Private Childbirth Classes

Pregnancy, Childbirth and Newborn Care Classes

As a private coaching client, you may choose to add any pregnancy, childbirth or newborn class content to our sessions.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

-Anatomy and Physiology of Labor and Birth
-Nutrition and exercise to prepare for labor, birth and postpartum
-Signs of Labor
-Stages of Labor, what to expect in Early Labor, Active Labor, Transition and Birth
-Coping skills, comfort measures and relaxation practice
-Labor positions
-How to prepare physically, mentally and emotionally for labor and birth
-Fear-clearing
-What to expect physically and emotionally in the first days after birth
-The uninterrupted 1st hour and the importance of skin-to-skin
-Preparing for a hospital birth, birth center birth or home birth
-Variations and complications and what to expect
-Interventions, Medication and Cesarean Birth
-Newborn care
-The 4th Trimester-what to expect and how to best prepare
-Setting yourself up for breastfeeding success

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Rebecca Blankinship is a birth and parent coach, parent educator, pregnancy doula, postpartum doula, pregnancy and parent support group facilitator, infant massage instructor and Gottman Bringing Baby Home Educator who serves clients around the world via phone or video conference or locally in Seattle's Eastside including Kirkland, Bellevue, Redmond, Lake Forest Park, Bothell, Issaquah, Sammamish, Bellevue, Kenmore, Shoreline and Seattle for workshops, classes and coaching. Some portrait photography on this site courtesy of DIwas Photography.