Why Childbirth Education is Important (even if this isn't your first rodeo!)

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Welcoming a new baby into the family is always a BIG change! There is so much in  This is why childbirth education is important: it gives you all of the information you need to know and integrates it all together so that you can have the most empowering birth experience possible. 

 

In childbirth education classes, you can get answers to questions like: 

• What can I expect with labor and birth at home?

• How can my partner help?

• How can I handle the pain of labor?

• What can I do to best prepare for breastfeeding?

 

Benefits of Childbirth Education:

Childbirth education classes help you build your confidence in your body’s ability to give birth, overcome fears, and they give you the tools to cope with the experience of labor. Not only are they beneficial for the birthing mothers... classes also help partners and even the baby's siblings know what to expect and how to help. 

 

Many mothers have reported: 

• Increased confidence for labor and birth

• Higher likelihood of breastfeeding

• Improved communication between childbearing women and their maternity care providers

• Decreased need for medication in labor

• Increased satisfaction with birth

 

Classes are offered through our friend Veronica at Olive Shoots Birth Support. She covers the full experience so you aren't left in the dark about anything:

• Childbirth

• Postpartum

• Breastfeeding

• Newborn Care

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*additional fee