Prenatal Classes in the Comox Valley
Your pregnancy.
Your birth.
Your family.
I offer family- and women-centered prenatal classes that educate, motivate and empower families to listen to what they need during pregnancy, choose the birth that feels right for them, and begin their parenting journey from the heart with an intuitive understanding of what their child needs.
My 6-week class covers the following:
normal labour & birth
informed consent & medical interventions
postpartum phase
breastfeeding
baby sleep
parenthood in the first year
staying healthy (physically & mentally) during pregnancy and after the baby is born.
It also includes downloadable meditation sessions that help you relax during pregnancy and prepare you for your birth, as well as breathing techniques to reduce pain sensations during birth.
Like all mammals, humans used to birth in a quiet, often dark, familiar, and safe space. There were no birth classes nor much formal knowledge about pregnancy and birth. Women were not afraid to birth, and birth was viewed as a spiritual journey. In many cultures today, this is still reality.
During birth, the beliefs and emotions of the birthing mother strongly affect which hormones her body produces and how much pain she feels.
Because most of us grew up learning that giving birth is inherently dangerous and inevitably painful, many women go into birth with some fears. Like a self-fulfilling prophecy, these fears contribute to more pain and can prolong the birth.
I believe the way “back” to an empowered, trusting, self-determined birth is through more knowledge and understanding about the natural birth process and through mindfulness and meditative practice to rewire our nervous system and brain so that we can trust in our own body at a deep physiological level.
I have been on this journey myself, and birthed my daughter, Matilda (now 3 years old), at home, with little pain, and while deeply attuned to my own body.
It would be my honour and pleasure to support you on your journey, and help you enjoy your pregnancy, be deeply connected to your body, prepare for your birth, work through any fears you may have and choose a birth that feels right and safe to you, and help you prepare for the postpartum period and early stages of parenthood.
Check back to see when the next class will be offered. This is an in-person class held in the Comox Valley, in BC, Canada.
If you have any questions or if you would like to set up a phone or Zoom call to decide if this class is right for you, and/or if you would like to register, please email me.
I look forward to hearing from you.
With gratitude and love,
Anita