Classes

Beginning With Birth: Childbirth Education

Beginning with Birth is a fun, interactive course for first time or experienced parents. In six engaging sessions, you'll gain the tools you need to have a joyful, healthy pregnancy, labor and birth, however it unfolds. The skills you gain will empower you to move through your birth experience empowered and with grace. We cover partner labor support, relationship and communication building, being in relationship with fears, labor coping techniques, and more. From Lamaze's proven maternity care practices to hypnobirthing techniques, I draw on a variety of childbirth philosophies to support you in whatever path you choose. We also take time to honor and celebrate childbirth as a beautiful rite of passage.

This course is designed for single moms or couples, birthing in home or hospital. It is recommended to take the series in the 22nd to 34th week of pregnancy. Women without a partner are strongly recommendedto attend with a doula or friend.

Chama Woydak, LCCE, HBCE, CD(DONA) is a mother of two and has been teaching and supporting birthing women for 12 years. Chama is a certified Lamaze childbirth educator, a certified Hypnobirthing instructor, a certified DONA Doula, a traditional herbalist, and a certified AquaNatal instructor. Chama's passion for empowerment helps families to birth with dignity and grace.