Sound Birth Preparation Series
Come together with other Comox Valley parents to build community and experience navigating labour and birth in a safe and supported on-line environment.
Explore your birth desires and wishes, discover how mental and emotional states play a part in the physiology of labour & birth, learn how to make a birth plan, and discuss decision making…all from the comfort of your own home!
Your educator, Pamela Tessmann, is a Mom of 2, a certified Birth Doula, Lactation Counselor, Prenatal Yoga Teacher and Early Childhood Educator who has been working with families for 18 years.
Pamela facilitates various pre and postnatal groups and believes that the experience of birth and the early postpartum days has a deep impact on a family's well-being in the postpartum period and beyond.
Creating positive birth outcomes allows the opportunity for personal growth and set's families and individuals up for success in becoming valuable members of society.
These classes are relative to birthing in the Comox Valley and will cover such things as:
Physiology of Birth
Stages of Labour and Birth
What you might feel
Comfort measure techniques and options
Creating your birth preferences
Setting the stage for a positive birth experience
Newborn procedures
Postpartum Healing and wellness
Breast/chest feeding and newborn care
Prenatal Yoga exercises will be included in some breaks.
Details:
Investment is only $80 for 4 two hour sessions.
May 6 – May 27, 2021
Thursday Evenings from 6-8 PM
**Due to the private nature of class discussions, classes will not be recorded, therefore it is advised to arrange your schedule ahead of time in order to participate in each class.
***The information provided does not, in any way replace the care and advice of a registered midwife or medical doctor.***
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4 Classes for $80
Private Virtual Birth Preparation Session
If group settings are not what you're looking for, Pamela offers private sessions to guide you and your partner on working together during your labour and birth.
Virtual prenatal preparation sessions are 2 hours long and will provide you with information and tools on labour and birth such as: emotions in labour, stages of labour, positions for labour and birth, comfort measures, creating your birth preferences/plan, understanding your options, and items to pack for your birth at home or hospital.
2 Hours
$100
Virtual Birth Counseling
As a Childbirth International graduate, Pamela has training and certification as a counselor for birthers and partners who are in need of support in their pregnancy, birth, or the postpartum period.
The one hour Virtual Birth Counseling session is suitable for those who are wishing to minimize any fear and anxiety by gaining perspective, knowledge, and empowerment in their choices as a birther in the Comox Valley.
*** Please note that this is not a Lactation Counseling session. This can be booked separately here.