General Information

Childbirth is a powerful, exciting, and extraordinarily satisfying experience.  Emily encourages mothers to trust their bodies, make informed choices and work with the natural progression of labor using deep relaxation and natural breathing techniques combined with periods of activity and movement.

Birth Partners are given an active role in the birth, responding to the mother's needs and providing physical and emotional support during all stages of labor and delivery.

You will emerge from the classes confident, relaxed, and with a solid understanding of the birth process and the options available to you.

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Program

Classes are thorough & personal and include:

• Pain management through relaxation, normal abdominal breathing and a variety of additional tried and true strategies. 
• Prenatal exercises that condition and tone your body in preparation for birth. 
• Nutrition for you and your growing baby. 
• Labor coaching techniques for the birth partner. 
• Practice using different labor and birthing positions. 
• Breastfeeding and the newborn, stressing immediate and continuous contact with your newborn baby. 
• The physiology of labor. 
• Thorough discussion of hospital routines and medical interventions, including benefits and risks. 
• Positive communication with your healthcare providers. 
• Coping with labor variations and complications. 
• Development of your personalized birth preferences. 
• Workbooks, supplementary reading material and video tapes of live births. 

Classes Offered

Accelerated Classes - Five two-hour weekly classes offered to expecting women and their birth partners. These classes are limited in size. 
$400/couple

Group Classes - Eight two-hour weekly classes offered to expecting women and their birth partners. 
$400/couple

Private Classes - Four two-hour weekly classes offered to expecting women and their birth partners at their convenience.
$800/couple

Coaching Workshop/Refresher Class - One three-hour class for labor coaches (expectant moms welcome!). This class can be taken as a supplement to other childbirth methods or as a refresher course.
$300/couple

Mothering Groups - Six weekly 90-minute meetings for new mothers and their babies. Topics include everything from sleep and nursing/feeding concerns to relationships and role changes in the new family. Mostly groups focus on the immediate needs of the members.
$250/mother&baby

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Location

Downtown
Murray Street Dance Studio
19 Murray Street (between Broadway and Church)

Schedule
 

Accelerated Classes
Day	Date	Time
Thursdays	Dec. 7, 2006– Jan. 11, 2007	7:00–9:30pm
Thursdays	Jan. 18, 2007– Feb. 15, 2007	7:00–9:30pm
Thursdays	April 12 , 2007– May 10, 2007	7:00–9:30pm
Thursdays	May 24, 2007– June 28, 2007	7:00–9:30pm