Hi! My name is C. and i'm looking for a good homebirthing class in the next 2 months, since I'm due in Feburary. The class can be anywhere in the east bay area. I know its bit short notice, but that's the way the cookie crumbled.
Hi , Please call Nickie Tilsner ###-###-#### www.birthedu.com
She is amazing. We use her for our clients and have nothing but excellent feedback. She is also founder of Cornerstone Doula trainings.
J. Tilsner CPM Awakenings Birth Services
Laura Todaro gives a very good class, everything you need to know and a great opp to meet other homebirth parents (we are still pals with most of our classmates). You can find her through the bay area homebirth collective; she also teaches at alta bates so you can find her there.
I attended a Bradley birth preparation class for my firstborn and found it very helpful. I can't recommend anybody here, as I gave birth in Chicago, but if you google the Bradley method, you should be able to find a class in the area.
For my second child, I took a Hypnobirthing class and loved it too. You can find books and CDs on the topic if you don't have time to do both classes.
I delivered both my children drug-free so I can vouch for the effectiveness of the classes.
Congratulations!
We had a wonderful homebirth class with Laura... but I don't remember her last name and we moved out of the country so I don't have her address/phone number. You can get information about her classes with the Bay Area Homebirth Collective. http://www.bayareahomebirth.org/
C.,
Is that you???? I miss you!
How is the pregnancy going?
J.
Hi C., I am due soon too with my third-the best class we have done is at yogalayam on Alcatraz in Berkeley-Saraswati Devi-is an amazing wealth of knowledge-an her prenatal yoga classes are the best-happy home birth-L
hi check out Betsy Appell at Berkeley Doula, she is a midwifery student and has done tons of home births, My clients love her classes and they have lots of tools for labor.
T. mclean
student midwife
doula
Hi C.,
As a doula, my overall favorite childbirth class that I recommend is by the Loving Arms group... Janaki Costello and Carol Shattuck-Rice.
The next Loving Arms childbirth class is going to begin Thursday December 11 at 7:00 pm and will be taught by Carol Shattuck-Rice. The class will meet twice in December, take a two week break for the holidays and will resume again in January. The last class is February 12. This series includes a breastfeeding class and a class on the emotional realities/challenges and joys of the postpartum period.
There is space available!! call ###-###-####
I know that's going to run a little tight with your estimated due date, but even if you miss a class, it will be worth it!
Birth Blessings to you,
H. Wiersma
www.gotcontractions.com
