Expecting Arizona parents value equipping their minds with knowledge, their hearts with confidence, and their hands with the tools needed to enhance their birth experience.

Prepare for an unmedicated birth, birth with medication or an epidural and even cesarean birth, without the fluff. You will choose the topics that are relevant to your plans and together we’ll bridge the gap between the unpredictability of birth and the options and feelings you value for your experience.

When it comes to childbirth, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. I send you out open to whatever unfolds and deeply engaged with your baby’s unique birth experience.

Engage

This milestone event in your family has the opportunity to elevate your communication and your bond as a couple. You and your partner will explore your perceptions, visualizing elements of your ideal birth and plan for how you will incorporate them, no matter how surreal, into your chosen birth environment. Working together, you can choose what energy, support, and imagery you want to bring with you into your experience.

Discover

We each have our own communication styles and within them, our own ways we need to learn and feel supported. In this portion of the class, you will both get an introduction to your unique personality type and how each of you might react to different situations in the birth space. You will tap into how you and your partner need to be spoken to, feel supported and be heard while helping you understand what a supported and satisfying birth looks like to you. Ultimately, leaving you with a deeper understanding of how to best navigate your choices.

Explore

Throughout class, you will explore the physiological and anatomical process of birth, including the hormonal chemistry, what your baby is doing and what your body is doing. You will learn about all of the variations of normal in birth, what to expect from start to finish and what each stage of labor brings. You’ll be prepared not only for the physical aspects of labor and birth, but also for the equally-important emotional side of things.

Practice

Once we have learned about you and what your goals are, we can find methods for relaxation and pain-coping techniques that will match your unique childbirth style. We will practice comfort techniques, positions for rest and labor, and a variety of things to help you feel relaxed during your birth. These hands-on tools aren’t specific to any one method and can often be used with and without pain medication during labor. They will leave you feeling confident in your ability to birth your baby and ready to experience this life-changing day with your partner and family.