My Powerful Birth Prenatal Education

Join your educators for two Saturday afternoons for our in person prenatal education series. These classes are taught in Pitt Meadows and Abbotsford.

BENEFITS OF MY POWERFUL BIRTH IN PERSON EDUCATION
- All your education done in just 2 days
- Each class is scheduled a week apart, giving you time to digest the information and come back with questions.
- Pricing includes yourself and one birth partner
- Meet other expecting families who are going through the same thing as you! This is so powerful for building your community.
- Small class sizes (6-8 couples) keeps the group intimate with lots of space for questions and discussion
- Learn from other course mates questions

WHAT TO EXPECT
- focus on your right to informed choice
- find out how to powerfully communicate your needs and
values with your care team
- have your mind blown with what is possible for your birth and postpartum
- some serious myth bustin'
- a deep dive into connecting with your intuition
- a whole lot of fun

Your Educators

Our Prep Classes are run by the team from My Powerful Birth Education. MPB is known for their in depth, fun, informative and through provoking prenatal education offerings and they are excited to continue to do their work with the Bellies community. All the team members are not just experienced educators, but are also birth doulas. Combined, the team has supported hundreds of families through their pregnancies, births and postpartum. To learn more about the team, click here.

Educators for this prep class: Michelle T. and Samantha

THE MODULES
PHYSIOLOGIC BIRTH

the hormones of birth

the stages of birth
choice of birth location
building your birth team

INFORMED CHOICE + COMMON INTERVENTIONS IN PREGNANCY + BIRTH 1ST STAGE

What is informed choice? And how to ask questions to get the answers you need.
Common testing and procedures offered in pregnancy
Birth Interventions

COMMON INTERVENTIONS -
2ND + 3RD STAGE + POSTPARTUM

Pushing
Placenta Delivery + Cord Clamping
Birth in the OR
Newborn Procedures
The first few days after birth

BIRTH PLANNING + CONNECTING WITH YOUR INTUITION

Connecting to your intuition and birth wisdom
What happens when things don't go as planned
Setting intentions for your birth

COMFORT IN BIRTH AND THE PARTNER'S ESSENTIAL ROLE

not just for intimate partners. You can invite your doula or anyone else who is part of your birth team.
comfort for birth
the important role of the birth partner through the different stages

POWERFUL POSTPARTUM

The first week and what to expect for baby
What to expect for yourself
The importance of rest
How to get breastfeeding off to a good start
Caring for Self
Creating a Postpartum Plan

OTHER TOPICS THAT MAY BE COVERED DEPENDING ON CLASS NEEDS:

VBAC
Birth after loss
Gestational Diabetes
Advanced Maternal Age
High Risk
Twin Birth
High BMI
Induction
Free/ Unassisted Birth