Your Best Birth
your needs, your choices, your way
8 Week Class Outline
  • Understanding Birth Today & Our Culture
  • Mind-Body Connection
  • Support & Environment for Birth
  • Planning, Preparation & Options
  • Labor in Detail
  • Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable
  • From Birth to Baby
Private Classes $350 (includes a written manual)

Private Party or Group Classes 2 - 5 couples $275 (includes a written manual)

ChildBirth Skills Class $175 (only about labour & delivery)

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  • Cultural Influences on Childbirth
  • What is Natural Childbirth
  • Obstacles to Overcome
  • The Emotional side of birth
  • Options at Birth
  • Communication with Healthcare Provider
  • How the Body works in Labor
  • The Importance of Support
  • Consumerism
  • Staying  Healthy in Pregnancy Common birth myths
  • Choosing the right birth for you
  • The  Partner's Role
  • Preparing Your Mind & Body for Birth
  • Breath Awareness in Labor
  • The "Pure Birth"  Secrets to Labor
  • How Fear affects birth
  • Recognizing and approaching birth fears
  • Pregnancy & Birth Anatomy
  • Whose Decision is it anyway?
  • Expectations and Birth Reality
  • The Value of Labor
  • Relaxation Terchniques
  • Coping Strategies for Labor
  • Birth Environment & Surroundings
  • Stages of Labor
  • First Stage of Labor
  • Understanding Progress
  • First Stage Positions
  • Learning to Relax in Labor
  • Second Stage of Labor
  • Understanding the Sensations of Birth
  • Pain medication options
  • Birth Plans
  • Whose in Charge?
  • Newborn Care
  • Postpartum Preparation
  • Breastfeeding Basics
Material Covered
The Mission of Your Best Birth is to provide birth preparation tools, techniques and perspectives using a holistic approach and true understanding of the perfectly "pure" nature of birth.

The Philosophy of Your Best Birth believes in the perfection of the human body and the birthing experience and is based on the Pure Birth Method of birthing classes. Mindful Motherings' belief is that there is no right or wrong way to give birth, only the way that feels right to that individual woman. By listening to her heart and intuition, she can hear the guidance of her body, mind and spirit. This will allow her to follow her heart and not her culture when making birth choices. Mindful Mothering believes in ALL women and their choices about birth. Any woman who chooses to give birth naturally, has the ability within her to do just that. Beyond that Mindful Mothering believes that any woman who chooses not to give birth naturally, should also be supported in that. This curriculum is geared towards those who are making the choice to give birth without pain medications but it does not mean that we feel like someone is "wrong" for making that choice. It is my hope all women will be empowered and educated in their choices and make them from their heart and out of love - not fear. There are no use of fear tactics to educate or scare women into natural childbirth. During the course, women and her birth partner's will learn ways to process fear and consciously choose another thought. Learning these fear-releasing techniques can be incredibly powerful and helpful for women in pregnancy and birth, as she can use these throughout the rest of her life.

Having the birth you want is not simply a matter of luck. Research shows that it depends as much on the choices and preparations you make beforehand as your individual labour.
Testimonial

I would recommend Katrina’s class to any new expectant mother. It gave me and my husband comfort, surety, great knowledge, and great confidence in trusting in ourselves during birth. In this technology age a lot of expectant parents think technology and medical interventions is the best way and only way to have a baby not knowing the facts about the risks and concerns that comes with it. Katrina’s class opened my eyes to that I always wanted to do a natural birth, but now I am more reassured and more trusting in myself that I can do it without medical interventions or pain drugs. I have the confidence to tell a hospital doctor or nurse I do not want to go left I want to go right, especially if there is no medical need for me to. Take a birth class period… Katrina’s is a great one!

Deshante and Leighton Ferguson