What to Expect

In Confident Birthing™
You’ll Discover…

• Your own personal birthing “style”
• The single greatest factor that affects your birthing and what your partner can do about it
• The 10 best ways dads show up for the birth AND the baby
• How to identify expectations and influence satisfaction
• The common language that connects BodyMind and MotherBaby to move through your birth with ease-and how to use it at home with your newborn too
• The Neuromatrix of Pain and how to modulate it
• Four essential ingredients in the Confident Birthing “Recipe for Relaxation”.
• Penny Simkin’s “3 Rs” of labor and the Confident Birthing “4th R”
• The Confident Birthing “themes” of the stages of labor and how to work with them successfully
• 4 “secret truths” they didn’t teach you in school (and your mom never told you) about your pregnant and birthing body that you’ll be so glad you know
• The #1 comfort measure for an unmedicated birth (and lots more that fit in a bag)
• The Checklist for Leaving… 5 indicators that tell you its time to go to the birth center or hospital



• The 3 must-have pieces of information for marking progress in labor – an essential motivating tool
• The Purpose and Pitfalls of a birth plan… how to really ask for what you need
• i-advocacy… Confident Birthing’s step by step method to mapping your way through unknown territory – avoiding unnecessary interventions and navigating the necessary ones
• The truth about a Cesarean Birth – what you need to know and why – including how to have a successful, satisfying cesarean birth if that is what is needed
• How you put it all together in the Confident Birthing Labor Lab
• The significance of your baby’s first hour of life… how to optimize those moments that can’t be repeated
• Breasts and Nests… postpartum DIY: how to create ease and comfort for nursing moms
• The common “booby-traps” and bumps in the road… Binkies, Bottles and Breasts…OH MY!
• Practical skills to surviving Baby Boot Camp
• Proven tips to seize this window of opportunity to strengthen your relationship

  and most important…

• How to find YOUR question… what do YOU need to know to feel confident to give birth and parent YOUR baby
• Each week, you’ll bring your burning questions… so we won’t miss anything you need

THE SCOOP:

Class fee is $175.00 and includes your 100 page Confident Birthing Notebook
7 week course meets on Tuesday nights from 7:00 – 9:45

Confident Birthing is a 7-week course. Most folks start their Confident Birthing Class series sometime between the 26th and 32th of the pregnancy. Since the class is 7 weeks long, you’ll be timing it to finish the class close to your due date.

For dates and registration forms, check here. Class location is West Boise. Directions are sent to you upon registration.