Birth Preparation

Inspired by the many births we have attended as doulas and our training with Pam England (Birthing From Within), along with decades of teaching prenatal yoga, and the constant learning that comes from working with expectant families, Preparing for an Empowering Birth is currently being offered as a 6-week interactive ONLINE COURSE. Our IN-PERSON classes will resume as soon as COVID guidelines allow.

Course topics covered include:

Understanding the physiology of labour and delivery.
The beginning of labour; how to cope with the joys and challenges of early labour effectively and positively.
The middle and end of labour; building a positive coping mindset, understanding how positions affect labour, exploring massage and all comfort measures that ease the process of labour. Tapping into your warrior spirit; building trust, confidence, endurance, gentleness and awareness.
Pushing; exploring positions, how to be effective during this stage, perineal massage, gentle birth, etc.
The Partner’s/Father’s Role; exploring their concerns, what is helpful labour support? Exploring their role at the birth.
Recovery, healing, and adjusting to the postpartum period.

A portion of each class is dedicated to exploring coping strategies such as the breath, movement, sound, visualization, and massage. Experiential exercises are used to explore fears, concerns, and expectations and to tap into inner resources and wisdom, building awareness around how we are approaching birth and parenting.

Workshops that complement this class:
Welcoming Your New Baby

Preparing for an Empowering Birth: Online Course

with Sasha Padron

Wednesdays 6:30 – 7:30 pm
February 23rd – March 30th
April 13th – May 18th
June 1st – July 6th

$190 per couple (including tax)

For More Information or To Register

Preparing for an Empowering Birth: In-Person Course

Weekend Intensives
with Geraldine Dempsey
Two Saturdays
11am – 6pm

Jan 15 and 22 or

March 5 and 12

$260 per couple (plus tax)

Location: Darou Wellness Centre, Toronto

TO REGISTER for one of these weekend intensives, send along your names, intensive dates you would like to attend, midwife or doctor’s name, and your expected due date to Geraldine (Geraldine.dempsey@gmail.com).

Cancellation Policy: Any cancellations made thirty days prior to a session’s start date will be fully refunded. Payments are non-refundable if cancellation occurs fewer than thirty days prior to start date.