Pampered Pregnancy – Blissful Birth

Hi Mamas!  Just wanted to let you know we have a group prenatal appointment session coming up this Sunday July 18 at 2:00 PM.  The Get Babied! prenatal appointment is free for mamas signed up for our Get Babied! or Get Pampered! packages.  For mamas going the Get Doula’d! route, it is available as an a la carte add-on ($50).  This month it will be led by Janet Jones and Amy Nevland.

Feedback from mamas who have done this appointment with us has been very positive.  “Finally someone showed us what to do, not just what to expect!”  That’s our mission with this appointment.  It’s best for couples at or beyond 30 weeks gestation, so if you’d like to join us on Sunday, please let us know, or register online.  This appointment recurs each month, so you’re welcome to join us next month as well.  Here is a little info from our website (and also pasted below): http://www.getbabied.com/classes/group-prenatal-appointments

Get Babied! is excited to be on the forefront of prenatal care advancement.   We will be implementing a centering model for prenatal visits and look forward to providing you with the highest level of quality care.  Register here for your group prenatal appointment.

The appointment begins at 2:00 pm on the third Sunday of each month at our office, 3823A Airport Blvd.   The first hour of the appointment will be a private consult with your Get Babied! doula.  We will review and discuss your needs assessment form, and then will work together to create a birth plan.  The second hour is a group session including a review of breathing techniques, tutorial on positions for labor, a massage, counterpressure and comfort measures demonstration, and a labor rehearsal.  It’s our job to educate you beyond what to expect; we want to show you what to do!  The class time is followed by a circle discussion time and socializing and refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there!

Centering is a model of group health care, which incorporates three major components: assessment, education, and support. Group participants meet with their care provider and other group participants according to a regular schedule for a much longer period of time (usually 90-120 minutes) than a usual check-up visit. Centering promotes individual health empowerment and community-building.  For more information about the centering health care initiative, please visit www.centeringhealthcare.org

We have 3 classes coming up in June and July – Childbirth 1, 2,3; Babycare Basics; and Intro to breastfeeding.  You can read about the content of each on our website under the classes section (www.getbabied.com/classes).  As an incentive to increase enrollment for our summer classes – we’re offing a $10 discount on any class if you sign up for any class that starts in June or July.  Since our classes start at $30, you can’t not sign up for $20 to learn important breastfeeding and babycare topics.  And Childbirth classes with us are an intimate, doula inspired, participatory classes; we’d love to have you (although many of you might be too far along to take advantage, if that’s the case, tell your friends!).

It’s not too late for Babycare Basics – and that’s the class I’m teaching on June 7th at 7pm at our Green Office.  The topics I’m covering include:

Pediatrician Selection
Cord Blood Banking
Circumcision options and procedure, and care for circumcision
Early pediatric interventions at the hospital
Vaccinations
Common infant ailments including eczema, baby acne, cradle cap, jaundice, fever, diaper rash
Daily baby care including diapering, cord care, bathing, feeding, burping,
Infant massage
Sleep
Happiest Baby on the Block soothing techniques
SIDS
Postpartum Depression

It will be fun and informative and I hope to see you there!  You can register online here: http://www.getbabied.com/classes/online-registration