In the comfort of your own home or via zoom, join a childbirth class that best fits your desires for your labor and birth.
I offer: private or group classes, private phone consultations, or zoom classes.
“Birth is not only about making babies. Birth is about making mothers…strong, competent, capable mothers who trust themselves and know their inner strength.” Barbara Katz Rothman
Hi!! My name is Sara and I have been teaching childbirth classes for 12 years and am a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. I have three kids with my first child born in a hospital on Oahu, Hawaii and my others born at home in California. You can find me researching everything birth, surfing, nutrition, gardening, camping, and hanging with my super fun kids and nieces and nephews.
With my experience of my own three, very different labors, as well as helping other women at their birthplaces during their labors and birth, you will receive unsurpassed teaching and support as you take my class.
Classes
Pregnancy Nutrition Class
Formed for those that would like an in-depth look at nutrition and exercise during pregnancy. During class you will do a brief dietary recall to assess your nutrient needs. You will gain understanding of why certain key nutrients exercises are highlighted during pregnancy and come away motivated to incorporate them into your lifestyle. This class will help your and your family even beyond your pregnancy.
Class length 1 hour.
Price: $75
5 Week Natural Childbirth Class Session
Designed for those that would like to learn how to have a completely natural, unmediated birth. You will learn the stages of labor, labor positions, relaxation techniques and comfort measures, coach’s role for helping the laboring woman, exercise and nutrition during pregnancy, and postpartum care.
Classes will be 2 hours each week for 5 weeks.
Price: $415
4 Week Childbirth Class Session
For those desiring a deeper understanding of the labor and birth process and birthing in the hospital setting. These classes will go over stages of labor, exercise and nutrition, medications for labor, comfort measures and positions for each stage, partner’s role during each stage, interventions and variations in labor, as well as postpartum, newborn appearance and procedures.
Classes will be 2 hours each week for 4 weeks.
Price: $340
6 Week Bradley Method® Childbirth Class Session
Specifically for those wanting the Bradley Method® experience and emphasis on the coach’s role during pregnancy, birth, and beyond. These classes are designed for those who would like to learn how to have a completely natural, unmediated birth. You will learn the stages of labor, labor positions, relaxation techniques, coach’s role for helping the laboring woman, exercise and nutrition during pregnancy, and newborn appearance and postpartum care. We will also go over interventions and variations during the labor process. Breastfeeding class and the Bradley Method® Online Workbook included as well.
Classes will be 2 hours each week for 6 weeks. Separate breastfeeding class with Certified Lactation Consult included in total cost.
*Available via Zoom or in-person.
Price $545
Comfort Measures Class
Made for those that would like to focus on just learning relaxation techniques, this class will help you become more confident in your inner strength. All techniques will fall under physical, mental and emotional relaxation. (There will be a very brief review of first stage of labor and common terms.)
We will meet for 2.5 hours.
Price: $175
Refresher Course
Already taken one of my childbirth classes and having another baby – need a brief review of the labor process, this class is perfect for you. I will briefly review the stages of labor and how the coach supports the mother during each stage. We will then flow into the next topics of nutrition, exercise, and relaxation. This class is a flowing class as we may dive deeper into some topics depending on your questions and knowledge.
Typically this class lasts two hours although we may finish soon or later. I will block a 2 hour period in my schedule for you.
Price: $85
Design My Own Class
You will pick the topics we discuss from the list I send you as well as adding any of your own labor needs. I will then work ahead of our first meeting to design your special labor and birth class.
The number of the classes is decided by you. Each class will last 1.5 hours.
Price: Initial Class $90/ Follow up classes $75
A la Carte
One 30 minute call = $40
One 60 minute call = $75
Three 60 minute calls = $210
Six 60 minute calls = $430
Options to Discuss
- exercise for pregnancy
- what is labor pain caused by and the truth about it
- how to calculate my protein needs
- how to time contractions
- discussion about mom’s emotional signposts during labor
- comfort measures
- positions for first stage of labor
- positions for second stage of labor
- medication in labor
- client choice
Doula Support
I offer calm and peaceful labor support as guidelines allow.
Package Includes:
- Initial Consultation: Free
- In person and text support
- 1 Partner support meeting before labor
- Birth plan support
- On-call support from 38 weeks till birth
- 24/7 as long as it takes in person and text support during labor
- 1 postpartum meeting and review of birth
- 1 postpartum call for baby care questions
Price: $875*