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What Childbirth Class Should I Take?
Why, after teaching Hypnobirthing for 13 years, do I still get just as excited before each class as I did in the beginning? Because watching families transform huge fears into bite sized, actionable steps never gets old! I love teaching online now because I can…
How To Choose The Right Childbirth Educator
Let’s start with this… Our bodies are a force of nature. We have been creating and carrying humans to populate the earth for thousands of years. For centuries, we had no doctors, no Google, no checklists, and no textbooks to tell us what was happening…
Are There Side Effects With An Epidural After Birth?
The statistics say it all: of the 17 million births that took place in the United States between 2009-2014, 71 percent of these birthing people received an epidural. As prevalent as epidurals have become in modern birth culture, it would imply that they must be…
Do Epidurals Slow Down Labor?
Many of the parents who take our birth education classes are curious about epidurals. Even though our Hypnobirthing classes are preparing them for an unmedicated experience, they still have lots of questions related to epidurals. And it’s no wonder. Given how prevalent the use of…
When Is The Best Time To Get An Epidural In Labor?
If you are pregnant with your first baby, the number of unknowns looming ahead of you can feel endless. For example, there are so many things you won’t know about your baby until they are born, like what color their eyes will be, whose chin…
Can Parents Refuse The Newborn Screening?
If you are planning to give birth at a hospital, one of the many questions you may have is whether or not you have to consent to the newborn screening test (NBS) offered by the care providers who oversee care after your baby is born.…
The Benefits of Delaying Newborn Procedures
If you’re like most expectant parents, you’ve planned for the birth of your child by taking childbirth education classes, reading books, and perhaps hiring a doula to help support you through labor and childbirth. If this describes you so far then congratulations! You’re doing what…
Are Newborn Procedures Safe?
You’ve just given birth to your baby and are feeling so many different emotions—everything from disbelief to euphoria. In that first golden hour that you and your baby only get to experience together once, your one and only objective should be bonding with your new…
Do Babies Remember Their Birth? Yes they do…
DID YOU KNOW THAT BABIES REMEMBER THEIR BIRTH? Storytime folks… Yes, babies remember their birth. And if that’s true then you remember your birth. You may not remember your birth as a cognitive memory but you feel it inside and hold that memory within your…
What Happens If You Don’t Get Induced?
As we like to teach to our expectant families here at the Birth Education Center, “no” is a complete sentence. Just because your care provider has scheduled an induction for you doesn’t mean that you have to consent to it or show up at the…
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