• How fearful thoughts and beliefs cause chemical reactions in your body that slow birth and increase discomfort.
• Relaxation and self-hypnosis techniques to eliminate fear and tension, replacing your thoughts with confidence and calm.
• How to prepare your mind and body for birthing, allowing you to deliver your baby with ease and in comfort.
• How to establish the optimal scenario for bonding with your baby from the moment he or she is born, and how that bonding can dramatically improve your baby’s breast-feeding initiation.
• How to create a thorough, well-conceived birth plan to determine whether your caregiver is aligned with your birthing goals.
• How to become knowledgeable and prepared to make your own personal, informed decisions on many of the complex and often controversial decisions you’ll have to make as new parents, including vitamin K, PKU testing, erythromycin, circumcision and vaccinations.
• The foods that the world’s most experienced midwives recommend avoiding during pregnancy in order to maintain optimal health and reduce your odds of conditions like gestational diabetes, premature rupture of membranes, and preeclampia.
• How to reduce your likelihood of having a breech baby.
• The optimal positions for birthing your baby with an open, relaxed pelvis to create maximum room for your baby and increase your own comfort.
• The typical protocols for all types of birthing scenarios, ranging from a traditional hospitals such as Greenwich, Stamford, Norwalk, Danbury and Bridgeport, to the birthing centers in Danbury or Norwalk and even home-birthing scenarios. 
• Safe ways to induce labor naturally in order to avoid artificial induction.
• An overview of all the major special circumstances surrounding birthing, such as breech presentation, GBS, early rupture of membranes, prolonged labor, etc.
• The origination of the myth that pain must accompany normal childbirth.
• The tools, knowledge and skills to help you to relax and remain calm whenever you experience fear, stress or anxiety.
• How to assert your rights and be aware of your birthing options in today’s complex obstetrics industry.

Upcoming Classes in Westport, Stamford and White Plains

1. September in Westport - Sept  11, 19, and 25.  (Class overbooked.) 
2. October in Westport – Class begins weekend of 10/9.  Call or email to reserve a spot. (Only 1 spot left.)
3. November in Westport -  This class will begin on 10/30 or the following weekend.  Call to reserve your place.  (11 spots left.)

Note:  Classes in other locations, including White Plains, Stamford and Danbury, are taught periodically when there is sufficient demand.