mom and baby.
• Preparing for breastfeeding.
• Breastfeeding challenges and solutions.
• How breastfeeding fits in your lifestyle.
• Physical and emotional recovery from birth.
• Postpartum survival tips: finding help and support.
• Fathers and their vital role as parent and partner.
• Calming and soothing your baby.

Do you feel heard and respected by your care provider? Do you feel confident in your ability to advocate for yourself or your family? This 3.5 hour workshop helps you get the evidence based care you deserve. 

• What is evidence based care and how to get it.
• Finding the right provider and birth setting for your goals.
• Communicating with your care team.
• Patient rights and informed decision making.

What does bringing baby home look like? Do you and your partner feel ready to share the load during the high-maintnance newborn season? After exploring the biological needs of a newborn parents will gains tools in:

• How an infant communicates those need and how to meet those needs.
• How to read baby’s early cues for hunger, sleepiness and overstimulation.
• The effects that a child has on the relationship between parents and how to work together.

Are you a mother with a new human under six months old? Are you feeling isolated or simply wondering if your transition to motherhood is “normal”? You are not alone. This 6wk series explores the ups and downs of navigating motherhood in the early days of parenting.
 

• Introductions and Realities: Meeting New Humans & Their Mothers 
• Postpartum Wellness: Blues and Beyond 
• Self-Care: Avoiding Mother’s Guilt & Pursuing Stress Management 
• Relationship Changes: Partners, Friends and Family Dynamics
• Becoming Mothers: The “Good Enough Mom” 
• Identity: Not Just a Mom