The Birth Basics Workshop
A one-day childbirth preparation class designed to empower pregnant couples for birth and parenthood | Now offered as Face-to-Face workshops!
** Private Online Workshops are available upon request
This class is filled with the basic information and skills necessary for expectant parents to follow an instinctive and engaging way of birthing. The program is holistic, informative, transformative, and builds a foundation for positive birthing. We will introduce participants to our seven guiding beliefs on childbirth and provide practical tips for expectant parents on how to have a beautiful childbirth experience regardless of what birthing option is chosen. We adhere to a holistic approach as our model in providing childbirth education. This means engaging the mind, the body, the heart and the spirit of the expectant parents throughout the program. We also balance presentations of practical information with creative, experiential, and introspective learning processes for expectant parents.
We highly recommend it to expectant moms who are at least in their second trimester of the pregnancy and we encourage the expectant mom to attend together with her partner (husband, friend, or relative). It is open for whatever type of birth the couple intends to have: natural, medicated or cesarean section.
Benefits
Attending The Birth Basics Workshop can:
Offer you practical information on how you can have the birth option that you desire amidst the current obstetrics system being practiced in Philippine hospitals;
Help you see birth from both the perspective of the mother and father as a husband-and-wife team facilitates it;
Help build the mother’s confidence in her body’s ability to give birth;
Teach you about the benefits, risks and alternatives that you have when it comes to medical procedures, thus, you will be empowered to make informed choices; and
Create a special bond between you and your partner and with your baby in the womb.
Objectives
To educate, empower, encourage, and enlighten expectant parents for the extraordinary journey of pregnancy, birth, and beyond
To prevent or minimize emotionally difficult births through a compassionate, honest, and interior preparation
To help participants to understand the power and life-long impact that birthing offers and to see it as a great joy and blessing
Topic Outline
Guiding Principles for Instinctive and Empowered Birthing (Lamaze Principles included)
Maternal Anatomy and Physiology of Labor and Birth
Stages of Labor
Working With Your Body During Labor
What Your Birth Partner Can Do: Comfort Measures for Labor
Prenatal Exercise, Breathing and Relaxation
Your Gentle Birthing Options
Hospital Procedures
Preparing Your Birth Plan
Testimonials
“We attended their workshop for our firstborn and we felt so empowered then! Attended again recently for our secondborn, and though we already know some of the info they discussed, we still felt relieved and soothed after learning of the different gentle birthing practices. Thank you again, Tita Doula Betty and Tito Mentor Manny!!” – S. Sarmiento
“This experience was well worth it. From start to finish, I would have to say the facilitators provided meaty and meaningful advice and information. It helps set us up for success in our journey to becoming parents. Take the class. You won't regret it.” - A. Alicer
“As a first-time father, I worry if I’m prepared to be a father since I’m getting into the unknown. Today has been a very positive learning experience to start to understand what’s coming next and be both also as a daddy. I think without this basic knowledge I will feel very lost and this is an opportunity to share tasks and organize things with my wife. I feel excited about the new changes and prepared mentally and spiritually. We can start to do planning with my wife.” - C. Gonzalez
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