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PRENATAL CLASSES

Heart and Hands Perinatal Services offers prenatal classes from the Lamaze perspective.

Anne and Nicole are both LCCE's (Lamaze Certified Childbirth Educators) having received their certification through Lamaze International (www.lamaze.org) , a globally recognized organization advocating for and offering prenatal education of the highest standard.

At Heart and Hands we have adopted Lamaze International's Philosophy of Birth and mission as our own.

The 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 a right to give birth free from routine intervention
  • birth can safely take place in birth centers and at home
  • childbirth education empowers women to make informed choices in health care, to assume responsibility for their health, and to trust their inner wisdom.

Lamaze International believes that the safety of birth is enhanced by respecting and facilitating the normal, natural physiologic process of birth.

Therefore, the mission of Lamaze International, and now also Heart and Hands mission is to:

Promote, support and protect normal birth through education and advocacy. The following evidence based practices, adapted from the World Health Organization (WHO) promote normal birth:

  1. Let Labor Begin on Its Own

  2. Walk, Move Around and Change Positions Throughout Labour.

  3. Bring a Loved One, Friend, or Doula for Continuous Support

  4. Avoid Interventions That Are Not Medically Necessary 

  5. Avoid Giving Birth on Your Back, and Follow Your Body’s Urges to Push

  6. Keep Mother and Baby Together – It’s Best for Mother, Baby, and Breastfeeding

We provide group and private prenatal classes as well as prenatal classes in a weekend format.

Our classes are limited to 6 couples for the weekly series and 5 couples for the weekend class, so please book early to avoid disappointment. The classes are held in Langley at a local high school.

Due to the HST, we have decreased our fees
from $180.00 to $170.00 effective July 1, 2010

Weekly Series (Wednesdays 7-9 pm)
- 6 classes plus 1 reunion class
----$170.00 + HST

Prenatal Series on a weekend
- Friday evening 7-9 pm, Saturday all day 9 am - 4 pm
--$170.00 + HST

Private Prenatal
---- $225.00 + HST

Refresher Classes
Private or Group classes
---- $45.00 each class + HST

Proposed dates for weekly series*:

May 19 - June 23, 2010 - FULL

July 7 - August 11, 2010 - FULL

September 8 - October 13, 2010

October 27 - December 1, 2010

WEEKEND Prenatal Classes
Friday evening  7-9 pm
Saturday all day  9 am - 4 pm

June 11th and 12th 2010 - FULL

August 6th and 7th, 2010

September 10th and 11th, 2010

October 22nd and 23rd, 2010

November 19th and 20th, 2010

To register, please complete the form on our contact page or call 604-607-1183

All NSF cheques will be charged a $10 fee and cash payment will be required for repayment

* Classes subject to change. Please contact us to verify dates

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