Classes

CHILDBIRTH EDUCATION CLASSES

Topics covered:

  • Nutrition, exercise during pregnancy
  • Birth as a rite of Passage (Birth is…)
  • Patient vs. consumer of medical care
  • Stages /Phases of Labor
  • Normal, Physiologic birth
  • Signs/Symptoms of Labor /When to leave home
  • Hospital Policies/Valley Hospitals
  • Stages of Labor
  • Coping skills
  • Non-medical pain relief
  • Cesarean Birth
  • Practice contractions & intro to relaxation/breathing
  • Informed Consent
  • Pharmacological pain relief (risks and benefits)
  • Medical interventions
  • Unexpected outcomes
  • Birth Plan/Wish List
  • Packing your bag for labor / Birth / Post partum Breastfeeding
  • Normal newborn care
  • Importance of Emotional Support
  • Why every birthing woman deserves a Doula
  • Alternative Birthing
  • ** Aromatherapy for pregnancy and Birth

Instructor: Jessica Wild (Angel Dance Birth Services)

Jessica has been a Childbirth Educator and Doula (helping women labor and deliver) since moving to Arizona in April of 2000. She has been a childbirth advocate for as long as she can remember.

She has attended numerous births as well as experiencing a variety of outcomes for her own births: (one in the hospital, one at home, one that we labored at home and delivered at the hospital and one that ended with an emergency cesarean.)

Jessica believes that Knowledge is Power and Education is the Key to achieving the birth you desire.
She respects that every woman labors and births differently and believes that EVERY woman deserves to feel strong and beautiful at these most powerful, amazing moments of her life.

She has been empowering, teaching and reminding women how to have babies for the last five years.

Jessica Wild
Angel Dance Birth Services
Doula (Phoenix, Mesa, Scottsdale, AZ)
Phone (480) 985-8314
Cell (480) 236-3366
www.angeldancebirth.com

Call or email for an interview/appointment
References available upon request.

Additional *Advanced* Classes offered:
(ask Jessica for availability and times)

  • Advanced Labor Coping Skills
  • Advanced Breastfeeding Preparation
  • Advanced Infant Care
  • Advanced Post Partum Coping Skills
  • Birthing Again—Refresher course for parents who already have had one or more births

There will be additional classes starting periodically. Private classes by appointment.
Contact Jessica Wild for class availability, dates and times.