Join us at our in-person interactive, holistic, and evidence-based four hour childbirth education course. Held at two locations: the St. Augustine Birth Collective and The Playgarden in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Class takers will leave with a bound booklet with a combined 24 years of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum knowledge compiled by Alyssa and Katharine. Interactive yet cutting-edge material that these two doulas have brought here to Florida from working within other states (Colorado and California) with very high vaginal success rates, more modernized approaches to birthing and the postpartum period. This class is for those birthing in all settings and their comprehensive curated booklet can be by your side at your hospital birth, homebirth, or birth center birth!
Why a Childbirth Education (CBE) Class Outside of the Hospital Setting?
Leave more equipped with ways to lower unnecessary medical induction (yes, sometimes an induction is medically necessary, but often it is scheduled simply because one is a “post-date”, scheduling is easier on a large practice’s schedule, or because it is the culture of the practice.
Unbiased, evidence-based information that ties in your intuition
The large majority of class takers have had unmedicated and low intervention births as desired.
With well-rounded CBE, research shows: a) fewer epidurals, b) a shorter second stage of labor (when cervix is fully dilated - 10 cm until baby is born ; reduced pushing times - not pushing too soon), and c) less perineal trauma.
Excellent for those wanting a physiological birth experience, VBAC, first-time homebirth or birth center birth, or wanting patience in their hospital birth experience.
What is Covered In Class:
Hand-On Coping Mechanisms
Stages of Labor - Knowing the differences between early, active, and transition part of labor.
When to Time Contractions and Tie Your Team In
Utilizing Your Tool Box Appropriately - Advantages and Disadvantages of all Hospital Interventions and Forms of Pain Management
Optimal Fetal Positioning and Ways to Open Up the 3 Parts of the Pelvis: Inlet, Mid Pelvis, and Outlet.
Birth Preference Options and Various Local Hospital Policies
Spontaneous Labor vs. Navigating Medical Induction
Labor hormones and the differences between Oxytocin and Pitocin.
Birth Scenarios in Action - The class will collectively come up with solutions/’to-dos’ in various situations in out-of-hospital births, homebirth transfer, and planning for the unexpected.
Planning for the Unexpected - Hospital Homebirth Transfer
Neonatal Testing
Newborn Preferences and Setting Up for Breastfeeding Success within the first 1-2 hours after birth during the “Golden Hour”.
Join us at our in-person interactive, holistic, and evidence-based four hour childbirth education course. Held at two locations: the St. Augustine Birth Collective and The Playgarden in Jacksonville Beach, FL. Class takers will leave with a bound booklet with a combined 24 years of pregnancy, birth, and postpartum knowledge compiled by Alyssa and Katharine. Interactive yet cutting-edge material that these two doulas have brought here to Florida from working within other states (Colorado and California) with very high vaginal success rates, more modernized approaches to birthing and the postpartum period. This class is for those birthing in all settings and their comprehensive curated booklet can be by your side at your hospital birth, homebirth, or birth center birth!
Why a Childbirth Education (CBE) Class Outside of the Hospital Setting?
Leave more equipped with ways to lower unnecessary medical induction (yes, sometimes an induction is medically necessary, but often it is scheduled simply because one is a “post-date”, scheduling is easier on a large practice’s schedule, or because it is the culture of the practice.
Unbiased, evidence-based information that ties in your intuition
The large majority of class takers have had unmedicated and low intervention births as desired.
With well-rounded CBE, research shows: a) fewer epidurals, b) a shorter second stage of labor (when cervix is fully dilated - 10 cm until baby is born ; reduced pushing times - not pushing too soon), and c) less perineal trauma.
Excellent for those wanting a physiological birth experience, VBAC, first-time homebirth or birth center birth, or wanting patience in their hospital birth experience.
What is Covered In Class:
Hand-On Coping Mechanisms
Stages of Labor - Knowing the differences between early, active, and transition part of labor.
When to Time Contractions and Tie Your Team In
Utilizing Your Tool Box Appropriately - Advantages and Disadvantages of all Hospital Interventions and Forms of Pain Management
Optimal Fetal Positioning and Ways to Open Up the 3 Parts of the Pelvis: Inlet, Mid Pelvis, and Outlet.
Birth Preference Options and Various Local Hospital Policies
Spontaneous Labor vs. Navigating Medical Induction
Labor hormones and the differences between Oxytocin and Pitocin.
Birth Scenarios in Action - The class will collectively come up with solutions/’to-dos’ in various situations in out-of-hospital births, homebirth transfer, and planning for the unexpected.
Planning for the Unexpected - Hospital Homebirth Transfer
Neonatal Testing
Newborn Preferences and Setting Up for Breastfeeding Success within the first 1-2 hours after birth during the “Golden Hour”.
