Education
& Workshops
What Did We Sign Up For?
So, you're pregnant for the first time and you’re looking into educational resources. There’s classes offered at the hospital you plan to birth at, there are 30 people enrolled and you're overwhelmed. Maybe you're a veteran parent and your facility childbirth education wasn't personalized enough the first time around. Maybe you're the partner or support person of a pregnant person, wondering how you can best support them and Google has too much information. Or maybe, you and your best friend are pregnant at the same time and want to take a childbirth education class together.
Sometimes circumstances disallow a family from being able to take in-person, facility-based childbirth education classes including scheduling conflicts, personal desires, bed-rest, location, etc. At Birth and Beyond, we believe that no situation, circumstance, or personal preference should prevent a family from being educated on pregnancy, childbirth, and the arrival of their newborn. The world of childbirth education is changing, and we are staying head of the curve with our private childbirth education classes. No two births are the same, no two babies are the same, and the most powerful thing about educating yourself is knowing what your options are!
Birth and Beyond offers several classes including: Early Pregnancy Planning, Childbirth Education, All Things Postpartum & Baby, Childbirth Refresher, and VBAC (Vaginal Birth After Cesarean) Tips, Tricks, & Toolkit. Most of our classes are offered in groups virtually, however, some have an in-person option where a childbirth educator teaches 1:1 in your home. We want you to leave your class feeling confident in knowing all there is to know!
We Teach:
BREAKDOWN OF CLASSES:
Early Pregnancy Planning Class (1.5 hours)
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Birth Options in the Triangle
Pregnancy Comfort & Fetal Positioning
What to Expect from the Healthcare System
Making Informed Choices & Advocacy
Interviewing Obstetricians, Midwives, & Doulas
Comprehensive Childbirth Education Class (3 hours)
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Labor: stages of labor, comfort measures, cervical exams, induction, fetal positioning, labor positions, medical comfort management, making informed choices, fetal monitoring, obstetric tools
Birth: pushing and birth; cesarean birth
Postpartum: newborn decisions, circumcision
Preparing For Your Cesarean (1.5 hours)
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Cesarean Birth History
Family-Centered Cesarean
Recovery + Postpartum
Partner Support
Perinatal Professionals Who Can Help
All Things Postpartum (2 hours)
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Newborn Decisions
You & Your Baby: What’s Normal?
Newborn Care
Circumcision
Breastfeeding Basics (2 hours)
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Anatomy & Physiology of Breastfeeding
Positioning & Latch
Challenges & Troubleshooting
*Offered virtually or in person with Special Beginnings Midwifery in their Cary office!
Our philosophy for education focuses on providing evidence-based information to reframe the childbirth mindset and experience. In modern-day society, we rely on Hollywood and Dr. Google for "facts", which produces a significant amount of fear surrounding childbirth.
To learn more about our innovative education options or to schedule outside of the times available, contact us via email at briana@birthandbeyonddoulas.com.
We also offer 1:1 classes for folks who have given birth before and would like a childbirth refresher and for families who have had a prior cesarean birth and are looking to have a vaginal birth. Check out those options below: