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Leah Christensen natural pregnancy, birth and newborn mentor
childbirth classes My childbirth classes are based on the Birthing From Within approach. Participants will learn how to trust and listen to their bodies, how to be open and aware during birth, and how to use labor-coping practices that work for them. They will also gain an understanding of cultural influences on birth. Classes revolve around the individual needs of the participants. Partners are seen as loving birth supports who know the birthing woman intimately, but are not coaches. They also need understanding and support. Contact me for info on Summer 2009 Brooklyn classes.
Participants will have experience with: * creating a birth space * labor-coping techniques * anatomy and physiology of pregnancy, birth and postpartum * labor positions and birth massage * the role of the support person * nutrition * optimal fetal positioning * prenatal testing * choices in childbirth * epidurals * inductions & natural ways to stimulate labor * breech and cesarean birth * how to question a caregiver * baby care * breastfeeding * postpartum issues * birth art * rite of passage rituals Art is a right brain activity that is uncontrolled and undefined just like birth. The art is about the process (not the product) and no previous experience with art is expected. Participants may use abstractions and words as art. I also offer Birthin' Again classes where participants will: * reflect and learn from their first birth * dust off old pain-coping techniques that worked * prepare siblings for the birth and the new baby * take time to enjoy this pregnancy * connect with the baby through interesting and enjoyable journaling and art |
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