Natural Childbirth Education
- About Me -

Emily Shapiro has worked in the parenting field for over ten years and has been teaching childbirth education classes since 1997. She is a trained labor support doula and family conflict mediator. In addition to working directly with new and expecting families, Emily has written about pregnancy and parenting for the World Wide Web sites, Baby Center and Parent Soup. Emily lives in downtown Manhattan with her husband and three children.

Client Quotes
" You have provided us with so much information...we feel confident and excited about our up and coming birth experience. Choosing your class was one of the wisest decisions we made during this pregnancy.." T.L.

" [Emily’s] wisdom and presence throughout this pregnancy have been immensely important to me…[She] always seems genuinely interested in US, not just interested in pregnancy in the abstract." M.M.

"Emily was wonderful. Very balanced and informed in her presentation. Open to questions and discussion. Warm and easy to talk to." S.A.

"Using what we’d learned in class, I was able to get through 12 hours of back labor on my own, which is not an easy task!" C.W.

" [Mom] was able to stick to the natural birth plan. Your class was key; and it clearly paid off because she looked great afterwards and [Baby] has been doing great as well. Thanks Emily. " E.M.

"It was very comfortable and natural learning from Emily. She made it feel more like a conversation with an educated peer than a lecture from an instructor. I felt VERY well prepared, and was able to help Donna through her labor." H.O.

"[Emily] is enthusiastic, interested, and committed. She gave good balanced information…encouraged good relationships with doctors and midwives and always spoke in terms of options, which we appreciated." N.O.

"Emily gave a very good course to prepare us for birth - I would have liked to have taken her course the first time around!" B.L.

"She’s an excellent teacher. The class was great. I enjoyed myself and so did my partner." T.A.

"Thanks Emily! You were incredible at our birth - We give you a lot of the credit for our positive experience!" J.H.

Emily Shapiro, CCE, AAHCC
20 River Terrace, #21A
New York, NY 10282
Phone: 212.528.8318
emilys@earthlink.net


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