Childbirth Preparation Classes

With Women collaborates with great educators in the Denver Metro and Evergreen areas to offer our clients the widest range of childbirth preparation options.

Please Contact Us to register or for more information.

Gina offers group classes in north Evergreen, and private classes in the comfort of your own home. Classes are tailored to meet the individual needs of birthing families. These comprehensive classes include information on the physiology of pregnancy and birth, relaxation techniques, movement, massage, breath work, optimal positioning, medications available in birth, and much more. These classes are appropriate for families preparing for home or hospital birth! Please ask about Gina's class schedules or for more information.

Kathy teaches small group childbirth classes in the Highlands area of Denver. These classes meet on a weeknight for five consecutive weeks (for a total of 15 hours of instruction). The classes are research-based and offer information on a wide variety of topics: labor and birth anatomy, the purpose of labor pain, comfort measures for labor, nutrition and exercise, optimal fetal positioning, labor and birth interventions, birth plans, postnatal recovery, breastfeeding, and newborn care.

Mandy teaches a very successful 6 week complete childbirth education course using real medical hypnosis childbirth techniques instead of simple relaxation, breathing or guided imagery. Moms are able to enjoy "eyes open childbirth hypnosis", easily remaining deeply in hypnosis while walking, talking changing positions; being as mobile as they would like to be during childbirth. Many moms experience much shorter, easier and more comfortable labors, making childbirth the joyful experience it was meant to be. You'll receive a workbook, CDs and hypnosis scripts to train your inner mind that contractions in labor will be felt only as pressure, tightening, pushing, pulling and normal baby movement sensations. You'll be fully in tune with your baby during the birthing process, and as aware as you'd like to be, easily able to communicate and be in charge of your own birth experience.

Kristi offers unique private classes in the comfort of your own home. She can address your specific concerns whether planning for an unmedicated birth or preparing for a cesarean section. She is passionate about insuring that your questions, concerns and fears are addressed and that you enter your birth experience feeling empowered and ready.

VBAC Classes

Pauli offers private classes designed for families who have experienced a previous cesarean birth but are now planning to have a vaginal birth. One of them will come to your home, or another meeting spot, to teach this class. Couples clarify their previous birth experience(s) and are given the opportunity to discuss any unresolved feelings. Birth options and criteria for trial of labor and VBAC, including the risks and benefits, are discussed. Communication skills and coping techniques are reviewed. Included are exercises and positive visualizations. Also discussed are ways to prevent a cesarean, and options if a cesarean becomes necessary.

Fee is $120 per 2.5 hour class. For a current With Women doula client: $100.

Contact Us to schedule your VBAC class or for more information.

Breastfeeding Classes & Home Visits

Our lactation consultants help you learn how to get off to the best possible start in feeding and nurturing your baby! Understanding proper positioning, knowing that your baby is getting enough milk, handling common concerns, and breast pump basics are covered in this one 2-3 hour class/home visit. Getting ready, solving problems, positioning, latch, taking care of yourself, and weaning are all covered along with much more!

These classes are open to all expecting moms (and their support people).

Fee is $120 per 2-3 hour class/home visit. For a current With Women doula client: $100.

Kristi offers a variety of lactation and infant care classes that can be designed around your particular needs. Will you be working from an office and pumping for an infant in daycare, or working from home and pumping for only short jaunts away from baby? Kristi can help you navigate your specific circumstances.

Contact Us to schedule your breastfeeding class, or personal lactation consulting services.

Sibling Preparation Classes

Older children can’t wait to help with the new baby! This one-on-one class demonstrates safe places to touch baby, newborn characteristics, how to help mom with baby care, and reassures siblings that their help is needed and wanted! This class is designed for the soon to be sibling and deals with the dynamics of a growing family and positive interaction with the new baby(ies). We spend time talking with the parents on how to prepare and tips for the postpartum period with the older child. The last part of the class is labor and birth education for children whose parents are including them in the birth or would like them to know more about the process. Birth is presented as normal part of life in terms a child can understand.

Cost: $100 per 2.5 hour class. You can also schedule a group class at a discounted rate.

Prepared Postpartum Classes

With Women offers private Prepared Postpartum sessions for families looking to prepare for their little ones and the adjustment ahead. She tailors the content to each families' dynamics and needs/experience.

2.5 hour classes typically include...
What is a postpartum doula?, What are the benefits? What can a doula do for us?, "How do we prepare for the adjustment ahead"?, What will we REALLY need?, What classes should we take?, Baby care basics 101 discussion, practical tips and demo, Postpartum Tips (handout and discussion), Recommended reading, Information and resources for postpartum depression, Breastfeeding information and basic skills, Demo of Swaddling and the benefits, Creating a postpartum plan, Sibling adjustment, Postpartum Health, and Q & A. Kristi's Profile, Pauli's Profile

Cost: $100 per 2.5 hour class.

Contact Us to schedule your class or for more information.

Baby Wearing

Did you know that babies who are worn by their mothers cry less, and have the benefit of better physical, mental, and emotional development? Did you know that moms who wear their babies are less likely to be affected by postpartum depression? There are so many reasons to learn this ancient art of bonding and nurturing. Join us for a one-session class to learn how to use a variety of different baby carriers, and how they grow with your baby!

Cost: $100 per 2.5 hour class. Please contact us to schedule a group class at a discounted rate.

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