Lamaze Classes now offered at Peaceful Beginnings

“We have a secret in our culture…it’s not that birth is painful.  It’s that women are strong.”

--Laura Stavoe Harm

Peaceful Beginnings is now offering Lamaze® childbirth preparation classes. For those who remember our mothers’ generation “hee-hee-who-who”-ing it through labor, keep in mind that Lamaze® has changed and it is now a philosophy of pregnancy, birth, and parenting.  In our classes, we will discuss birth within the framework of Lamaze’s® Philosophy of Birth:

•  Birth is normal, natural, and healthy.
• The experience of birth profoundly affects women and their families.
• Women's inner wisdom guides them through birth.
• Women's confidence and ability to give birth is either enhanced or diminished by the care provider and place of birth.
• Women have the right to give birth free from routine medical interventions.
• Birth can safely take place in homes, birth centers, and hospitals.
• Childbirth education empowers women to make informed choices in health care, to assume responsibility for their health, and to trust their inner wisdom.

Childbirth preparation classes are important for learning how to use non-medical comfort measures during labor, helping women to cope with the changes in their bodies (before, during, and after labor), and helping pregnant women and their partners to transition from their identity as “a couple” to that of “parents.”

Our 5-week Lamaze series will be on Wednesday evenings from 6pm – 8:30pm.  Here is our schedule so far for this year:

Session I: Sept. 3 – Oct. 1

Session II: Oct. 8 – Nov. 5

Session III: Nov. 12 – Dec. 17 (no class the week of Thanksgiving)

To schedule your slot, please Contact us today   or call 441-5955